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In what might be the least inspired album of her career, iconic diva Diana Ross sleepwalks through a mishmash of seemingly randomly chosen love songs, all covers save for one new composition, adding nothing to them and forcing one to wonder just why she bothered. It's been standard music industry practice for years for artists to record (or for their labels to release compilations of) romantic tunes in time for Valentine's Day, and the January 2007 arrival of this set couldn't have been better timed as it also coincided with the release of the film version of Dreamgirls, based on the career of the Supremes. But Ross doesn't seize the moment: she puts little emotion or enthusiasm into her recitations here, and seems to have little familiarity with, or understanding of, the songs she and producers Peter Asher and Steve Tyrell have chosen for the album. Her vocals are largely nondescript and at times barely hint at the qualities that made her such a distinctive force for decades, and the arrangements and production are whitewashed and lacking in originality. The material is all over the place, including songs from the '50s to those of more recent vintage, from the Platters' "Only You" through Berlin's "Take My Breath Away," and from fellow Motown great Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" to the ubiquitous (and, at this point, plain annoying) "You Are So Beautiful." Ross takes Jackie Wilson's "To Be Loved" and bleeds the soul from it, and she drains the magic from the Drifters' classic "This Magic Moment." Harry Nilsson's "Remember" not only opens the album but closes it in a brief reprise version, but Ross seems unsure what to do with it either time. The Beatles' "I Will" might be an excellent cover choice in more sympathetic hands, but Ross sounds uncomfortable with its simplicity and quietness, while her reading of Burt Bacharach-Hal David's sultry masterpiece "The Look of Love" is embarrassingly lifeless, especially if compared with Dusty Springfield's definitive '60s version. Whoever came up with the idea of Ross covering the Spiral Starecase's 1969 hit "More Today Than Yesterday" at least gets a few points for digging a bit deeper into the covers well, but Ross puts no fire into the up-tempo/upbeat song. Interestingly, the one new track here (other than a piece from the current Broadway production of The Color Purple), the Fred White-penned ballad "I Love You (That's All That Really Matters)," makes the most of Ross' vocal capabilities and range, begging the question of why she didn't just record an album of new material custom-fitted to her talents. Had the singer on this album been an unknown trying out for American Idol with these performances, no doubt Simon Cowell would have found her appalling. This has to be chalked up as an anomaly and a mistake, because an artist as singular as Diana Ross doesn't just forget who she is and what she does best.
© Jeff Tamarkin /TiVo
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Gavyn Wright, Orchestra Leader - Peter Asher, Producer, Arranger - Windy Wagner, Vocals - Isobel Griffiths, Orchestra - HARRY NILSSON, Composer - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Roger Manning, Keyboards - LARRY KLEIN, Bass - Gavin Wright, Orchestra Leader - Andrew Dudman, Engineer, Assistant - Jon Gilutin, Piano - Richard Lancaster, Engineer - Kate Markowitz, Arranger, Vocals - Ivy Skoff, Director - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - TONY SHEPPERD, Engineer, Background Vocals - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Gregory Rose, Conductor, Arranger - Roger Joseph Manning Jr, Keyboards - Valente Torrez, Engineer - Robin DiMaggio, Drums - Noah Lebenzon, Engineer - Mitchell Sanchez, Percussion - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Leila Stacey, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ian Stickland, Engineer - Brandi Rolfe, Production
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Steve Tyrell, Producer - Dennis Collins, Vocals - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Andy Zulla, Mixer - Allan Schwartzberg, Drums, Percussion - Larry Alexander, Engineer, Recorded by - Bob Mann, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Programmer - Catherine Russell, Vocals - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Jon Allen, Engineer - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Patrick N. Upton, Composer - Zev Cats, Bass - Daryl Tookes, Vocals - Quinn Johnson, Piano - Darwin Best, Engineer, Recorder - Andricka Hall, Vocals
