Someday We'll Be Together/8:46 5. She said when she walks onstage now she has all these heavy tunes and heavy musicians; it makes her crazy sometimes with so much going on.”. From the first seconds of the album, you know you’re in for something special, because those first seconds introduce “Upside Down,” the lead single, which went to No. Upside Down by Diana Ross chart history on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and YouTube. My father thinking I liked the new Diana album – put it on to be the first played album on the new stereo… with the volume turned up — and the bass thundering — i heard the opening of “Upside Down.” Let me just say at that point I was no longer confused !!! In The Name Of Love,” which Diana had taken to #1 with The Supremes back in 1965; in this case, however, Ross isn’t pleading for love as much as she’s demanding it, sexily boasting “I have not met a man yet/To escape from my dragnet.” The vocalist appropriately attacks the vocal, anticipating the beat rather than lagging behind it, and the result is a forceful and full-bodied performance; she’s more than supported by the famous Chic voices and strings, which swirl around but never swamp her. Reviewing the album in Rolling Stone, Stephen Holden wrote that it “evokes the out-door rough-and-tumble of a playground jungle gym…Ross’ reedy soprano conveys the spirit of child’s play with amazing ease as she converts the emotion of The Boss, her last record, into pure rhythmic energy.” Indeed, even with Terrana’s remix, the Chic groove exploded from speakers, led by a tougher, street-smart diva calling on everyone to “Give up your love to me.” The public listened; diana became an unprecedented success for Miss Ross, giving her a pair of Top 5 singles (including the Grammy-nominated “Upside Down”) and topping the Billboard R&B Albums chart for eight consecutive weeks, her first #1 LP on that chart since 1973’s Touch Me In The Morning. But Diana certainly sounds looser and rawer on them – which is a lot of fun to hear as the originally released versions have become so familiar. What do you think? Seven of the album’s eight songs were similarly built. When Diana Ross wanted to turn her legendary music career “Upside Down” at the dawn of the ’80s, she enlisted the Chic production team of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. The longest-running member of The Supremes died Feb. 8, 2021. Read More: July 1983: Diana Ross Performs in Central Park During Torrential Rainstorm. Indeed, with “I’m Coming Out,” Rodgers and Edwards wrote one of the great dance songs of the modern recording area, and certainly one of the best singles Diana Ross ever recorded and released. I put the record back on after reading an interview with Nile Rodgers in one of the weekend papers. PS and what about in the 2nd verse of “Give Up”, when she says “I’ll keep your night surrrrounded, with chains of love so strong, that you can’t break through them”? Along with the complicated verse, we deliberately made the chorus rhythmically more difficult to sing than the catchier, one-listen song hooks for Chic. I rank “I’m Coming Out” as one of Diana’s top 3 songs ever (along with “Ain’t No Mountain…” and “Missing You”) — there is an energy captured in this record that is rare and electric! It probably could have done even better on the charts had it not been competing with both “Upside Down” and “It’s My Turn,” the Michael Masser-penned theme song to the film of the same name which was released before “I’m Coming Out” had even peaked on the charts. Jet magazine carried that mention in its December 27, 1979 issue, priming fans for a new Diana Ross album produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the music group Chic. We seem almost shocked that since we did’t stretch ourselves – we still managed to achieve great success. The Boss/6:31 2. ( Log Out / Diana Ross made herself into one of the world's premier stars and this stunning collection explains why. And there certainly isn’t any other Chic-produced album that comes close to it as one complete album. and following her #1* Billboard dance single “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough 2017“, her recently released, remixed mash-up of “I’m Coming Out / Upside Down” catapults up the Dance Club Singles To 50 from #18* Greatest Gainer to #8*. Diana Ross is back (!) YES — you’re right — it sounds live! I even heard some kids in my street blasting out ‘Upside Down’ the other week which brought a smile to my face. Tony — that’s so cute that your dad put on Diana as the first to be played on the new stereo — I bet that bass almost blew out the speakers . Rodgers and Edwards had racked up some major hits since releasing their first Chic single, “Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)” in 1977. I gotta say I prefer R&E’s mix of “Friend to Friend” (I’m recalling from memory, but i think that’s one of the vocals Diana left intact on the released album). We weren’t working with talented session singers this time, we were working with a star…Despite the departure from our tested style, we knew ‘Upside Down’ was a monster hit” (169). I felt confused by it. Oh – right ! UNI/MOTOWN. The music is nothing if not exciting and interesting! My favorite part of that song had to be the extended instrumental break. