It seems to be soooooooooo many artists who for some unknown reason finds themselves digging up the dead (For Duets), Finding almost ANYBODY to do an album full of Duets, or an album of Re-makes!!! There's a saying that STILL holds true..."If you can't do a re-make Equal or BETTER than the original...DON'T DO IT!", which is the case here...There are a few golden moments..."Ain't No Way" With Mary J. Blige. We already know Mary J. Blige is not only the Queen Of Hip-Hop/R&B...And we might as well add in Queen Of Samples! But Re-Makes/Sampling works for Mary on so many levels. Patti LaBelle has always been known for doing something just a little bit different (She has at 5 Decades of Hits under her belt), so this version is pretty good, but nothing to run out and hunt down! (What to hear an even better version? Check out Jean Carne's version). Other moments are:
"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (I'm suprised there isn't a Mary J. Blige Re-make or is it???). And the last is: "I'll Stand By You"...It shines pretty good.

Hopefully we'll get better from Patti or the Albums we've become use to with the 2 or 3 Re-makes, and move on to new/original songs.

Def Jam dropped the ball promoting this CD which is one of the top 5 my favorite Patti CDs. On this Cd, Patti sings classic songs that have been recorded by other artist. Not that Patti needs to sing other people's songs, but when she does you can't help appreciate her talent and notice how other singers pale in comparison to Ms Patti.
I don't know another artist out there who has the ability to make a song their own as Ms. Patti Labelle does and that's exactly what she does on this CD. Patti has a great sense of timing, an ability to improvise like no other, a voice that has the ability to do things that most singers only dream of, a great ear for harmony, and her participation on backgound vocals often create magical moments.
There are so many great moments on this CD and many unexpected ones too.
I happen to like the second half of the CD. The first half is good, but to me Patti really shines on the last 6 tracks. I love love love "I'll Write a Song for You". "Your Song" with Elton John is excellent as well as the Pretender's "I'll stand by you". I cant end the review without mentioning great renditions of "Silly", "You're Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else", "Land of the Living", "He's Out of My Life", "Love Dont Live Here Anymore". I cant imagine why more of these songs werent singles, they are well done and Patti shines on this Cd...buy it!

This recording is just ok. I didn't see why she needed to do a cover cd patti is so much better than this and it's not that she is singing the songs just ok it's just that she doesn't add anything different to them to make me say yeah thats it. make the next recording will be the one i can enjoy until then i guess i will put "flame' my favorite patti cd.

She has tried her best and I admire her for the effort.
She sings with her heart , but ...I like some of her old stuff.
If you like her , you should listen to another great Lady who is the only one who can match her nowadays , Regina Belle.
Try her latest release,"Lazy Afternoon",and then let me know :-)

Who else but Labelle would dare cover classics "Love Ballad" from Anita Baker and "I Can't Make You Love Me" from Bonnie Raitt on a single album? Patti testifies to her goddess diva status by the sheer audacity of this album's song list. She's amazing here, as always. My favorites are "Silly", "Stand By You", "YGMMLSE", and "I Can't Make You Love Me." Even Labelle knows if she's going to cover Bonnie Raitt's signature song, she better bring her A game. It took a couple of listens for Patti's version to hit me because it is so different from Raitt's understated masterpiece, but Patti delivers a brilliant, deeply personal, heartbreaking new interpretation of this very great song. This album is about just that - the supreme goddess of sound putting her personal stamp on some of the best songs ever written.