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By the early '70s, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye were in completely different creative territories. Ross was settling down as a professional diva, while Gaye was pushing his art forward with What's Going On, Trouble Man, and Let's Get It On. What they shared, apart from a mutual admiration, was that they were two of the biggest artists on Motown and that their voices sounded terrific together. So it wasn't entirely surprising that the duo teamed up in 1973 for the Diana & Marvin album. Although the album didn't produce any timeless classics, the results were still very good -- good enough for the record to be one of Ross' best efforts of the era. The highlights are the three singles ("You're a Special Part of Me," "My Mistake (Was to Love You)," "Don't Knock My Love"), but even the weaker tunes are redeemed by the duo's indelible chemistry, and that's the reason why it's worth a listen.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - THOM BELL, ComposerLyricist - LINDA CREED, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hal Davis, Producer - Dave Blumberg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzee Ikeda, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marilyn McLeod, ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hal Davis, Producer - Mel Bolton, ComposerLyricist - Melton Bolton, ComposerLyricist - Dave Blumberg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzee Ikeda, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Wilson Pickett, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Shapiro, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hal Davis, Producer - Bradley Aaron Shapiro, ComposerLyricist - Wilson Pickett Jr., ComposerLyricist - Dave Blumberg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzee Ikeda, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harold Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Berry Gordy, Producer - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Porter, ComposerLyricist - Gregory Wright, ComposerLyricist - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Ferdinand Washington, ComposerLyricist - Bob Gaudio, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - DON D. ROBEY, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Blumberg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzee Ikeda, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - LINDA CREED, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Bell, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hal Davis, Producer - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hal Davis, Producer - Margaret Gordy, ComposerLyricist - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzee Ikeda, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gloria Jones, ComposerLyricist - Hal Davis, Producer - Dave Blumberg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzee Ikeda, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marilyn McLeod, ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hal Davis, Producer - Mel Bolton, ComposerLyricist - Melton Bolton, ComposerLyricist - Dave Blumberg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzee Ikeda, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Jones, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hal Davis, Producer - Wade Brown Jr., ComposerLyricist - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzee Ikeda, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2000 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Terrana, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hal Davis, Producer - Val Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzee Ikeda, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2000 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leonard Caston, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Iris Gordy, Producer - Jerry Long, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Andre Lewis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Ross, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Theresa McFaddin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
By the early '70s, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye were in completely different creative territories. Ross was settling down as a professional diva, while Gaye was pushing his art forward with What's Going On, Trouble Man, and Let's Get It On. What they shared, apart from a mutual admiration, was that they were two of the biggest artists on Motown and that their voices sounded terrific together. So it wasn't entirely surprising that the duo teamed up in 1973 for the Diana & Marvin album. Although the album didn't produce any timeless classics, the results were still very good -- good enough for the record to be one of Ross' best efforts of the era. The highlights are the three singles ("You're a Special Part of Me," "My Mistake (Was to Love You)," "Don't Knock My Love"), but even the weaker tunes are redeemed by the duo's indelible chemistry, and that's the reason why it's worth a listen.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:32
- Main artists: Diana Ross Marvin Gaye
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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