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Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton

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Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 2008 (2008-10-28)
Recorded1993–2002
GenreR&B
Length64:22
LabelLegacy, LaFace
Producer
Toni Braxton chronology
The Best So Far
(2007)
Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton
(2008)
Pulse
(2010)
Alternative cover
2013 edition

Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton is the fourth greatest hits compilation album by R&B singer Toni Braxton. It is a part of Sony BMG's Playlist series. It was released in the United States on October 28, 2008.[1]

Background and content

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Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton is the fourth compilation released by Braxton, following The Essential Toni Braxton, in 2007. The album was released on October 28, 2008, by Legacy Recordings, being part of Sony BMG's Playlist series.[2] The track list contains Braxton most successful singles, with a few different tracks, such as "A Better Man" from her fourth studio album, "More Than a Woman" (2002), "Maybe", a single from "The Heat" and a Hex Hector remix for "Spanish Guitar".[1]

In 2013, a new version of the compilation was released, with a different cover art and track list. The new edition contains the singles "Another Sad Love Song", "I Don't Want To" and "Just Be a Man About It", who were scrapped from the first edition, as well as Braxton's latest singles, "Yesterday" and "Hands Tied".

Track listing

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Disc one[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."He Wasn't Man Enough" (from The Heat, 2000)Darkchild4:22
2."Hit the Freeway" (from More Than a Woman, 2002)The Neptunes3:48
3."You Mean the World to Me" (from Toni Braxton, 1993)
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Simmons
4:57
4."Un-Break My Heart" (from Secrets, 1996)Diane WarrenDavid Foster4:31
5."How Could an Angel Break My Heart" (from Secrets, 1996)
Babyface4:21
6."Maybe" (from The Heat, 2000)
  • Braxton
  • Keith Crouch
  • Samuel Gause
  • Mechalie Jamison
  • John Smith
Crouch3:08
7."You're Makin' Me High" (from Secrets, 1996)
  • Babyface
  • Wilson
4:28
8."How Many Ways" (from Toni Braxton, 1993)Herbert4:49
9."Seven Whole Days" (from Toni Braxton, 1993)
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Simmons
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Simmons
6:20
10."A Better Man" (from More Than a Woman, 2002)
  • Martin
  • Matias
3:58
11."Breathe Again" (from Toni Braxton, 1993)Babyface
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Simmons
4:30
12."I Belong to You" (from Toni Braxton, 1993)
  • Vassal Benford
  • Ronald Spearman
Benford3:54
13."Let It Flow" (from Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack, 1996)BabyfaceBabyface4:09
14."Spanish Guitar" (HQ2 radio edit)" (from Platinum & Gold Collection, 2004)WarrenHex Hector6:42
2013 version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."How Could an Angel Break My Heart (with Kenny G)"
  • Babyface
  • Braxton
Babyface4:20
2."Let It Flow"BabyfaceBabyface4:09
3."Breathe Again"Babyface
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Simmons
4:15
4."You Mean the World to Me"
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Simmons
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Simmons
3:59
5."How Many Ways"
  • Braxton
  • Herbert
Herbert4:26
6."You're Making Me High"
  • Babyface
  • Wilson
  • Babyface
  • Wilson
4:06
7."Another Sad Love Song"
  • Babyface
  • Simmons
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Simmons
3:50
8."Hands Tied"
  • Mason, Jr.
  • Oak
3:54
9."Spanish Guitar"WarrenFoster4:49
10."Un-Break My Heart"WarrenFoster4:28
11."I Don't Want To"R. KellyR. Kelly4:17
12."Just Be a Man About It"
  • Bishop
  • Braxton
  • Cox
4:49
13."Yesterday"
  • Jerome Armstrong
  • Terrance Battle
  • Braxton
  • Justin Franks
  • Michael White
DJ Frank E3:48
14."He Wasn't Man Enough"
  • Daniels
  • Jerkins III
  • Jerkins
  • Mason, Jr.
Darkchild4:22

References

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  1. ^ a b "Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton". Allmusic. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Amazon.com: Playlist:The Very Best of Toni Braxton (Eco-Friendly Packaging)". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  3. ^ U. S. Copyright Office PA0000780172 / 1995-12-18 Supplement to: PA0000674487 / 1993