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Steve Tyrell, Producer - Dennis Collins, Vocals - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Allan Schwartzberg, Drums, Percussion - Will Lee, Bass - Larry Alexander, Engineer, Recorded by - Leon Ware, Composer - Bob Mann, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Programmer - Catherine Russell, Vocals - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - ARTHUR ROSS, Composer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Jon Allen, Engineer - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Daryl Tookes, Vocals - Quinn Johnson, Piano - Darwin Best, Engineer, Recorder - Andricka Hall, Vocals
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Steve Tyrell, Producer - Fred White, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocals - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Larry Alexander, Engineer, Recorded by - Munyungo Jackson, Percussion - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Don Kirkpatrick, Guitar - Jon Allen, Engineer - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Darwin Best, Engineer, Recorder - Chris Liddell, Drums, Programmer - Andrew Dorsette, Synthesizer
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Gavyn Wright, Orchestra Leader - Peter Asher, Producer, Arranger - Valerie Pinkston, Vocals - Windy Wagner, Vocals - Stephen Bray, Composer - Isobel Griffiths, Orchestra - Nick Wollage, Engineer, Assistant - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Chris Barrett, Engineer - LARRY KLEIN, Bass - Gavin Wright, Orchestra Leader - Jon Gilutin, Piano - Kate Markowitz, Arranger, Vocals - Rich Tosi, Engineer - Allee Willis, Composer - Ivy Skoff, Director - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Keith Carlock, Drums - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - TONY SHEPPERD, Engineer, Background Vocals - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Fox Phelps, Engineer - Gregory Rose, Conductor - Jay Ruston, Engineer, Recording - Brenda Gordon Russell, Composer - Noah Lebenzon, Engineer - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Leila Stacey, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Brandi Rolfe, Production - Naomi Pinnock, Arranger
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Dean Parks, Guitar - Gavyn Wright, Orchestra Leader - Peter Asher, Producer, Arranger - Valerie Pinkston, Vocals - Windy Wagner, Vocals - Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Composer - Isobel Griffiths, Orchestra - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Roger Manning, Keyboards - LARRY KLEIN, Bass - Gavin Wright, Orchestra Leader - Andrew Dudman, Engineer, Assistant - Jon Gilutin, Keyboards - Richard Lancaster, Engineer - Heitor Pereira, Guitar - Kate Markowitz, Arranger, Vocals - Ivy Skoff, Director - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - TONY SHEPPERD, Engineer, Background Vocals - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - David Rolfe, Guitar - Gregory Rose, Conductor - Roger Joseph Manning Jr, Keyboards - Valente Torrez, Engineer - Robin DiMaggio, Drums - Noah Lebenzon, Engineer - Mitchell Sanchez, Percussion - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Leila Stacey, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ian Stickland, Engineer - Brandi Rolfe, Production - Naomi Pinnock, Arranger
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Dean Parks, Guitar - Gavyn Wright, Orchestra Leader - Peter Asher, Producer, Arranger - Tom Whitlock, Composer - Valerie Pinkston, Vocals - Windy Wagner, Vocals - Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Isobel Griffiths, Orchestra - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Roger Manning, Keyboards - LARRY KLEIN, Bass - Gavin Wright, Orchestra Leader - Andrew Dudman, Engineer, Assistant - Jon Gilutin, Keyboards - Richard Lancaster, Engineer - Kate Markowitz, Arranger, Vocals - Ivy Skoff, Director - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - TONY SHEPPERD, Engineer, Background Vocals - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Gregory Rose, Conductor - Roger Joseph Manning Jr, Keyboards - Valente Torrez, Engineer - Robin DiMaggio, Drums - Noah Lebenzon, Engineer - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Leila Stacey, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ian Stickland, Engineer - Brandi Rolfe, Production - Naomi Pinnock, Arranger
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dean Parks, Guitar - Gavyn Wright, Orchestra Leader - Peter Asher, Producer - Valerie Pinkston, Vocals - Windy Wagner, Vocals - Isobel Griffiths, Orchestra - Bill Withers, Writer - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - SKIP SCARBOROUGH, Writer - Roger Manning, Keyboards - LARRY KLEIN, Bass - Gavin Wright, Orchestra Leader - Andrew Dudman, Engineer, Assistant - Jon Gilutin, Keyboards - Richard Lancaster, Engineer - Kate Markowitz, Vocals - Ivy Skoff, Director - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - Brandon Fields, Saxophone - TONY SHEPPERD, Engineer, Background Vocals - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Gregory Rose, Conductor - Roger Joseph Manning Jr, Keyboards - Valente Torrez, Engineer - Robin DiMaggio, Drums - Noah Lebenzon, Engineer - Mitchell Sanchez, Percussion - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Leila Stacey, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ian Stickland, Engineer - Brandi Rolfe, Production
