Passion

Regina Belle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
• ASIN: B0012GN1RK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MiniDisc  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #545,741 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Interlude/Passion

2. Quiet Time

3. If I Could

4. Do You Wanna Get Serious

5. Dream in Color

6. My Man

7. The Deeper I Love

8. A Whole New World [From Aladdin]

9. Love

10. Heaven's Just a Whisper Away

11. Tango in Paris

12. One Love

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Belle's "Passion" proves third time's a charm, September 14, 2000

By 

John Jones "Musician" (Chicago IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Passion (Audio CD)

Her debut, "All By Myself," was a potent warm-up, and "Stay With Me" was a sophomore effort of high order. But Regina Belle's third release, "Passion," showed her poised to join the ranks of Anita Baker as one of contemporary R&B's most stylish and sophisticated singers.

"Quiet Time" and "The Deeper I Love" are sharp and mature soul exercises, giving Belle an opportunity to wrap her silky voice around romantic claims amidst gently-flowing Quiet Storm grooves. "Passion" and "Tango in Paris" manage to pick up the pace and venture into the realm of pop without compromising artistic integrity, but the lush ballad "Love" and a slick cover of Billie Holiday's "My Man" prove that Regina is capable of the most mature of musical outings. Weak moments are few: the gospel-flavored "Dream in Color" features a decent vocal but still ends up sounding routine, while "One Love" is a pedestrian exercise in world-peace-themed pop.

But the biggest crime of "Passion" is that "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" didn't do the same thing for Belle's career that "Beauty and the Beast" did for Celine Dion's. Dion's duet with Peabo Bryson is the song that truly got her career off the ground, and the Canadian diva went on to become a multi-platinum singer of movie hits and pop classics. Sadly, even with Belle's pairing with Bryson becoming a #1 pop record, Belle's post-Disney success was still relegated to the R&B charts, with crossover success wrongly out of reach. Then again, if a gorgeously-produced and perfectly-performed album is any consolation, then "Passion" is all the reward Regina will ever need.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dream In Color, October 9, 2002

By 

Andrew "Ciao" (Boston MASS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passion (Audio CD)

I Dream in Color is the best song on this CD. It got little airplay on the radio but it is a great song nonetheless. I would suggest buying this CD for that song, as it doesn't appear on Regina's greatest hits CDs.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Regina Belle is the best!!!, September 19, 1998

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Krusty Fan (Miami) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passion (Audio CD)

This album is great if you like people that can SING and not just hit notes. Regina is who Whitney and Mariah can only dream of singing like. Her voice is fantastic, and she sings like she's had a lot of experience at life. The only one better is Rachelle Ferrell.

This album is well produced. Outstanding cuts are Passion, My Man, & The Deeper I Love.

I love this woman! I hope she continues recording for a long time.