The Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1: Forever, For Always, For Love
• 1
  Bad Boy / Having a Party
• 2
  You're the Sweetest One
• 3
  Since I Lost My Baby
• 4
  Forever, for Always, for Love
• 5
  Better Love
• 6
  Promise Me
• 7
  She Love Me Back
• 8
  Once You Know How
• CD 2: Never Too Much
• 1
  Never Too Much
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Sugar and Spice (I Found Me a Girl)
• 3
  Don't You Know That?
• 4
  I've Been Working
• 5
  She's a Super Lady
• 6
  You Stopped Loving Me
• 7
  A House Is Not a Home
• CD 3: Busy Body
• 1
  I Wanted Your Love
• 2
  Busy Body
• 3
  I'll Let You Slide
• 4
  Make Me a Believer
• 5
  For the Sweetness of Your Love
• 6
  How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
• 7
  Superstar / Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

More by Luther Vandross

Never Too Much

Never Too Much 1981

Give Me the Reason

Give Me the Reason 1986

Forever, for Always, for Love

Forever, for Always, for Love 1982

Rejoice

Rejoice 2017

The Greatest Hits

The Greatest Hits 2014

The Ultimate Luther Vandross

The Ultimate Luther Vandross 2001

Release credits

• Alfa Anderson
  background vocals [2-3, 6]
• Andy Hoffman
  assistant [1-7]
• Bashiri Johnson
  congas [1]
• Brenda White‐King
  background vocals [2.1, 3.1-3, 3.5-7, 1.1-3, 1.5, 1.8], vocal [7]
• Buddy Williams
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 1.4, 1.8]
• Carl Beatty
  engineer [1-7]
• Cheryl Lynn
  background vocals [3, 5]
• Cissy Houston
  background vocals [3.2, 3.6, 2.1, 1.2-3, 1.5], vocal [7]
• Crusher Bennett
  percussion [1]
• Darlene Love
  background vocals [3, 5]
• David Lasley
  background vocals [3, 5]
• Dionne Warwick
  vocal [6]
• Doc Powell
  guitar [1-8]
• Don Wershba
  assistant [1-7]
• Ed Walsh
  synthesizer [1]
• Fonzi Thornton
  background vocals [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7-8, 3.1, 3.5]
• Georg “Jojje” Wadenius
  guitar [1.1, 1.5, 2.1]
• Greg Mann
  assistant [1-7]
• Jimmy Webb
  horn [6], strings [6]
• John “Skip” Anderson
  synthesizer [4, 6-7]
• Larkin Arnold
  executive
• Lawrence Feldman
  flute [4], solo [4]
• Leon Pendarvis
  horn [1.6-8, 2.7], strings [1.6-8, 2.7]
• Lincoln Clapp
  assistant [1-7]
• Luther Vandross
  arranger [1, 3-8], background vocals [1.1, 1.3, 1.6-8, 2.1, 3.1-3, 3.5-7], lead vocals [2.1, 1.6], percussion [1, 7], piano [8], producer, vocal [4], vocal arranger [2.1-7, 3.1-7, 1.1-3, 1.5-8]
• Marcus Miller
  arranger [3.1-3, 3.5, 1.1-2], background vocals [7], bass [2.1, 1.1-8, 3.1-7], producer [3.1-3, 3.5, 1.7], synthesizer [1-5, 7]
• Michael Brauer
  mix [1.1-8, 2.1-7], recording [2.1-7, 1.1-8]
• Michael White
  percussion [7]
• Michelle Cobbs
  background vocals [1.2, 1.5, 1.7-8, 2.1, 3.6], vocal [7]
• Nat Adderley, Jr.
  arranger [1.3-7, 2.3, 3.2], background vocals [1], electric piano [8], horn [4, 7], keyboard [3.1-7, 1.1-7, 2.1], percussion [1], strings [2, 7]
• Nicky Kalliongis
  assistant [1-7]
• Norma Jean Wright
  background vocals [3, 8]
• Patti Austin
  background vocals [6]
• Paul Riser
  arranger [2-3, 5], horn [1.2-5, 2.1], strings [1.2-5, 2.1]
• Paulette McWilliams
  background vocals [3.3, 3.5, 1.1, 1.3]
• Paulinho da Costa
  percussion [3.1-7, 1.3, 1.5-7]
• Phillip Ballou
  background vocals [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 3.1-2, 3.5-7]
• Ralph MacDonald
  percussion [1-2]
• Ray Bardani
  mix [1-7], recording [1-7]
• Robin Clark
  background vocals [1-3, 5, 7]
• Sammy Figueroa
  percussion [3, 5]
• Steve Kroon
  bongos [2, 4], congas [1, 3, 5-7]
• Sybil Thomas
  background vocals [1]
• Tawatha Agee
  background vocals [1.2-3, 1.5, 1.8, 2.1, 3.1-3, 3.5, 3.7], vocal [7]
• Yogi Horton
  drums (drum set) [1.1-3, 1.5-7, 3.1-7]
• Yvonne Lewis
  background vocals [1.2, 1.5, 2.1, 3.5-6], vocal [7]
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Issues

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  The Collection

  3x CD
  2005