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Steve Tyrell, Producer - Dennis Collins, Vocals - Robbie Wyckoff, Vocals - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Buck Ram, Writer - Allan Schwartzberg, Drums, Percussion - Will Lee, Bass - Larry Alexander, Engineer, Recorded by - Bob Mann, Producer, Guitar, Programmer - Catherine Russell, Vocals - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Ande Rand, Writer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Jon Allen, Engineer - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Daryl Tookes, Vocals - Quinn Johnson, Piano - Darwin Best, Engineer, Recorder - Andricka Hall, Vocals
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Steve Tyrell, Producer - Tyran Carlo, Composer - Dennis Collins, Vocals - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Andy Zulla, Mixer - Allan Schwartzberg, Drums, Percussion - Will Lee, Bass - Larry Alexander, Engineer, Recorded by - Bob Mann, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Programmer - David Mann, Saxophone - Catherine Russell, Vocals - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Berry Gordy Jnr, Composer - Gwendolyn Gordy, Composer - Jon Allen, Engineer - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Daryl Tookes, Vocals - Quinn Johnson, Piano - Darwin Best, Engineer, Recorder - Andricka Hall, Vocals
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Gavyn Wright, Orchestra Leader - Tommy Emmanuel, Guitar - Peter Asher, Producer - Valerie Pinkston, Vocals - Windy Wagner, Vocals - John Lennon, Composer - Paul Mccartney, Composer - Isobel Griffiths, Orchestra - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Roger Manning, Keyboards - LARRY KLEIN, Bass - Gavin Wright, Orchestra Leader - Andrew Dudman, Engineer, Assistant - Jon Gilutin, Keyboards - Richard Lancaster, Engineer - Kate Markowitz, Vocals - Ivy Skoff, Director - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - TONY SHEPPERD, Engineer, Background Vocals - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Gregory Rose, Conductor - Roger Joseph Manning Jr, Keyboards - Valente Torrez, Engineer - Robin DiMaggio, Drums - Noah Lebenzon, Engineer - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Leila Stacey, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ian Stickland, Engineer - Brandi Rolfe, Production - Yossef Brady, Engineer - Kier Stewart, Engineer, Recording
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Dean Parks, Guitar - Gavyn Wright, Orchestra Leader - Peter Asher, Producer, Arranger - Valerie Pinkston, Vocals - Windy Wagner, Vocals - Doc Pomus, Composer - Mort Shuman, Composer - Isobel Griffiths, Orchestra - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Roger Manning, Keyboards - LARRY KLEIN, Bass - Gavin Wright, Orchestra Leader - Andrew Dudman, Engineer, Assistant - Jon Gilutin, Wurlitzer - Richard Lancaster, Engineer - Kate Markowitz, Arranger, Vocals - Ivy Skoff, Director - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - TONY SHEPPERD, Engineer, Background Vocals - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Albert Wing, Saxophone - Gregory Rose, Conductor - Roger Joseph Manning Jr, Keyboards - Valente Torrez, Engineer - Robin DiMaggio, Drums - Noah Lebenzon, Engineer - Mitchell Sanchez, Percussion - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Leila Stacey, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ian Stickland, Engineer - Brandi Rolfe, Production - Naomi Pinnock, Arranger
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Gavyn Wright, Orchestra Leader - Peter Asher, Producer - Isobel Griffiths, Orchestra - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Billy Preston, Composer - LARRY KLEIN, Bass - Gavin Wright, Orchestra Leader - Andrew Dudman, Engineer, Assistant - Jon Gilutin, Piano - Richard Lancaster, Engineer - Bruce Fisher, Composer - Ivy Skoff, Director - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - TONY SHEPPERD, Engineer, Background Vocals - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Albert Wing, Saxophone - Gregory Rose, Conductor, Arranger - Valente Torrez, Engineer - Robin DiMaggio, Drums - Noah Lebenzon, Engineer - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Leila Stacey, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ian Stickland, Engineer - Brandi Rolfe, Production
