The Real Thing

AlbumJan 01 / 200911 songs, 47m 54s
Adult Contemporary Rhythm & Blues

On The Real Thing, her sixth studio album (not counting two Christmas releases), Vanessa Williams switches from the '70s soul covers that made up 2005's Everlasting Love to a mix of adult contemporary originals and faithful interpretations.

Williams doesn’t do anything to overcome the album’s unfashionable, irrelevant material.

6 / 10

On her Concord debut, Williams has evolved from the power balladeer of popular memory to a beguiling chanteuse.