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The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | 
 enlarge | Creators: Whitney Houston, Allan Dennis Rich
Label: Arista
Category: Music
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Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 2796
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 18699
UPC: 078221869928
EAN: 0078221869928
ASIN: B000002VMD
Release Date: November 17, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | I Will Always Love You - Parton, Dolly | | • | I Have Nothing - Foster, David [1] | | • | I'm Every Woman - Ashford, Nickolas | | • | Run to You - Friedman, Jud J. | | • | Queen of the Night - Babyface [1] | | • | Jesus Loves Me - Caldwell, Cedric | | • | Even If My Heart Would Break - Golde, Franne | | • | Someday (I'm Coming Back) - Devaney, Ian | | • | It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day - Clivilles, Robert | | • | (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? - Lowe, Nick | | • | Theme from the Bodyguard - Silvestri, Alan | | • | Trust in Me - Beghe, Francesca |
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At the time of its release, this was the watershed for soundtracks, selling a kazillion copies. It documents Whitney Houston's character in the Kevin Costner movie, which required Houston to play only herself (although one hopes she wouldn't end up with someone as smarmy as Costner). The album is as much a testament to the production of Babyface who, through the mid-1990s, actually was the mainstream of contemporary hit music. Houston's singing is much better than her acting, and almost every song enjoyed a long tenure at the top of all the charts. Along with "I Will Always Love You" and five other Houston songs, the soundtrack also features Lisa Stansfield, Kenny G with Aaron Neville, and Joe Cocker with Sass Jordan. --Scott Wilson
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 Excellent! May 9, 2008
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Whitney Fever February 8, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Whitney Houstons music has been in my life from the 80's all the way through. I was married to a song called One Moment In Time. Whitney had so many hits and great songs, a few that have touched my heart is : I Have Nothing and I Will Always Love You also One Moment In Time.
Great Order February 8, 2008
This cd was in great condition and arrived to me on time. I am enjoying it very much. It has proven to be everything I expected it to be.
No words, but spectacular January 28, 2008
This soundtakc blew everyone away. I wwas in awe of it. I loved the music and movie. Music has been an essential for films, but she made everything her own. I cannot wait until April comes when her new album comes out. God bless you Whitney, and remember you can always count on us when you need a hand.
 Whitney's Part Is Stunning, The Rest is Not December 3, 2007
The film Bodyguard blew all expectations when it was released in 1992 and became the 7th top grossing film of that year. Whitney Houston played a pop singer, not too diffrent from herself that was thretened and needed protection from a bodyguard (Kevin Costner) who was at the peak of his career at the time. And one thing lead to another in typical hollywood manner. But what was even more interesting was that Whitney Houston also made a few songs for the sountrack that triggered more interest for the film itself. Soundtrack to blockbuster films is fairly common but for Whitney to both star in the film and make the soundtrack was not and it couldn't have been better suited. Whitney's took Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" to new heights when she made it a soul ballad and showing the best of her voice. She scored one of the biggest hits of all time when it sold 10 million copies and peaking at #1 on the billboard charts for 14 weeks. It would later become her signature song and the best selling single ever by a female artist. And the Bodyguard album won an grammy for best album of the year after spending 20 weeks at #1 and selling 15 million copies. Absolutely amazing. But that wasn't all, another powerballad "I Have Nothing" reached #4, a remake of Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman" aswell. Two other singles were released with minor success, ballad "Run To You" and "Queen of the Night" that sounds like a remake of En Vogue's "Free Your Mind". Whitney closed it with a non-single, ballad "Jesus Loves Me". After 5 singles released from the soundtrack you could think this was an official Whitney album, but it isn't. Infact, she only make up about half of the songs. The rest are the typical soundtrack songs like a dull Kenny G/Aaron Neville number, an orchestral theme song from Alan Silvestri and plenty of dated pop & dance from Lisa Stansfield, Curtis Stigers and Joe Cocker and a useless dance cover of Bill Wither's "Lovely Day". As good as Whiteny Hoston's part was the album loses focus at the second part and end up being more like the typical soundtrack album then a Whitney Houston album. This is a shame, cause if the record company had decided to let Whitney record all of the songs It would have been a classic by now. Instead it's more memorable for certain songs then as a whole and as good as it sold it proved that good sountrack will not only increase the interest for a film but also for the soundtrack. Purchase this album, if you love Whitney or the film but otherwise the soundtrack isn't as good (as a whole) as the number of copies it sold.
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