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Whitney Houston - I Learned from the Best Audio CD

A fair review of the Whitney Houston "I Learned from the Best" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Whitney Houston reviews here, or go back to the Whitney Houston tabs.

Whitney Houston Band: Whitney Houston
Title: I Learned from the Best
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Release Date: 2000-02-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: HQ2 [Uptempo Radio Mix] 2: Jr. Vasquez [Disco Radio Mix] 3: HQ2 [Club Mix] 4: Jr. Vasquez [USA Milennium Mix] 5: Jr. Vasquez [Disco Club Mix] 6: HQ2 7: Jr. Vasquez [U.K. Radio Mix] 8: Original Version

A massive dance hit
This track was transformed from a rather uninspiring ballad to big-time club anthem thanks to a series of stunning remixes. "I Learned From The Best" was the fourth and final single from her "My Love Is Your Love" LP.

My favorite on here in the HQ2 (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle) Club Mix. Of all their amazing remixes, this is one of the best (if not the best) mixes to come from the HQ2 camp. It blew away the dance floors in early 2000 and is now considered a classic among DJs. With Whitney's powerful vocals, tribal drums, and even breathing sounds, the mix just pounds away for 9 minutes with an amazing amount of energy. The production values are top notch, and the break in the middle is one of the best I've ever heard.

A close second is the Jr. Vasquez Disco Club Mix which is excatly the way it sounds - retro, disco, campy, over the top. Whitney actually re-sang her vocals in the studio for this mix. They seem more raw and stripped down which fits the mix perfectly. The Disco mix got lots of club play too and stands out as one of the best mixes Jr. Vasquez ever put out.

The other club mix (Jr. Vasquez USA Millenium Mix) is also good but just doesn't measure up IMO. The album version is a dull throwaway, but it makes you appreciate just how incredible these remixes really are.

"I Learned From The Best" spent 3 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Dance/Club Chart and became Whitney's fourth #1 in a row.


Where's The Soul?
Because I know they are old enough to remember that you could not have walked into a club in 1988 without being blown away by the fab remixes of "So Emotional" and "Love Will Save The Day". Apparently, some of the reviewers of this single have amnesia. Whitney was hip to the importance of a jamming club remix long before girls with names like Mariah, Amber, Toni, Deborah, Celine, Taylor, Ultra and Kristine had record deals.

That said, it is a shame to see that Hex Hector has run out of ideas. Whitney has rendered a powerful, dramatic vocal, but Hex has turned it into some tired circuit party crap. Jr. Vasquez hasn't done a decent remix in years.

Whitney needs a pumping, original, festive club mix to complement this fantastic vocal, where are Masters At Work when you need them?.


Whitney is learning to be a clubland mainstay very well
Houston is makin' the grade! In this song Houston tells it like it is to the man who broke her heart in chapter 1. and whether it's breakin' hearts or breakin' charts, Mrs. In chapter 2, the shoe is on the other foot, and look out because she is fierce! So fierce that the original version of the song could not contain her wrath. Enter HQ2(Hex Hector and Mac Quayle) and Hand-bag-totin' Junior Vasquez. Here Houston's Diva-esque vocal and lyrics come to a full boil. Hector/Quayle turn up the heat with some throbbing beats and dark soundscapes that accentuate the song's retributive nature, giving Mrs. Thang a run for her money. Listen closely and you'll her breathing heavily to the beat. Now while Junior's Millenium Mix is typical of his style, it's his Disco Mix that I really get a bang out of. Everytime I hear the intro to this version I keep thinking it's Donna Summer. Is time travel possible? Or is Vasquez simply showing his age? If I did not know any better I'd be looking for this in the 70's/disco bins at some ol' used record shop. Vasquez is totally on top of his game with this one even incorporating Eiffel 65's "Da Ba De" into his concoction for a reality check for old folks like me:), and Houston,s makes sure she is getting her point across by re-recording some of her vocals for this version. No matter how you slice it this Maxi-Single is a winner.


Whitney is catching on to this remix groove!
There she let Junior Vasquez take a rather weak song and spice it up a bit. Fans of Whitney will know that she entered the maxi remix world back in 1996 with Step By Step.

Then came her landmark album, My Love is Your Love. That album had songs screaming for remixes. She did great with three, Heartbreak Hotel, It's Not Right, But It's OK, and My Love is Your Love. Then came, I Learned From the Best.

Keeping the main groove and beat of the song, remixers, Hex Hector and Junior Vasquez transformed this song into a masterpiece.

It is too often that slow ballads don't make great remixes. . . but this is the exception to the rule.

Junior Vasquez's disco mix takes you back and gets you on the floor. The edit versions are great for those that don't want to listen to 10+ minutes of the same music.

Out of the remixes from this album this has got to be the best. Could there be more coming where this came from? With a greatest hits album being launched in May (with a remix CD included in it) fans of Whitney will have to settle with these. Put it in the disc player, put it on repeat and dance the night away!.


She must have really learned from the best!
Junior Vazquez always has something to offer, his "Millenium Mix" includes some vocals from "Step by step" and is over 11+ minutes long. This is Whitney's greatest remix since "Step by step"(1996-97). HQ2's(Hex Hector) club and dub mixes really rock! The cd also includes a couple of of disco edited versions of the song. . . . It's really a must own! If you liked Step by step, you have to have this one!.


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