The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love
1989 greatest hits album by Luther Vandross
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The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love is the first compilation album by American singer Luther Vandross, released on October 4, 1989. It contains two previously unreleased songs, "Here and Now"—which became Vandross' first top ten pop hit and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male in 1991—and the 1990 US #5 R&B single "Treat You Right".
| The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love | ||||
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Cover art by Raul Colon | ||||
| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | October 4, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1980–1989 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul, pop, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 117:19 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller, Jacques Fred Petrus | |||
| Luther Vandross chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
Track listing
Disc one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Searching" (Change featuring Luther Vandross) (From Change's The Glow of Love, 1980) | Mauro Malavasi, Wayne Garfield, Paul Slade, Tanyayette Willoughby | 8:02 |
| 2. | "The Glow of Love" (Change featuring Luther Vandross) (From Change's The Glow of Love) | David Romani, Garfield, Malavasi | 6:12 |
| 3. | "Never Too Much" (From Never Too Much, 1981) | Luther Vandross | 3:52 |
| 4. | "If This World Were Mine" (Duet with Cheryl Lynn) (From Lynn's Instant Love, 1982) | Marvin Gaye | 5:24 |
| 5. | "A House Is Not a Home" (From Never Too Much) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 7:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Bad Boy/Having a Party" (From Forever, for Always, for Love, 1982) | Sam Cooke, Vandross, Marcus Miller | 5:19 |
| 7. | "Since I Lost My Baby" (From Forever, for Always, for Love) | Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore | 5:23 |
| 8. | "Promise Me" (From Forever, for Always, for Love) | Vandross | 4:42 |
| 9. | "Til My Baby Comes Home" (From The Night I Fell in Love, 1985) | Vandross, Miller | 5:34 |
| 10. | "If Only for One Night/Creepin'" (From The Night I Fell in Love) | Brenda Russell, Stevie Wonder | 8:20 |
Disc two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (From Busy Body, 1983) | Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett, Wonder, Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul | 9:18 |
| 2. | "Stop to Love" (From Give Me the Reason, 1986) | Vandross, Nat Adderley Jr. | 5:09 |
| 3. | "So Amazing" (From Give Me the Reason) | Vandross | 3:43 |
| 4. | "There's Nothing Better Than Love" (Duet with Gregory Hines) (From Give Me the Reason) | Vandross, Skip Anderson | 4:44 |
| 5. | "Give Me the Reason" (From Give Me the Reason) | Vandross, Adderley | 4:45 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Any Love" (From Any Love, 1988) | Vandross, Miller | 5:03 |
| 7. | "I Really Didn't Mean It" (From Give Me the Reason) | Vandross, Miller | 5:43 |
| 8. | "Love Won't Let Me Wait" (From Any Love) | Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett | 7:20 |
| 9. | "Treat You Right" (Previously Unreleased) | Vandross, Miller | 6:37 |
| 10. | "Here and Now" (Previously Unreleased) | Terry Steele, David L. Elliott | 5:23 |
Notes
- "If This World Were Mine" is a Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell cover (1967)
- "A House Is Not a Home" is a Dionne Warwick cover (1964)
- "Since I Lost My Baby" is a cover of the Temptations (1965)
- "If Only for One Night" is a Brenda Russell cover (1979)
- "Creepin'" is a Stevie Wonder cover (1977)
- "Superstar" is a Delaney & Bonnie cover (1969)
- "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" is an Aretha Franklin cover (1973)
- "Love Won't Let Me Wait" is a Major Harris cover (1975)
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[10] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
