The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album

Tracks include: 1. I Believe In You And Me [Film Version] 2. Step By Step 3. Joy [with The Georgia Mass Choir] 4. Hold On, Help Is On The Way Whitney Houston [with The Georgia Mass Choir] 5. I Go To The Rock [with The Georgia Mass Choir] 6. I Love The Lord [with The Georgia Mass Choir] 7. Somebody Bigger Than You And I [Featuring Bobby Brown, Faith Evans, Johnny Gill, Monica And Ralph Tresvant] 8. You Were Loved 9. My Heart Is Calling 10. I Believe In You And Me [Record Version] 11. Step By Step [Remix] 12. Who Would Imagine A King [Featuring The Nativity Choir] 13. He's All Over Me [with Shirley Caesar and The Georgia Mass Choir] 14. The Lord Is My Shepherd [Cissy Houston With Hezekiah Walker And The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir] 15. Joy To The World [with The Georgia Mass Choir]

By this time in her career, Whitney Houston had a formula sound, and here she leans on it hard, surrounding herself with adult contemporary heavy-hitters like Diane Warren and Babyface. This wasn't the monster her previous records were, most notably The Bodyguard soundtrack, even though it seems to be an overt attempt at satisfying the same audience. Her voice is as crystalline as ever, but overall it seems a somewhat soulless effort, even though the themes are much more secular than she's braved before. --Scott Wilson