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Ultimate Toni Braxton (Eco-Friendly Package)

Most modern-day female pop singers start their careers doing their sexy, stylish dance-oriented material then settle into a career as an adult contemporary crooner. Toni Braxton didn't follow that route. She started the '90s singing elegant, refined quiet storm ballads and ended it singing sleek dance-pop tunes as she slinked around in skimpy outfits. She wasn't the only one of her peers to follow this trajectory -- Mariah Carey pretty much did the same thing, only to the extreme -- but it's a little odd to listen to Braxton evolve from the sophisticated urban contemporary crooner to oversexed R&B thrush, even if it's not a bad thing at all. One thing that elevated Braxton above her peers is that she was a controlled, powerful singer who rarely oversang, and she had a good selection of material, much of it written or co-written by Babyface. That's why her 18-track hits collection Ultimate Toni Braxton works well even through her shifts in style -- she is a confident enough performer to sell both the slow romantic ballads and material that swings harder. That's not to say that there aren't some slow spots here -- the previously unreleased cuts are no great shakes, and sometimes the abundance of slow numbers makes things sound too samey -- but she was one of the top urban soul singers of the '90s, and this is the album that illustrates why. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Performer	Toni Braxton
Music genre	R&B / Soul, Contemporary R&B / Soul
Media format	CD
Original release date	2007-02-19
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	Give U My Heart - Featuring Babyface,Love Shoulda Brought You Home,Another Sad Love Song,Breathe Again,Seven Whole Days,You Mean The World To Me,How Many Ways,You're Makin' Me High,Let It Flow,Un-Break My Heart,I Love Me Some Him,I Don't Want To,He Wasn't Man Enough,Just Be A Man About It,Hit The Freeway - Featuring Loon,Whatchu Need,The Little Things,Un-Break My Heart (Soul-Hex Anthem Radio Edit)
Record label	Slider Pack
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N