"The Real Thing" is the eighth studio album by American recording artist Va… Read Full Bio ↴"The Real Thing" is the eighth studio album by American recording artist Vanessa Williams, released on June 2, 2009 on Concord Records. It features productions by Keith Thomas, Kenneth Edmonds, Rob Mathes, Rex Rideout, and Guy Sigsworth, and songs written by Stevie Wonder and Babyface. The Real Thing achieved moderate success, peaking at #91 on the Billboard 200. It also reached #1 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, #2 on the Top Jazz Albums chart and #36 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The four singles lifted from the album were "Breathless", "Just Friends", "Close To You" and "The Real Thing."
"The Real Thing" was originally intended to be a "Brazilian-type" record. However, when Vanessa Williams contacted Babyface for the album production, it was revealed the album would have a more R&B sound. She considered the album a combination of different influences, such as classical, jazz and latin music. The Real Thing was also produced by Keith Thomas, Rob Mathes and Rex Rideout, and features songs written by Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Bebel Gilberto, Phil Galdston, and Babyface.
"The Real Thing" was originally intended to be a "Brazilian-type" record. However, when Vanessa Williams contacted Babyface for the album production, it was revealed the album would have a more R&B sound. She considered the album a combination of different influences, such as classical, jazz and latin music. The Real Thing was also produced by Keith Thomas, Rob Mathes and Rex Rideout, and features songs written by Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Bebel Gilberto, Phil Galdston, and Babyface.
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The Real Thing
Vanessa Williams Lyrics
Breathless Candlelight, a glass of wine, setting for that special time…
Close To You I'm alone In my sleepless nights Even though it's you Playin…
Come On Strong If you're gonna kiss me don't just merely kiss me Baby…
Hello Like Before Hello like before I'd never come here If I'd known that you…
I Fell In I thought I knew my name But when you asked Everything went…
If There Were No Song If there were no song Only silence stretching on and on…
Just Friends Here we are once again It's the same old story You and…
Lazy Afternoon It's a lazy afternoon And the beetle bugs are zooming And th…
Loving You Loving you I could spend forever Loving you could transcend …
October Sky And your eyes once so kind, now they never meet…
The Real Thing 1,2, 1,2,3 uh Doo da doo, m doo da do ba…