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dean Parks, Guitar - Gavyn Wright, Orchestra Leader - Peter Asher, Producer, Arranger - Valerie Pinkston, Vocals - Windy Wagner, Vocals - Rod Temperton, Composer - Isobel Griffiths, Orchestra - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - LARRY KLEIN, Bass - Gavin Wright, Orchestra Leader - Andrew Dudman, Engineer, Assistant - Jon Gilutin, Keyboards - Richard Lancaster, Engineer - Kate Markowitz, Arranger, Vocals - Ivy Skoff, Director - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - TONY SHEPPERD, Engineer, Background Vocals - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Albert Wing, Saxophone - Gregory Rose, Conductor, Arranger - Valente Torrez, Engineer - Robin DiMaggio, Drums - Noah Lebenzon, Engineer - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Leila Stacey, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ian Stickland, Engineer - Brandi Rolfe, Production
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Gavyn Wright, Orchestra Leader - Peter Asher, Producer, Arranger - Windy Wagner, Vocals - Isobel Griffiths, Orchestra - HARRY NILSSON, Composer - Doug Sax, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Roger Manning, Keyboards - LARRY KLEIN, Bass - Gavin Wright, Orchestra Leader - Andrew Dudman, Engineer, Assistant - Jon Gilutin, Piano - Richard Lancaster, Engineer - Kate Markowitz, Arranger, Vocals - Ivy Skoff, Director - Diana Ross, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixer, Engineer, Recorder - TONY SHEPPERD, Engineer, Background Vocals - Robert Hadley, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Gregory Rose, Conductor, Arranger - Roger Joseph Manning Jr, Keyboards - Valente Torrez, Engineer - Robin DiMaggio, Drums - Noah Lebenzon, Engineer - Mitchell Sanchez, Percussion - Marylata E Jacob, Producer - Leila Stacey, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Ian Stickland, Engineer - Brandi Rolfe, Production
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
In what might be the least inspired album of her career, iconic diva Diana Ross sleepwalks through a mishmash of seemingly randomly chosen love songs, all covers save for one new composition, adding nothing to them and forcing one to wonder just why she bothered. It's been standard music industry practice for years for artists to record (or for their labels to release compilations of) romantic tunes in time for Valentine's Day, and the January 2007 arrival of this set couldn't have been better timed as it also coincided with the release of the film version of Dreamgirls, based on the career of the Supremes. But Ross doesn't seize the moment: she puts little emotion or enthusiasm into her recitations here, and seems to have little familiarity with, or understanding of, the songs she and producers Peter Asher and Steve Tyrell have chosen for the album. Her vocals are largely nondescript and at times barely hint at the qualities that made her such a distinctive force for decades, and the arrangements and production are whitewashed and lacking in originality. The material is all over the place, including songs from the '50s to those of more recent vintage, from the Platters' "Only You" through Berlin's "Take My Breath Away," and from fellow Motown great Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" to the ubiquitous (and, at this point, plain annoying) "You Are So Beautiful." Ross takes Jackie Wilson's "To Be Loved" and bleeds the soul from it, and she drains the magic from the Drifters' classic "This Magic Moment." Harry Nilsson's "Remember" not only opens the album but closes it in a brief reprise version, but Ross seems unsure what to do with it either time. The Beatles' "I Will" might be an excellent cover choice in more sympathetic hands, but Ross sounds uncomfortable with its simplicity and quietness, while her reading of Burt Bacharach-Hal David's sultry masterpiece "The Look of Love" is embarrassingly lifeless, especially if compared with Dusty Springfield's definitive '60s version. Whoever came up with the idea of Ross covering the Spiral Starecase's 1969 hit "More Today Than Yesterday" at least gets a few points for digging a bit deeper into the covers well, but Ross puts no fire into the up-tempo/upbeat song. Interestingly, the one new track here (other than a piece from the current Broadway production of The Color Purple), the Fred White-penned ballad "I Love You (That's All That Really Matters)," makes the most of Ross' vocal capabilities and range, begging the question of why she didn't just record an album of new material custom-fitted to her talents. Had the singer on this album been an unknown trying out for American Idol with these performances, no doubt Simon Cowell would have found her appalling. This has to be chalked up as an anomaly and a mistake, because an artist as singular as Diana Ross doesn't just forget who she is and what she does best.
© Jeff Tamarkin /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:39
- Main artists: Diana Ross
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2007 Manhattan Records ℗ 2007 Manhattan Records. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Catalog,
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