Waiting to Exhale

by Various Artists

Ranked #16 on Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums of '96.'
Ranked #88 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks"
"...the album goes down easy, just as you'd expect from a package framed by Whitney Houston tracks....the soundtrack waits to exhale, hovering in sensuous suspense." - Rating: B
"...this is a Babyface album. Not only did he write all the new songs, but it's his empathy and melodic gift that sets the stage for these performances..."
Included on Jon Pareles' and Stephen Holden's list of the Top 10 Albums of '95 - "Kenneth (Babyface) Edmonds gathers most of the sultriest female singers in current rhythm-and-blues... and matches them with his own tender, gently pulsating songs..."