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Giving You the Best That I GotAnita Baker
Soul & R&B · 1980s

Giving You the Best That I Got — 1988

Anita Baker

Anita Baker
Released 1988Soul & R&B
Classic82247 Verdict
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Reviewed by Callum Ashworth, 247 Album Verdict

The follow-up to Rapture, equally warm and intimate — her voice perfectly suited to the quiet-storm production that defined the era. The album that extends the run rather than resting on it.

On vinyl: Many '80s records have had strong reissue programmes — check for a recently mastered version.

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