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Summary The thrill in Headleys earlier albums is absent in her fourth album, Only One in the World.
Heather Headley, Only One in the World Heather Headley, who is gearing up to star in The Bodyguard: A New Musical in London next month, has one of those soaring voices that reverberates in a theater and smolders on a record.Then again, so do a lot of R&B singers. What has helped Headley distinguish herself in her recording career has been her material well-crafted tunes with smart, mature lyrics that she made her own.They are largely absent on her fourth album, Only One in the World. Part of the problem is that Headley decides to take on songs that others have made famous. While she still has an amazing voice with great range, somehow when singing songs like Home and River Deep Mountain High, she sounds more like a really great karaoke singer.Headley doesnt put her stamp on any of them and leaves the listener wistfully thinking of the songs original performers. Nowhere is that more true than with her version of Run to You, which Whitney Houston made famous in the movie The Bodyguard. Headley simply proves that no one sang a song like the late superstar.While Headley does have original material (that she also had a hand in writing), most of it isnt as strong or compelling as her R&B hits I Wish I Wasnt and In My Mind. Headley, who has won both a Tony and a Grammy Award, is a wonderful singer who has previously produced wonderful work but theres no wonderment here.
