Track Listing

1. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) - Whitney Houston
2. Why Does It Hurt So Bad - Whitney Houston
3. Let It Flow - Toni Braxton
4. It Hurts Like Hell - Aretha Franklin
5. Sittin' Up In My Room - Brandy
6. This Is How It Works - TLC
7. Not Gon' Cry - Mary J. Blige
8. My Funny Valentine - Chaka Khan
9. And I Gave My Love To You - Sonja Marie
10. All Night Long - SWV
11. Wey U - Chante Moore
12. My Love, Sweet Love - Patti La Belle
13. Kissing You - Faith Evans
14. Love Will Be Waiting At Home - For Real
15. How Could You Call Her Baby - Shanna
16. Count On Me - Whitney Houston

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2763 in Music
• Released on: 1995-11-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack

Amazon.com
Waiting to Exhale is the exception that proves the rule about mish-mash '90s soundtrack albums. Even though it features 22 different female voices, the album boasts a rare continuity because Babyface wrote or cowrote 15 of the songs and produced all 16. Moreover, the gifted R&B artist used every song to explore the film's theme of women trying to balance self-respect and romantic desire. Not only has Babyface (nee Kenny Edmonds) created a fascinating song suite, he has produced one of the best middle-of-the-road-pop, adult- contemporary albums of the decade. Mary J. Blige stakes out a claim as the new diva on the block with an astonishing performance on "Not Gon' Cry." Babyface's music and lyrics suggest a woman barely holding back a swelling flood of anger and heartache, and Blige's brilliant vocal captures both the agitation and the restraint. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews

Got me through a terrible breakup
A very close friend gave me this CD when I was going thru a terrible breakup. I listened to the CD so much I wore it out. But with the help of the CD, my good friend, and the passing of time somehow or another I managed to survive. Fast forward years later, a different yet equally close friend of mine is going thru a divorce and, yes, you guessed it, I'm on Amazon today purchasing the CD for her. I don't know what it is, but this CD is empowering. Makes you cry, makes you angry, makes you want to dance, and makes you dare to dream again. It's a great CD and even better medicine.

all time favorite soundtrack
i need to buy a new one, i lost my copy. i love this soundtrack and i love the movie. alot of great songs and artists on this one.

Really good soundtrack
It's the second time I buy it as I lost the first CD. Very romantic, a great soundtrack, timeless.