Midnight Train to Georgia: Janus Years

Cissy Houston | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 1995)
• Original Release Date: April 19, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ichiban
• ASIN: B000003T2Z
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #493,629 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

2. Didn't We

3. I'll Be There

4. Any Guy

5. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby

6. Be My Baby

7. This Empty Place

8. The Long And Winding Road

9. He/I Believe

10. Darling, Take Me Back

11. Hang On To A Dream

12. I Love You

13. Making Love

14. It's Not Easy

15. Midnight Train To Georgia

16. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

17. Only Time You Say You Love Me

18. I'm So Glad I Can Love Again

19. Nothing Can Stop Me

20. Don't Wonder Why

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BREAKING OUT OF THE BACKGROUND!, June 15, 2000

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A. M. Smith (RICHMOND, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midnight Train to Georgia: Janus Years (Audio CD)

The voice of Cissy Houston...if you've heard it you can't forget it. It becomes part of you. Daughter Whitney sounds like Minnie Mouse next to the elder Houston, who sacrificed her own career to rear her children and to groom her daughter for stardom. This is a collection of Cissy's first solo outings. After years with the Drinkard Singers, New Hope Radio Choir, and of course, the Sweet Inspirations, pop music's first-call backup group, Cissy decided to go solo in 1969 - and did so with a real flourish! Sadly, the label for which she originally recorded most of these tracks (Commonwealth United) went under and the label (Janus) which picked them up didn't go to bat for the artist, so these gems were relegated to the eventual cut-out bins. (Gladys Knight and the Pips covered Cissy's original "Midnight Train to Georgia" as their first Buddha release after fleeing Motown and found renewed fame. Why, oh why couldn't it have been Cissy?) Now they've been unearthed - and better late than never. This voice will blow you away. Cissy belts her heart out on songs ranging from light pop to soul to gospel with equal finesse. A consummate artist and a remarkable human being is Cissy Drinkard Houston. May she live long and prosper!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!, October 10, 2001

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Lance E. Boykin (New Rochelle, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight Train to Georgia: Janus Years (Audio CD)

I just can't believe how a person can be blessed with such an extraordinary voice and still not have been up there with Aretha! I've heard Cissy's more recent albums (Think It Over, Face To Face, He Leadeth Me). But nothing prepared me for this one. She is definitely Whitney's mother. Cissy sings in a way that no one else does. Now I understand all the hoopla about her voice. Whitney has always been my favorite. But everything I loved about her voice is in Cissy's. TENFOLD!! Even in Whitney's prime, Cissy makes her sound like Mariah. Yes Whitney, you've definitely "Learned From The Best." If you have an appreciation for really good singing, this album is a must-have.

5.0 out of 5 stars He Leadeth Me and Face to Face, August 3, 2005

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Watchtower - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight Train to Georgia: Janus Years (Audio CD)

I ordered both of these cd's last week and I have been listening to them ever since. They are soooooo anointed. I thank God for Mrs. Cissy Houston and I hope she will record more gospel cd's to bless the body of Christ. I can see where Whitney inherited her beautiful voice from. I am waiting for Whitney to record a gospel album.

God Bless you,