Transcript: Whitney Houston, Pushing Back Into Pop

TERRY GROSS
NPR Fresh Air
09-09-2009
Whitney Houston, Pushing Back Into Pop

Host: TERRY GROSS
Time 12:00-13:00 PM


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Whitney Houston's new album "I Look To You," is her first new release since 2002. It features work from a variety of songwriters and producers, including R Kelly, Diane Warren and David Foster. Rock Critic Ken Tucker says that while the pop music landscape has shifted a lot in the past seven years, Houston's new work sounds ready to take its place in that landscape.

(Soundbite of song, "Worth It")

Ms. WHITNEY HOUSTON (Singer): (Singing) This is for the lovers holding hands in the car. This is for the lovers, no matter where you are. This is for ...

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