Whitney houston didn't we almost have it all?
Rob Wynn fra Allmusic fremhævede sangen. Robert Hilburn, redaktør på L.A. Times, skrev: "Houstons stjernestatus vil blive styrket mest af "Didn't We Almost Have It All", en fejende Masser-Will Jennings-ballade med den slags store, følelsesladede afslutning, der vil få Liza og hundredvis af andre sangere til at ønske, at de havde fået lov til at være de første til at synge sangen. Jeg gemmer min champagne til popsangere, der ikke tilføjer denne overdrevne sang til deres repertoire." Vince Alleti fra Rolling Stone skrev: "Masser gentager show-tune-smaltzen fra "The Greatest Love of All" i sin endnu mere lurvede "Didn't We Almost Have It All". Ifølge Whitneys fanside: "Men der er et stykke på albummet, hvis titel utilsigtet opsummerer Houston på dette stadie af hendes udvikling - "Didn't We Almost Have It All". Petersburg Times' redaktører Eric Snider og Annelise Wamsley beskrev "Didn't We Almost Have It All" som "en overdreven melodi, der er skrevet af Michael Masser (...), og hvor Houston er blottet for subtilitet - med sit bælte fra tråd til tråd kan man bare se den flotte sangerinde kigge op mod himlen med udstrakte arme." Efter Houstons død i 2012 offentliggjorde Entertainment Weekly en liste over hendes 25 bedste sange og placerede "Didn't We Almost Have it All" på en 16. plads.
Rob Wynn of Allmusic highlighted the song. L.A. Times editor Robert Hilburn wrote: "Houston's stardom will be boosted most by "Didn't We Almost Have It All," a sweeping Masser-Will Jennings ballad with the kind of big, emotional finish that will make Liza and hundreds of other singers wish they had been given first crack at the song. I'll save my champagne for pop singers who don't add that overblown song to their repertoire." Rolling Stone's Vince Alleti wrote: "Masser reprises the show-tune schmaltz of "The Greatest Love of All" in his even cornier "Didn't We Almost Have It All." According to Whitney fanpage: "But there is a cut on the album whose title inadvertently sums up Houston at this stage of her development -- "Didn't We Almost Have It All." St. Petersburg Times editors Eric Snider and Annelise Wamsley described "Didn't We Almost Have It All" as "an overblown tune co-written by Michael Masser (...) that finds Houston stripped of subtlety - with her wire-to-wire belting, you can just see the fetching songstress looking skyward, arms outstretched." Following Houston's death in 2012, Entertainment Weekly published a list of her 25 best songs and ranked "Didn't We Almost Have it All" at 16.
Didn't We Almost Have It All