Although it relies a little too heavily on ballads, Next finds Vanessa Williams in fine form. Williams has grown into a strong singer, capable of wringing emotion out of even banal adult contemporary tracks. She can turn the relatively empty songs into impressive showcases for her vocal talents, and when she has a good song, like the sultry "Someone Like You," the results are first-rate. There could have been more uptempo dance numbers like "Happiness" to give Next more depth, but it's still a worthwhile effort from Williams. ~ Leo Stanley, All Music Guide
All Music Guide Review
Next Track Listing
Credits of Next
- Mark Shulman
- Guitar (Electric)
- Rob Mathes
- Strings, Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Guitar (12 String), Vocals (Background), Organ (Hammond)
- Shawn McLean
- Assistant Engineer
- Jerry McPherson
- Guitar
- Michael Mellett
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Joey Miskulin
- Accordion
- Cindy Mizelle
- Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus
- Nashville String Machine
- Strings
- Shawn Pelton
- Drums
- George Pendergrass
- Choir, Chorus
- Gary Pigg
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Herb Powers
- Mastering
- Darin Prindle
- Engineer
- Eric Rehl
- Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming, Programming
- Dave Reitzas
- Engineer
- Cindy Richardson
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Daryl Simmons
- Synthesizer, Arranger, Synthesizer Programming, Programming
- Jimmie Lee Sloas
- Bass
- Richard Travali
- Mixing
- Stan Wallace
- Engineer
- Denise Walls
- Choir, Chorus
- Bill Whittington
- Engineer, Mixing
- Peter Wyrick
- Cello, Celli
- Tom Bender
- Mixing Assistant
- Richard Brice
- Viola
- Greg Parker
- Assistant Engineer
- J. Dibbs
- Producer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Stephen George
- Programming, Mixing, Engineer
- Lisa Cochran
- Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus
- Rick Dolan
- Violin
- Tabitha Fair
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Cynthia Jernigan
- Vocals (Background)
- Dan Needham
- Drums
- Joel Pitchon
- Violin
- Eric Wyrick
- Concert Master
- Billy Gaines
- Vocals
- Marnie Riley
- Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Margery Greenspan
- Art Direction
- Ron Lowe
- Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Mikael Ifversen
- Engineer
- Matt Curry
- Assistant Engineer
- Jeff Kievit
- Producer
- John R. Reigart III
- Mixing Assistant
- Casey Stone
- Assistant Engineer
- Chris Brickley
- Programming, Engineer
- Jason Bacher
- Assistant Engineer
- Joe Lizzi
- Assistant Engineer
- Peter Winograd
- Violin, Viola
- Kevyn Aucoin
- Photography
- Pete Karam
- Assistant Engineer
- Roger Shell
- Cello
- Trey Fratt
- Assistant Engineer
- Kenny LaMar
- Arranger
- Antonina Armato
- Arranger, Producer
- Adrian Johnson Ross
- Vocals (Background)
- Dennis Ross III
- Piano, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
- Richard Morales
- Clarinet
- Ray Lubrana
- Engineer
- Robert "P-Nut" Johnson
- Choir, Chorus
- Shaun Shakel
- Production Coordination
- Clayton Sears
- Bass
- LaJuan Carter
- Vocals (Background)
- John Dukakis
- Executive Producer
- Qadree el-Amin
- Executive Producer
- Jan Folkson
- Programming
- Wade Thoren
- Assistant Engineer
- Pete Karem
- Assistant Engineer
- Tim Davis
- Choir, Chorus
- Sharon Bryant
- Vocals (Background)
- Audrey Wheeler
- Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus
- Phil Madeira
- Organ (Hammond), Lap Steel Guitar
- Sue Ann Carwell
- Vocals (Background), Vocal Arrangement
- Trey Lorenz
- Vocals (Background)
- Angela Clemmons-Patrick
- Vocals (Background)
- Ronn Huff
- Conductor, String Arrangements
- Keith Thomas
- Synthesizer, Piano, Programming, String Arrangements, Keyboard Programming, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Producer, Arranger, Guitar
- R. Kelly
- Vocals (Background), Producer, Mixing
- Jill Dell'Abate
- Production Coordination
- Scott Ahaus
- Assistant Engineer
- Joe Alexander
- Engineer
- Paul Arnold
- Engineer
- Jerry Barnes
- Vocals (Background)
- Katreese Barnes
- Vocals (Background)
- Bashiri Johnson
- Percussion
- Michael Black
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Bob Brockman
- Mixing
- Nick Brophy
- Assistant Engineer
- Bruce Carbone
- Executive Producer
- Lafayette Carthon, Jr.
- Keyboards
- David Cerutti
- Viola
- Jules Chaiken
- Conductor, String Contractor
- Steve Crawford
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Barry Eastmond
- Arranger, Keyboards, Producer
- Rob Eaton
- Engineer, Mixing
- Trevor Gale
- Drum Programming
- Jon Gass
- Mixing
- Humberto Gatica
- Engineer
- Mick Guzauski
- Engineer, Mixing
- Mark Hammond
- Drum Programming
- Chris Harris
- Conductor, Vocals
- Steve Hodge
- Engineer, Mixing
- Dann Huff
- Guitar
- Jimmy Jam
- Arranger, Producer
- Chuck Kawal
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
- Adam Kudzin
- Engineer
- Sonny Lallerstedt
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Will Lee
- Bass
- Terry Lewis
- Arranger, Producer
- Mark Egan
- Bass
- Ada Dyer
- Vocals, Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus
- Vanessa Williams
- Vocals (Background), Main Performer, Executive Producer
- Dave Koz
- Saxophone
- Jeremy Lubbock
- Conductor, String Arrangements
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