Whitney Houston's "half" album as the Queen of the Night, 6. Oktober 2005

There have been a lot of successful soundtrack albums from "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music" to "Grease" and "Titanic," but in all of those cases the movies were big successes as well. However, in the case of "The Bodyguard" the album was way more successful than the film selling over 15 million copies, spending 20 weeks at the top of the charts, and winning the Grammy award for Album of the Year. Then there was the hit single, "I Will Always Love You," a powerful cover of Dolly Parton's sweet little song, which hit the #1 spot on the Billboard singles chart and stayed there for 15 weeks. Of course where "The Bodyguard" was different from most soundtracks was that the leading lady not only did her own singing but happened to be at the top of her game. True, she only sang the first six songs on the album (what would have been the first side of the record back in the olden days), but these were songs that sounded like Houston was still recording "I'm Your Baby Tonight," except with better songs. Consequently, there is nothing here that is regarded as a stretch for the singer turned actress (compare the results with what Bette Midler had to do in her first film, "The Rose"; Midler is a pretty good singer but Janis Joplin-type songs are not her forte).

Most of the other songs made it high up on various charts: "I Have Nothing" was #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Run to You" was #10 on Adult Contemporary, "I'm Every Woman" was #1 for Hot Dance Music/Club Play; and "Queen Of The Night" was #1 for Hot Dance Music/Club Play. For four years the album made it to the top spot on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. If you want more of an explanation for the album's success than Whitney Houston's voice and Kevin Costner's buzz cut, then the variety of charts these songs covered evidences its widespread popularity. The only serious complaint is that Houston only does the first half of the album and the rest is just the sort of filler than usually makes its way onto soundtrack albums in the last decade or so even if having Kenny G, Aaron Neville, and Joe Cocker doing the filling was above average. But in comparison to the way the album started the second half could not help but suffer in comparison. There had not been a soundtrack so "A" side "B" side since the Beatles put out "Yellow Submarine" and I just cannot round this one up when it comes to the rating.

       Greatest Voice of all time Whitney Houston, 7. März 2005

Bodyguard (1992) 1992 machte Whitney Houston "The Bodyguard" zum erfolgreichstem Soundtrack aller Zeiten. Mehr als 38.000.000 Kopien gingen in aller Welt aus den Läden. Die gesamte gesamte CD wurde ebenfalls "Album of the Year 1994". Die erste Single des Albums, "I Will Always Love You" wurde die Meistverkaufte Single der ganzen Welt, mit über 30.000.000 Kopien Welt weit dieser Song wurde "Record of the Year 1994" und zugleich "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female". Auch drei andere Singles, "I Have Nothing", "Run To You" und "I'm Every Woman" wurden internationale Hits für Whitney.

das ist wohl der schönste song der welt

I Will Always Love You If I should stay I would only be in your way So I'll go, but I know I'll think of you every step of the way

Chorus:

I will always love you (bis)

Bitter sweet memories That is all I'm taking with me So goodbye, please don't cry We both know I'm not wat you need

chorus

I hope life treats you kind And I hope you have all you dreamed of And I wish you joy and happiness But above all this I wish you love

chorus

The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

1. I Will Always Love You 2. I Have Nothing 3. I'm Every Woman 4. Run to You 5. Queen of the Night 6. Jesus Loves Me [Version Not in Motion Picture] 7. Even If My Heart Would Break - Kenny G. 8. Someday (I'm Coming Back) - Lisa Stansfield 9. It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day - S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. 10. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - Curtis Stigers 11. Waiting for You [Not on US Album] - Kenny G. 12. Trust in Me - Joe Cocker 13. Theme from the Bodyguard

       Fast besser als der Film, 27. März 2004

Diese CD finde ich fast besser als den Film selbst.Obwohl ich überrascht war einige Songs darauf zu finden die im Film nicht vorkamen oder ich im Film noch nicht bemerkt habe.Aber im großen und ganzen.Top CD 5 Sterne.

       Whitney Houston setzt sich selbst ein Denkmal, 26. Juli 2000

Einer der besten Soundtracks (wenn nicht DER beste) der Filmgeschichte. Herausragend sind vor allem drei Titel von Whitney Houston: "I Will Always Love You" (war in den USA 14 Wochen auf Platz 1 der Charts!), "I Have Nothing" und "Run To You" (beide waren 1992 für den Oskar nominiert, gingen aber ungerechterweise beide leer aus). Neben den drei Jahrhundertballaden liefert die Diva auch noch soliden Mainstreampop mit "I'm Every Woman" und dem dynamischen "Queen Of The Night". Wunderbar romantisch klingen auch das Saxophon von Kenny G in "Even If My Heart Would Break" und "Waiting For You" (nicht auf der US-Version enthalten). Daneben sind auch noch "It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day" (The Soul System) und "Trust In Me" (Joe Cocker/Sass Jordan) sehr zu empfehlen. Allerdings stellen die ganz oben genannten Tracks alles andere in den Schatten, weswegen es vielleicht geschickter gewesen wäre, sie ans Ende der CD zu stellen (statt auf Nummer 1, 2 und 4).

Wer den Film mochte, wird den Soundtrack lieben. Wer Whitney Houston mag, für den ist das Album ohnehin ein Pflichtkauf.

       Ein echtes Hörvergnügen, 3. Februar 2000

Dieser Soundtrack übertrift alles. Zwar finde ich die Nummern 7-12 nicht so toll, aber die Nummern 1-6 von Whitney holen alles wieder raus. Besonders der Titelsong "I will always love you" ist ein unvergeßliches Hörerlebnis!!! Der wahrscheinlich Beste Soundtrack der Filmgeschichte!