From There to Here: 1989-2002

1	Let Me Love You 3:47
2	The Way Love Goes 4:37
3	One Last Cry 4:55
4	Love Is 4:27
5	Crazy Love 4:03
6	On the Down Low 3:26
7	Still in Love 3:57
8	Anytime 4:09
9	The Only One for Me 3:32
10	You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time) / Mase 4:14
11	Back at One 4:23
12	6-8-12 4:04
13	Love of My Life 4:45
14	Home 4:21
15	The Way I Do / Baby 4:25

Barnes & Noble

Call him the musical heir to Luther Vandross and Lionel Richie -- Brian McKnight possesses the former's flawless, trill-running vocal skills and quiet-storm sensibility, and the latter's instrumental dexterity and ear for a classic pop song. Despite his obvious talent, however, McKnight has yet to be showered with the same accolades as those R&B icons, which only adds import to the release of the career summation From There to Here: 1989-2002. The 15-song disc reflects the accomplishments of this underrated singer-songwriter-musician, who's been largely overshadowed by flashier soul men such as R. Kelly. McKnight has, however, received some kudos: Beginning with his breakthrough slow jam "The Way Love Goes," he crooned his way up the R&B chart with the shimmering "One Last Cry" and the heartfelt "Back at One." The New York singer's timeless sound also opened the door to work for television and film, including Beverly Hills 90210 (the Vanessa Williams duet "Love Is") and the 1994 movie Jason's Lyric (a soulful cover of Van Morrison's "Crazy Love"). Although McKnight primarily makes mood music for grown folks, he also knows how to get his groove on. In 1997, he joined forces with the ever-cool P. Diddy and his protégé Mase for "You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)," and this disc's one new track, "The Way I Do," features rappers Mr. Cheeks and Cash Money king Baby. While McKnight may not be the hippest cat in the R&B game, this collection traces a career that's rich in soul, songs, and sweet talk. Dave Gil de Rubio

All Music Guide

Thirteen years is a long time in urban/R&B circles, which leaves the rangy career of Brian McKnight sounding like the work of several different artists when compiled in a package like From There to Here: 1989-2002. Most of his material has the sound of soulful adult contemporary, as on quite a few tracks compiled here: "One Last Cry," "Crazy Love," and "Love Is" (the latter featuring Vanessa Williams). McKnight also proved amenable to adding hip-hop beats and contemporary productions comparatively early in his career, and the collection follows this angle as well. The song selections are quite good, ably showing McKnight's technically perfect and artistically pleasing voice to good effect. What makes this a better compilation than ones on most other artists is the fact that Brian McKnight albums tended to have far too much filler to justify getting into the records on their own. One quibble, though: this would've been the perfect disc to anthologize his popular version of the Christmas chestnut "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." John Bush