Natalie Cole - Love Essentials '2007

Tracks list

Tracklist: 

01. Miss You Like Crazy
02. Angel On My Shoulder
03. A Smile Like Yours
04. I Live For Your Love
05. Too Young
06. Starting Over Again
07. More Than The Stars
08. The Very Thought Of You
09. As Time Goes By
10. Snowfall On The Sahara
11. Our Love Is Here To Stay
12. Livin For Love
13. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) (Single)

When it has came down to the most influential divas of all time, many of them
place them in a box. Some of the definitive standards showcased bravado & beauty
from the soul within like the great Aretha Franklin, the definitive and soulful
Whitney Houston or the sweet sounds of the vintage Ella Fitzgerald. Truthfully,
there are also some divas that also do deserve to be in that pantheon, but
people have forgotten about them too long. Natalie Cole is definitely a example
of that. She had showcased 40 years of beautiful music ranging from R&B, to
standards in jazz and pop. The daughter of the legendary Nat King Coles music
had been more or less forgotten about by todays divas like Rihanna, Adele &
Beyonce, which have mostly left more overexposure than simplicity shine. Yet, to
celebrate Natalies music each and every time, I think of her best ballads that
shine so brightly from the heart.

Love Essentials, is a condensed version of the 2007 Love Songs album Rhino
records made for Natalie Coles music. Considered that Concord records, home of
the late Ray Charles final album Genius Loves Company, acquired the rights to
Natalie Coles catalog recently and has re-released her music. The 13 track
compilation does mostly showcase what the Love Songs album was, but with a few
songs and standards ignored. The collection does have the bulk of the songs here
though, in the same order from the 2007 collection. There are a lot of Natalies
greats here and a few underrated tracks like Miss You Like Crazy, Starting Over
Again, the Everlasting comeback hit I Live For Your Love and Angel Of My
Shoulder from Natalies 1999 hits album. Yet, there are a few faults with the
compilation. One was that it took off some of Natalies biggest ballads like Ive
Got Love On My Mind and Inseparable. Also, Concord couldve re-enhanced it by
putting some of Natalie Coles biggest standards on this collection like
Unforgettable, her duet with Nat King Cole, Ask A Woman Who Knows or Someone
That I Used To Know. There is a lot that couldve been desired here, and misses
the impression of Natalies beloved soul.

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