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A special limited edition packaged like an old fashioned 78 LP. Live Recording Recorded at Encore Studios; Studio Ultimo; Sound Lab 1; Ambience; Oceanway. Personnel: Anita Baker (vocals), Earl Klugh, Michael J. Powell (guitar), ... Full DescriptionNathan East (bass), Greg Phillinganes (piano), Vernon Fails (keyboards), Ricky Lawson, Stephen Ferrone (drums), Paulinho da Costa (percussion), Darlene, Lori, Sharon, Carol, Michael J. Powell, Greg Phillinganes, Nathan East (background vocals).
Personnel: Anita Baker (vocals); Earl Klugh, Michael J. Powell (guitar, background vocals); Greg Phillinganes (piano, background vocals); Vernon Fails (keyboards); Nathan East (bass, background vocals); Stephen Ferrone, Ricky Lawson (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Perri (background vocals).
Hide Description Anita Baker Compositions Songs Compositions Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)   Simply beautiful
This album is absoluty classy and soulful down to the last second of each song. Anita Baker proved to be a great songstress through the 80s and 90s with simply excellent ballads. This album is so beautiful and uplifting. The three best songs I recommend are "Talk To Me" "Soul Inspiration" and "Fairy Tales"
Submitted by dillonc91 (Columbus, Ohio)
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Pure Class!
Well here she does it again, simply timeless, classy material. I mean really was there anyone else more consistent from 1986-1990? I think not. Anita Baker is simply legendary and this album is one of the pillars to support that claim. Nothing to skip here. It is nearly impossible to say which one of these (Rapture, Compositions and Giving You the Best That I Got) is the best. She manages to have a "sound" and not sound the same on every song. Simply beyond reproach. A must have.
Submitted by marcusj_j (Aurora, IL, USA)
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This is the way Anita should best be listened to, in front of live instruments and with minimal production (just about all the tracks on this album were recorded LIVE in the studio). An added plus is the fact that she wrote/co-wrote a good share of the material on 'Compositions', thereby making it Anita's most personal album to date. Her singing as always is on point and hard to resist. Critics took a dump on this release back in the day because it wasn't commericial fare like 'Rapture' or 'Giving You The Best That I Got', but what do THEY know!?!?!? No serious Anita collection is complete without it, though.
Submitted by Manuel (California)
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This woman sings beautiful ballads and melodies. This is one of the best albums for any music lover. The ballads are just right.
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Purchase Compositions CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Anita Baker Rapture CD (1986)
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Anita Baker's follow-up to her 1986 breakthrough, RAPTURE, closely follows the template of that album, reconvening the same producer, musicians, and some of the same songwriters for an outing that sounds more like a refinement than a retread. The jazz influence that was RAPTURE's secret weapon is even more apparent here, with songs like the slinky, neo-Brazilian "Good Enough" reaching into Dinah Washington territory. Elsewhere, the title track ...
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Digitally remastered by John Matousek & Gerard Smerek (Soundworks West, Hollywood, California).
Legions of soul and R&B fans became acquainted with Anita Baker with the release of her now-classic and award-winning debut, RAPTURE. However, it wasn't until her 1983 release, SONGSTRESS, that Baker received widespread adoration, making her ...
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"I Apologize" won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
"Body And Soul" was nominated for 1995 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song, and RHYTHM OF LOVE was nominated for Best R&B Album.
Out of sight, out of mind is the rule in popular music, so you'd have thought that during the four years Anita Baker stepped back from the recording industry to have a family, her popularity would have subsided. But radio never stopped playing her rapturous love songs, primary colors of the new romanticism.
With RHYTHM OF LOVE, Anita Baker reclaims her quiet storm torch from descendants such as Toni Braxton. The rich ornaments and expressive vibrato of her bass range evoke images of Sarah Vaughan, while she demonstrates a breathy, horn-like fluency in the upper registers. In calling upon keyboard masters Joe Sample and George Duke, Baker has arrived at a fresh blend of jazz lyricism and R&B phrasing on standards such as "My Funny Valentine" and "Sometimes I Wonder Why," and a shuffling contemporary take ...
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I REMEMBER MILES won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance.
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