Set in a pool of echo, with an arrangement that uses ornate piano chords, swirling strings, and eventually even a touch of tympani... [Williams] rises to his final, tympani-buttressed high note, ... [imparting] a genuine feeling of tragedy. This is what the gospel-steeped stylists of R&B brought to pop songs that none of their emotionally restrained predecessors (white or black) could ever dream of matching.

Note: This promo copy has gorgeous audio, but the label is marred by ringwear (on the B side) and the leavings of a sticker (on the A side).