Whitney houston didn't we almost have it all?
Rob Wynn på Allmusic har uppmärksammat låten. Robert Hilburn, redaktör på L.A. Times, skrev: "Houstons stjärnglans kommer att få sitt största uppsving genom "Didn't We Almost Have It All", en svepande Masser-Will Jennings-ballad med den sortens stora, känslomässiga avslutning som får Liza och hundratals andra sångare att önska att de hade fått vara först med att sjunga låten. Jag sparar min champagne för popsångare som inte lägger till denna överdrivna låt i sin repertoar." Rolling Stones Vince Alleti skrev: "Masser återupptar show-tune-smaltzen från "The Greatest Love of All" i sin ännu mer banala "Didn't We Almost Have It All". Enligt Whitneys fansida: "Men det finns ett stycke på albumet vars titel oavsiktligt sammanfattar Houston i detta skede av hennes utveckling - "Didn't We Almost Have It All". Petersburg Times redaktörer Eric Snider och Annelise Wamsley beskrev "Didn't We Almost Have It All" som "en överdriven låt skriven av Michael Masser (...) där Houston saknar all subtilitet - med sitt bältande från tråd till tråd kan man bara se den vackra sångerskan titta uppåt med utsträckta armar". Efter Houstons död 2012 publicerade Entertainment Weekly en lista över hennes 25 bästa låtar och rankade "Didn't We Almost Have it All" på plats 16.
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