Track Listings Disc: 1 1. Is This Love 2. Interlude: Love Is Simple 3. RIght Back Where I Started 4. Interlude: Leaving Just Isn't Easy 5. Neither Of Us 6. Interlude: Fully Present 7. You Haven't Lived 8. Interlude: Who Do You Think You're Not 9. Ain't No Way 10. Just A Prayer Away 11. Wherever I Am 12. Interlude: How Do You Measure 13. As Long As I Know 14. Never Knew Love Like This 15. Interlude: Have We Forgotten 16. In The Meantime 17. Interlude: Is It Time 18. Free 19. Closing: Do You Want To Be Free?
Music That Tells the Story is the companion to spiritual guru Iyanla Vanzant's self-help bestseller of the same name and incorporates the principles laid out in the book. Blending spiritual wisdom with common sense, the author tells us how to come out of the "basement" and live vibrantly even while we're waiting to manifest our wildest dreams of love and connectedness. Vanzant calls this "the meantime"--a place one will revisit periodically through life's unfolding. Interspersing smooth inspirational R&B tunes with bits of juicy text read by the author, the disc espouses nuggets such as "Love doesn't hurt; falling into the traps we set for love makes us hurt ourselves." The songs, some co-written and performed by Vanzant, are both old and new, and are sung by a group of artists including Kelly Price, Yolanda Adams, and Faith Evans. Successful in its mission, the recording is affirmation for a life fully lived in the absence of perfection. --Paige La Grone
