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Whitney Houston - Greatest Hits

Whitney Houston - Greatest Hits

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Diva's Anthology
Review: There is no denying the music of Whitney Houston. Her strength in R&B is still as strong as it was back when she started in the mid 1980's, and that remains to be true.

Her 2000 DVD, The Greatest Hits, showcases the many talents this legandary Diva has made. While some of the videos reamin as simple, like You Give Good Love, and The Greatest Love Of All, and some reflect Mrs. Bobby Brown as a hard cookie, like Queen Of The Night, and I Learned From The Best.

Surprisingly, there are two different versions of the DVD anthology of Whitney Houston's videos. Some of them carry two extra music videos, Exhale (Shoop Shoop), from Waiting To Exhale, and I Believe In You And Me, from The Preacher's Wife.

While her music may have fizzled down in the industry, Whitney Houston still shows that she is still a survivor among the so-called corporate teen idol crowd of Nsync, and Britney Spears fans. No wonder Whitney Houston has still learned to be the best.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The live performances are worth the cost alone...
Review: These performances, like Home, Didn't We..., etc., are priceless. This was, by far, my most prized DVD of 2001. Whitney just isn't saangin' like this anymore. I love it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The live performances are worth the cost alone...
Review: These performances, like Home, Didn't We..., etc., are priceless. This was, by far, my most prized DVD of 2001. Whitney just isn't saangin' like this anymore. I love it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Chronicle Whitney's Career
Review: This DVD chronicles Whitney's career to innocent, pure-voiced ingenue to slick modern superstar with a penchant for being in the tabloids.

It opens up with the excellent "You Give Good Love" and through the songs presented here you can watch Whitney grow up. You can also see her star status rise to new heights as Whitney becomes a movie star with "The Bodyguard". There are definity shifts in her fame and style, and these can be witnessed here. For example, the first shift is felt upon hearing (and seeing) the first few bars of "I'm Your Baby Tonight"... But then the musical risks and independent style she was taking with "I'm Your Baby Tonight" are superseded by her mega success with "The Bodyguard", where she shouts full-blown corporate love songs.

There's a whole lot of slick urbane songs and videos here, Whitney has not always been musically adventurous, but there are interesting songs here and there, nearly all dealing with affairs of the heart and their ensuing complications. We see that her fame has heavily relied on the power of her clear, steely voice.

The best Special Feature is Whitney's first live TV performance of "Home" on The Merv Griffin Show. It shows a side of Whitney rarely seen- nervous, naive, unaware of her future, yet a genuine revelation to those watching- Merv introduces an young unknown and after the performance knows that he has just introduced a superstar...Her voice is in perfect form here, singing an exceptional song in an exceptional performance.

Other great live performances include "Didn't We Almost Have it All", "One Moment in Time" at the Grammys and "Why Does it Hurt So Bad?", the latter a fine performance though Whitney's voice is a bit rough and she sweats profusely. There are other performances included, though they are not career-defining or her best. Missing are many other great live performances e.g. "Saving All My Love For You" from the Grammys, "Greatest Love of All" in New York and many others.

There is also an interview with Whitney and her then-record company honcho, Clive Davis. Plus an extended photo shoot session featuring Clive. Who knew that this DVD also marked the end of her working relationship with Clive. So basically, these are the Clive Years. It chronicles their achievements and illustrates Clive's influence on her music.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great!
Review: This DVD from Whitney Houston is really great! It contains all the Hit-Videos from her and some very special features! This special features are my favorites! Mot of all "Why does it hurt so bad" and "Lover for Live" and "One Moment in Time". They are phenomenal performances of Whitney! This DVD is a must have for all Whitney Houston Fans! Don't miss it - you will enjoy it!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Whitney is a legend!
Review: This DVD is a celebration of Whitney Houston sucess. I must say I like her a lot, though I'm not fanatic for her. The videos are well chosen, especially those form "Bodyguard". Surely, some of her videos are missing in this release --Shoop, Shoop song, It's not right (dance version) etc. The special area is very interesting, showing live performances of Whitney and exclusive interviews. I enjoyed the photo section for the greatest hits CD cover, the interview with Clive Davis and her live performance of "My love is your love"in Germany. If you like Whitney, you must have this DVD!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Whitney is a legend!
Review: This DVD is a celebration of Whitney Houston sucess. I must say I like her a lot, though I'm not fanatic for her. The videos are well chosen, especially those form "Bodyguard". Surely, some of her videos are missing in this release --Shoop, Shoop song, It's not right (dance version) etc. The special area is very interesting, showing live performances of Whitney and exclusive interviews. I enjoyed the photo section for the greatest hits CD cover, the interview with Clive Davis and her live performance of "My love is your love"in Germany. If you like Whitney, you must have this DVD!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Value for money
Review: This DVD is definately value for money at NZD$39.95 plus a CD single. This has all of Whitney's well know video clips plus a couple of live recordings as well as the making of the album. I was truely entertained.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I love the 80's so, so, sooo much !
Review: This dvd made me want to "dance with somebody" in front of my television. It sounds sooo great especially with the enhancement of 5.1 Dolby Digital. Along with the regular music videos, there are also few live performances. You are definitely getting your money's worth with this purchase. If you grew up in the 80's, then you must add this dvd to your collection. It's just perfect. Good old fashioned artistic videos, with clean positive themes. And without a bunch of huchy mamas giggling around, like what there is nowadays in current music videos.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best DVD Iown
Review: This DVDis the most complete and enjoyable I own. You get Whitney's classic videos, plus special performances, 2 great interviews and the photosession of the cover (which I didn't particullary like. It was too long and they could save the space for another video or performance).

The videos I like the most are "You give good love", "How will I know", "I wanna dance with sb", "Where do broken hearts go", Exhale", "Run to you", "It's not right but it's ok" and "I learned from the best". The rest of the videos are also great, though, as well as the special performances.

I think the record company could have waited a little longer to release this DVD, in order to include the videos of the new tracks, like "Fine", "If I told you that" and "Could I have this kiss forever", and I really missed "When you believe", but every time I see this DVD I have a good time, and I think it's totally worth the money.

By the way, my copy ..., didn't include the "I learned from the best" single, but that's fine, and I didn't have problems in the end of track 14, which was GREAT


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