The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love
| The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Luther Vandross | ||||
| Released | October 4, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–1989 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul, pop, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 117:19 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller, Jacques Fred Petrus | |||
| Luther Vandross chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love is the first compilation album (seventh overall) by American R&B recording artist Luther Vandross, released in September 1989 (see 1989 in music). It contains two previously unreleased songs, "Here and Now"—which became Vandross' first top ten hit and won the Grammy Award for "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male" in 1991—and the 1990 US #5 R&B single "Treat You Right".
Track listing
| Side One | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Searching" (Change featuring Luther Vandross) | Mauro Malavasi, Paul Slade | 8:02 | |||||||
| 2. | "The Glow of Love" (Change featuring Luther Vandross) | Wayne Garfield, David Romani, Malavasi | 6:12 | |||||||
| 3. | "Never Too Much" | Luther Vandross | 3:52 | |||||||
| 4. | "If This World Were Mine" (with Cheryl Lynn) | Marvin Gaye | 5:24 | |||||||
| 5. | "A House Is Not a Home" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 7:09 | |||||||
| Side Two | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 6. | "Bad Boy/Having a Party" | Vandross, Marcus Miller, Sam Cooke | 5:19 | |||||||
| 7. | "Since I Lost My Baby" | Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore | 5:23 | |||||||
| 8. | "Promise Me" | Vandross | 4:42 | |||||||
| 9. | "'Til My Baby Comes Home" | Vandross, Miller | 5:34 | |||||||
| 10. | "If Only for One Night/Creepin'" | Brenda Russell, Stevie Wonder | 8:20 | |||||||
| Side Three | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 11. | "Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" | Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett, Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder | 9:18 | |||||||
| 12. | "Stop to Love" | Vandross, Nat Adderley, Jr. | 5:09 | |||||||
| 13. | "So Amazing" | Vandross | 3:43 | |||||||
| 14. | "There's Nothing Better Than Love" (with Gregory Hines) | Vandross, Skip Anderson | 4:44 | |||||||
| 15. | "Give Me the Reason" | Vandross, Adderley | 4:45 | |||||||
| Side Four | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 16. | "Any Love" | Vandross, Miller | 5:03 | |||||||
| 17. | "I Really Didn't Mean It" | Vandross, Miller | 5:43 | |||||||
| 18. | "Love Won't Let Me Wait" | Vinnie Barrett, Bobby Eli | 7:20 | |||||||
| 19. | "Treat You Right" | Vandross, Miller | 6:37 | |||||||
| 20. | "Here and Now" | David L. Elliott, Terry Steele | 5:23 | |||||||
Charts
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums Chart | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 26 |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 2 |
