The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album

By this time in her career, Whitney Houston had a formula sound, and here she leans on it hard, surrounding herself with adult contemporary heavy-hitters like Diane Warren and Babyface. This wasn't the monster her previous records were, most notably The Bodyguard soundtrack, even though it seems to be an overt attempt at satisfying the same audience. Her voice is as crystalline as ever, but overall it seems a somewhat soulless effort, even though the themes are much more secular than she's braved before. --Scott Wilson Amazon.com

GOODMUSIC/-GOOD BOOKS

The music for the Preachers Wife with Whitney Houston was very good.It takes your mind back to the movie as it should,some time when you buy sound tracks to movies they do not co-inside with each other.That is not the case with this sound track. July 25, 2008

It's Ok!

I am not a big fan of Gospel music, the only reason for purchasing this album is for the Whitney Houston tracks. I was a fan of the songs "I Believe In You & Me" and "Step By Step". I didn't care for the movie, but the soundtrack wasn't all that bad. Whitney does sing the Christmas songs great. She should of released her own Christmas album, following this album. But she waited years later and that might be a reason why it flopped. Hopefully Whitney can get back to her roots and continue to sing with her beautiful voice. July 9, 2008

Great CD

I listen to thos soundtrack and it is amazing. This is the gospel side of Whitney Houston and it is beautiful, so enjoy if you would like to hear Whitney at her best June 14, 2008

Whitney is in fine form...

I think that Whitney's musical performances in THE PREACHER'S WIFE are among the very best of her career. Most people have never heard her sing gospel unless they caught her and her mother, Cissy, singing on different music award shows (where they blow everyone away!) I think that MUCH of the material on her albums is soulless mush and power ballads that don't give her the opportunity to sing with real conviction. This soundtrack is an exception. It really let's us hear just what Whitney is capable of when given music that is as special as her gift. And that's true with the gospel numbers and ESPECIALLY on "I Believe in You and Me" - a beautifully written song performed with grace and maturity.
Another example of what Whitney can do when given great material appears on an album dedicated to songs written by Curtis Mayfield; again, her instincts are right on target and she does a phenomenal job. Maybe she needs to get rid of Clive - get a mentor/producer/whatever who will bring better material to Whitney and allow that incredible voice to soar. May 10, 2008

Preachers Wife Soundtrack

Even tho I loved the movie, I was rather disappointed in the CD, as it is not what I would call a Sountrack. There are a few songs I don't recall from the movie, and the ones that she sang on the CD, were not as they were in the move. For example---Who would imagine a King---She sang this with the Childrens choir in the movie, and alone on the CD. She sang about three or four songs with the adult choir, and only heard them once on the CD and that was at the end. For a soundtrack, I would not recommend it. It should have just been called a Christmas Album. April 6, 2008

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