Always & Forever: The Classics

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Always & Forever: The Classics
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1998 (US)
Genre R&B, soul
Label LV, Epic
Producer Luther Vandross (also executive), Nat Adderley Jr., Walter Afanasieff, Marcus Miller, Frank Ceraolo (compilation producer)
Luther Vandross chronology
I Know
(1998)
Always & Forever: The Classics
(1998)
Greatest Hits
(1999)
Professional ratings
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Always & Forever: The Classics is a greatest hits album by American R&B/soul singer Luther Vandross, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). It contains Luther's best known cover songs.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "A House Is Not a Home" – 7:08
  2. "Since I Lost My Baby" – 5:25
  3. "Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" – 9:18
  4. "Creepin'" – 4:04
  5. "Anyone Who Had a Heart" – 5:46
  6. "I (Who Have Nothing)" (with Martha Wash) – 7:28
  7. "If This World Were Mine" (with Cheryl Lynn) – 5:24
  8. "Goin' Out of My Head" – 5:17
  9. "Going in Circles" – 5:12
  10. "Knocks Me off My Feet" – 3:45
  11. "Love Won't Let Me Wait" – 7:20
  12. "Always and Forever" – 4:56

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [2] 85

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