Anita Baker - The Best of Anita Baker

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Music Review: Soul Kiss
Rating: 5 Stars

For any singer to encompass as many singing styles as Ms. Baker effortlessly does, whether it be Soul, R&B or even a slice of Jazz is probably my main source of enjoyment in this wonderful disc. At times sounding like Jazz great Sarah Vaughn, she takes each of these selections here and makes the listener believe that, as far as these songs are concerned, no other vocalist should even attempt to cover them, less they be compared ( and probably unfavorably ) to our Ms. Baker. Starting off this magnificent disc with three selections from " The Songstress " Anita tackles these opening tracks with such complete artistic abandon that I was in awe and began to wonder why it took this listener so very long to pick up this cd. The following five selections from " Rapture " ( aptly titled ) is again a true slice of R&B heaven and it is this disc that set the bar for many of Anita's imitators to follow i.e. Toni Braxton. This is most definitely " old school " at its very best and every track is absolutely essential for my music library. As it should be for any true fan of Soul, Jazz or any style of really good, mature adult music.

Small point though, while I'm not exactly thrilled with Rhino ( who generally do a wonderful job with these sort of compilations! ) editing many of the tracks here I do understand. Clocking in at a mind-numbing seventy-nine and a half minutes they've certainly given the consumer more then their money's worth and for that I'm more then happy to live with the single versions to be found within. Also, compilations can be rather tricky seeing how there are always fans of any artist who will complain of songs that are absent and favorites that simply didn't make the cut ( read above reviews) but a disc such as this I find I'm far too busy enjoying what's contained within to be bothered with what doesn't necessarily appear. It's a small point when listening to a disc that is filled with so much wonderful, heartwrenching music that it made any minor points such as these seem miniscule and decidedly unimportant. That's the effect that Anita Baker has on this listener. " Rapture " indeed!

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