Everlasting Love (Vanessa Williams album)

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Everlasting Love
Vanessa Williams - Everlasting Love album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
Recorded2004–2005
Studio
  • Sound On Sound (New York City, New York)
  • Porcupine Studios (Phoenix, Arizona)
  • Abbey Road Studios (London, UK)
Genre
Length58:20
Label Lava
Producer Rob Mathes
Vanessa Williams chronology
Silver & Gold
(2004)
Everlasting Love
(2005)
The Real Thing
(2009)
Singles from Everlasting Love
  1. "You Are Everything"
    Released: November 9, 2004
  2. "Never Can Say Goodbye"
    Released: December 21, 2004
  3. "Show and Tell"
    Released: March 29, 2005
  4. "Everlasting Love"
    Released: April 18, 2005
  5. "I'll Be Good to You"
    Released: July 12, 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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".

Contents

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Originally Recorded byLength
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 Manchester3:47
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 Wonder3:41
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

The London Session Orchestra

Horns and Woodwinds
Strings

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Everlasting Love
Chart (2005)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 159
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [4] 57

Release history

Release history for Everlasting Love
RegionDateLabelRef.
JapanJanuary 26, 2005 Warner Music Japan [5]

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