The song is haunting and strikes deep within, over the lingering Babyface-produced piano ballad. My favorite song of this album is undoubtedly “ I Wish” by Toni Braxton, which for all of its three minutes, exudes so much pain from its pores, it is unrelentingly compelling and resounding! I am not married yet, but I have been through tough relationships and I know that I have never quite come close to the pain that would make a woman say these words. The album is raw, its poignant, its simply sensational it is a balanced look at relationships, because lets face it, no one fall’s in love and on the wedding day when you are saying your I Do’s envisions signing divorce papers but things happen and there is still love and hope and yet still quite a bit of hurt. In the United States alone, over half of marriages are reported to end in divorce, so it stands to reason that over 150 million people can relate to this album, young or old, and might I mention that this is not counting the statistics over the world. Released via Motown Records, Love, Marriage & Divorce speaks of situations a lot of individuals can relate to.
Of all the people he has ever written for, Toni Braxton remains one of the most successful and its no wonder that many years after (22 years to be exact), they still enjoy making music together so much so that they unite on a the brand new full-length album Love, Marriage and Divorce, singing about the experiences they both share in common leading the duo straight to their highest charting album in years, according to Billboard which predicts the album to land at #3 on the Billboard Album Charts, and boy are we glad? Toni Braxton, who had previously mentioned that she was through with music, sounds even better through the ages and Babyface is so so smooth, one wonders how the pair can be alone together. He also last year wrote and produced most of new young sensation Ariana Grande’s debut album Yours Truly, the man is a legend. Songs like “When You Believe” by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, the aforementioned “Breathe Again” by Toni Braxton, TLC’s “Red Light Special”, “Water Runs Dry” and “A Song For Mama” by Boyz II Men, “Can We Talk” by Tevin Campbell, Dru Hill’s “We’re Not Making Love No More”, “My, My, My” by Johnny Gill, “Take a Bow” by Madonna, “Not Gonna Cry” by Mary J Blige, I mean the list could go on forever. These are classics never to be forgotten soon.ġ0-time Grammy Award winner Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds might not be a name you readily associate with one song – although “ Everytime I Close My Eyes” comes to mind – except if you knew that he is responsible for most of your favorite songs. These are automatic responses, you don’t even have to think about it. Its the same way you think of “ Dance with my Father” when you think of Luther Vandross, “The Boy is Mine” when you think of Monica and Brandy, “ Sexual Healing” when you think of Marvin Gaye and “ Man in the Mirror” when you think of the late Michael Jackson.
Its just a natural response linked with warm gooey emotions. Everyone and I mean everyone born upwards of 1988 immediately thinks of the song “ Breathe Again” when you hear the name Toni Braxton.
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