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Diana Ross Ill Never Fall in Love Again

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1970 studio anthology by Diana Ross

Diana Ross
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Studio album past

Diana Ross
Released June xix, 1970
Recorded September 1969 – March 1970
Genre R&B[1]
Length 36:58
Label Motown
Producer
  • Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
  • Johnny Bristol
Diana Ross chronology
Diana Ross
(1970) 		Everything Is Everything
(1970)
Singles from Diana Ross
  1. "Accomplish Out and Bear on (Somebody's Hand)"
    Released: April 1970
  2. "Ain't No Mountain High Plenty"
    Released: July 16, 1970

Diana Ross is the eponymous debut studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on June 19, 1970 past Motown Records. The ultimate test to see if the sometime Supremes frontwoman could make it as a solo act, the album was overseen by the songwriting-producing team of Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, who had Ross re-tape several of the songs the duo had recorded on other Motown acts. Johnny Bristol, producer of her terminal single with The Supremes, contributed on The Velvelettes cover "These Things Volition Go on Me Loving You lot."

The album reached number xix on the U.s. Billboard 200 and peaked at number one on the Usa Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Diana Ross would later on go along to sell 500,000 copies in the United States.[2] Ross' first solo single, "Achieve Out and Touch (Somebody'southward Hand)", sold over 500,000 copies in the US, but was somewhat of a disappointment in terms of chart success, when information technology charted at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its follow-up, a cover of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's "Ain't No Mountain Loftier Plenty", peaked at number one on the Hot 100, selling approximately 1,245,000 copies in the US, while garnering a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

The 2002 Expanded Edition re-release of the album featured a number of bonus tracks, including four from her unreleased sessions with 5th Dimension producer Bones Howe. These included two Laura Nyro covers which would subsequently be recorded past Barbra Streisand for her 1971 album Stoney Terminate too as "Dearest's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" which go a Fifth Dimension hit in 1971.

Disquisitional reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Christgau's Tape Guide C+[three]
BBC Positive[four]

Diana Ross received more often than not positive reviews from music critics. Ron Wynn of AllMusic, gave the anthology four and half stars out of five, and stated that the anthology was the best album she had released while nether contract with Motown, and maybe her best piece of work ever, and that it proved that she would be able to be successful without The Supremes.[1] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau said that while there were 2 or iii skilful songs, the residuum came off bland and irksome, also proverb that the album did not historic period well since its release.[3] In a positive review, Daryl Easlea of BBC stated that despite the album comprehend making it wait more bland and uninteresting, that the album and its songs made upwards for this.[iv]

Commercial performance [edit]

Diana Ross made its debut on the Usa Billboard 200 on the nautical chart dated July eleven, 1970, debuting at number 71.[v] On the chart issue dated Oct three, 1970, it reached its elevation at number 19.[6] The album eventually was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of 500,000 copies.[2]

Runway listing [edit]

Original release [edit]

Side A
No. Title Writer(s) Length
one. "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody'southward Manus)"
  • Nickolas Ashford
  • Valerie Simpson
 3:02
2. "Now That There's You"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 3:27
3. "You're All I Need to Get By"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 3:24
iv. "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You"
  • Harvey Fuqua
  • Johnny Bristol
  • Sylvia Moy
 3:06
5. "Own't No Mountain High Enough"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 6:18
Side B
No. Title Author(s) Length
1. "Something on My Heed"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 2:24
2. "I Wouldn't Change the Man He Is"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 3:xv
3. "Keep an Centre"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 three:12
four. "Where At that place Was Darkness"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 iii:12
5. "Can't Information technology Wait Until Tomorrow"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 3:12
six. "Dark Side of the Globe"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 iii:08

2002 expanded edition [edit]

No. Championship Author(due south) Length
1. "Attain Out and Touch (Somebody's Mitt)"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 3:02
2. "Now That At that place's You"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 three:27
three. "You lot're All I Need to Get By"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 3:24
4. "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You lot"
  • Fuqua
  • Bristol
  • Moy
 3:06
5. "Ain't No Mountain High Plenty"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 6:xviii
half-dozen. "Something on My Heed"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 two:24
7. "I Wouldn't Change the Man He Is"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 three:15
eight. "Go along an Eye"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 3:12
9. "Where There Was Darkness"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 3:12
10. "Can't It Await Until Tomorrow"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 three:12
11. "Night Side of the Earth"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 three:08
12. "Something on My Mind" (Live)
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 2:37
13. "Own't No Mountain High Plenty" (Alternate Mix)
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 6:06
14. "Now That There's You" (Alternate Song Version)
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
 3:08
15. "These Things Volition Keep Me Loving You" (Alternating Mix)
  • Fuqua
  • Bristol
  • Moy
 3:13
16. "Time and Love" Laura Nyro 4:08
17. "Stoney Stop" Nyro 3:39
18. "The Acting" Cheryl Ernst-Wells 4:49
xix. "Dear's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" Dorothea Joyce 4:02

Personnel [edit]

  • Diana Ross – atomic number 82 vocals (all tracks)
  • Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson – producers, background vocals (tracks A1–A3, A5–B6)
  • Johnny Bristol – producer, boosted vocals (on "These Things Volition Go along Me Loving You")
  • Paul Riser – arranger
  • The Andantes – background vocals
  • Jackey Beavers – background vocals
  • Maxine & Julia Waters – groundwork vocals (on "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You")
  • The Funk Brothers – instrumentation (all tracks)

Charts [edit]

See also [edit]

  • List of number-one R&B albums of 1970 (U.S.)

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c Wynn, Ron. "AllMusic Review by Ron Wynn". allmusic.com. Retrieved March xxx, 2018.
  2. ^ a b http://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F116321-the-supremes-diana-ross-stevie-wonder-and-ray-charlesusa-album-sales%2F
  3. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau'south Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X . Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ a b Easlea, Daryl. "Review of Diana Ross - Diana Ross". Retrieved 2018-03-25 .
  5. ^ Billboard (July 11, 1970)
  6. ^ Billboard (October iii, 1970)
  7. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3704". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "Diana Ross | Creative person | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved October xxx, 2020.
  9. ^ "Diana Ross Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved Oct xxx, 2020.
  10. ^ "Diana Ross Chart History (Summit R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October xxx, 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Top Records of 1970" (PDF). Billboard. December 26, 1970. pp. 34–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on March vii, 2021.

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