}}"},"length":{"wt":"58:20"},"label":{"wt":"[[Lava Records|Lava]]"},"producer":{"wt":"[[Rob Mathes]]"},"prev_title":{"wt":"[[Silver & Gold (Vanessa Williams album)|Silver & Gold]]"},"prev_year":{"wt":"2004"},"next_title":{"wt":"[[The Real Thing (Vanessa Williams album)|The Real Thing]]"},"next_year":{"wt":"2009"},"misc":{"wt":"{{Singles\n | name = Everlasting Love\n | type = Studio album\n | single1 = [[You Are Everything]]\n | single1date = November 9, 2004\n | single2 = [[Never Can Say Goodbye]]\n | single2date = December 21, 2004\n | single3 = [[Show and Tell (song)|Show and Tell]]\n | single3date = March 29, 2005\n | single4 = Everlasting Love\n | single4date = April 18, 2005\n | single5 = [[I'll Be Good to You]]\n | single5date = July 12, 2005\n}}"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwBA">2005 studio album by Vanessa Williams
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Everlasting Love is the seventh studio album (eighth overall) by Vanessa Williams , released in the United States on January 25, 2005 by Lava Records . Produced entirely by Rob Mathes , the album contains cover versions of 1970s soul love songs except for the final track, which is an original song. Covers include notably "You Are Everything " released as a single and also "Show and Tell " and the title track "Everlasting Love".
The album received rave reviews and has sold 60,000 copies to date. [ 2] The album peaked at number one hundred and fifty-nine on the Billboard 200 and number fifty-seven on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums . The single "You Are Everything" became another hit for Williams, reaching number sixteen on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks , number five on the Hot Dance Club Play , and number four on the Hot Dance Singles Sales . It also became a major club hit that summer due to disco club mixes of the song by Junior Vasquez .
Track listing Title Writer(s) Originally Recorded by 1. "Tuning" 0:18 2. "Never Can Say Goodbye " (Featuring George Benson ) Clifton Davis The Jackson 5 5:03 3. "Midnight Blue" Melissa Manchester , Carole Bayer Sager Melissa Manchester 3:47 4. "Show and Tell " Jerry Fuller Johnny Mathis 4:11 5. "Let's Love" Willie Beck , James Williams, Marshall Jones, Marvin Pierce, Ralph Middlebrooks, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner The Ohio Players 4:56 6. "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face " Ewan MacColl Roberta Flack 5:42 7. "Everlasting Love" David Wolinski , Dennis Belfield, Kevin Murphy Rufus & Chaka Khan 4:28 8. "With You I'm Born Again " (Duet with George Benson ) David Shire , Carol Connors Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright 3:53 9. "Send One Your Love " Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder 3:41 10. "You Are Everything " Thom Bell , Linda Creed The Stylistics 3:45 11. "One Less Bell to Answer " Burt Bacharach , Hal David The 5th Dimension 4:06 12. "I'll Be Good to You " (Duet with James "D-Train" Williams ) George Johnson, Louis Johnson , Sonora Sam The Brothers Johnson 4:29 13. "Harvest for the World " Ronald Isley , Rudolph Isley , Marvin Isley , O'Kelly Isley, Jr. , Ernest Isley , Christopher Jasper The Isley Brothers 5:12 14. "Today and Everyday (Wedding Song)" Rob Mathes 4:49
Personnel Vanessa Williams – vocals (2-14) Rob Mathes – acoustic piano (2-8, 11, 13), electric piano (2, 5, 7), clavinet (2, 5, 7, 13), Hammond B3 organ (2, 5-7, 13), Fender Rhodes (3, 6, 9, 11), electric guitar pad (3), 6-string guitar (3), 12-string guitar (3, 11), Wurlitzer electric piano (4, 13), electric guitar (4, 13), acoustic guitar (6, 11, 13), mallet (6), gut-string acoustic guitar (8-10, 14), keyboards (10, 12, 14), synth bass (10, 13), programming (14), backing vocals (14) Andy Snitzer – programming (2, 7, 10, 12), tenor saxophone (2, 5, 7, 12, 13) Jan Folkson – programming (14) George Benson – guitar solo (2), vocals (8) Keith Robinson – guitars (2, 5, 8, 10, 12) Al Caldwell – bass (2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12) Will Lee – bass (3, 6, 11, 13) James Genus – electric bass (4), bass (8), acoustic bass (9) J.T. Lewis – drums (2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12) Shawn Pelton – drums (3, 6, 11, 13), human beatbox (6), loops (13) Poogie Bell – drums (4, 9) Bashiri Johnson – percussion (2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13) David Mann – tenor saxophone (2, 5), alto flute (7), flute (7), alto flute solo (9), alto saxophone (12, 13) Aaron Heick – alto flute (7), flute (7), tenor saxophone (12) Michael Davis – tenor trombone (2, 5, 13), trombone (12) Jeff Kievit – trumpet (2, 5, 12, 13), flugelhorn (7) James D-Train Williams – backing vocals (2, 4), vocals (12) Lisa Fischer – backing vocals (4) Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (4) The London Session Orchestra
Rob Mathes – arrangements, orchestration and conductor Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor Lori Casteel, Mike Casteel and T.D. Ellis IV – music copyists Horns and Woodwinds Strings Lynda Houghton and Chris Laurence – bass (6, 8, 11) David Daniels, John Heley and Martin Loveday – cello (2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14) Caroline Dearnley and Stephen Orton – cello (6, 8, 11) Skaila Kanga – harp (6, 8, 11) Gustav Clarkson, Peter Lale and Bruce White – viola (2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14) Rachel Bolt, Kate Musker and Katie Wilkinson – viola (6, 8, 11) Mark Berrow, Peter Hanson, Patrick Kiernan, Boguslaw Kostecki, Rita Manning, Everton Nelson, Emlyn Singleton, David Woodcock, Gavyn Wright and Warren Zielinski – violin (2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14) Dermot Crehan, Elizabeth Edwards, David Emanuel, Simon Fischer, Lorraine McAslan and Jim McLeod – violin (6, 8, 11) Production Michael Gruber – executive producer Matt Walden – executive producer Vanessa Williams – executive producer Rob Mathes – producer, arrangements Jan Folkson – recording, editing Phil Magnotti – recording Mark Mandelbaum – recording Simon Rhodes – orchestra recording (2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14) Jeff Harris – recording (George Benson) John Wroble – recording (George Benson) Ray Bardani – mixing at Sound On Sound (New York, NY) Isaiah Abolin – assistant engineer, mix assistant Katherine Diehl – assistant engineer Kris Lewis – assistant engineer Jennifer Zimmer – assistant engineer Andy Snitzer – editing Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) Andy Shane – A&R Jill Dell'Abate – production assistant Angela McLain – product manager Christina Dittmar – art direction Benjamin Niles – design Rod Spicer – photography References
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