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Diana Ross - Upside Down at Discogs. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Chain Reaction/6:15 6. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase. Would’ve love to have heard Its My Turn, The Boss, Muscles, So Close, Swept Away, Telephone, Eaten Alive, Dirty Looks etc. Week-by-week music charts, peak chart positions and airplay stats. Upside Down/8:06 4. Diana Ross is back (!) But for what it is, I think “diana” is really a great album and deserved its success! The album is the best-selling studio album of Ross's career, spawning three international hit singles, including the number-one hit " Upside Down ". “Friend to Friend” I agree , I do like both versions. Friend To Friend: Discussing his work on the diana project, Motown engineer Russ Terrana says in the Deluxe Edition booklet, “There was plenty of excitement in the tracks. You would think Chic at their commercial peak and Mathis together was a no-brainer, especially as Mathis had dipped his toe into more ‘disco-fied’ waters with ‘Gone Gone Gone’ to great results, but I suppose they got cold feet. "Upside Down" is a hit song by Diana Ross released on the Motown label. Not many singers have so successfully reinvented themselves to a new generation (Tina’s Private Dancer a few years later springs to mind) – it’s quite an achievement. And then I heard UPSIDE DOWN. Listen to and download Diana Ross music on Beatport. It wasn’t the Diana I was used to ! You're Gonna Love It/4:24 7. | THE DIANA ROSS PROJECT, The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop (1965), The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland (1967), Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform “Funny Girl” (1968), Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations (1968), TCB – The Original Cast Soundtrack (1968), The Return Of The Magnificent Seven (1971), The Supremes — Produced And Arranged By Jimmy Webb (1972), Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings…Jazz And Blues (1993), Diana Ross Sings Songs From The Wiz (Released 2015). The producers once again leave off any background vocals, letting Diana provide her own harmony on the staccato refrain; her delivery throughout the song is cool and haunting, a perfect match for the sorrowful lyric. Miss Ross brilliantly succeeds, and her effort was rewarded with another Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Female Performance; the competition that year was tough (including Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, and Minnie Riperton), and although Diana was favored to win, Stephanie Mills took home the award for her dance hit “Never Knew Love Like This Before.” Still, “Upside Down” remains a classic, still covered and sampled by new artists to this day, and is one of the best singles ever to be released on Miss Ross. You can find the whole thing online if you hunt long enough! Great reading your replies Now, when will we ever get a new CD from Miss Ross?? Diana (stylized on the cover as "diana") is the eleventh studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on May 22, 1980 by Motown Records. “The first single…was different from anything we’d written before,” says Nile Rodgers in Le Freak: An Upside Down Story Of Family, Disco, And Destiny. Some years ago i bought the deluxe collection which contained the unreleased version of the album. Nu Disco / Disco. Indeed, despite the nursery-rhyme lyrics, it takes real skill to pull a performance like this off, to remain mature and sophisticated and to not get swamped by the complex instrumental track. I vividely remember hearing “Top Of The World” and “All Night Lover” for the first times and thinking they were the greatest Diana songs I’d ever heard! She left Motown in 1980, but before she did, she made possibly the best album of her solo career, the classic Diana. 1 with "Le Freak", August 1964: The Supremes Charm America with "Where Did Our Love Go", July 1983: Diana Ross Performs in Central Park During Torrential Rainstorm, HONEY CONE - SoulMusic Hall Of Fame 2020 Inductees (Group), RIP Mary Wilson of The Supremes, Dead at 76, KNOCK ON WOOD - Memphis Soul/R&B Classics, Candi Staton: Young Hearts Run Free - The Best Of Candi Staton. YES! ... Dance / Electro Pop. I'm Coming Out / Upside Down Chris Cox Remix. More than that, the pair created an entirely new sound in the process, a lean, muscular, hypnotically rhythmic sound led by Rodgers’s explosive guitar work and the Edwards’s powerful bass playing; as Adam White wrote in Billboard, “What is most fascinating about Rodgers and Edwards’ work is their devotion to space, to sparseness, to the sound in between their chosen instrumentation and vocalists (September 1, 1979). But I’m with Paul, the remixes toned some of her vocals down. Just to add to my comment…Besides the two big hits, I do love the intimate rendering of Friend To Friend…it sounds like she could be whisper singing it right into a lover’s ear in bed…and gives a taste of things to come in the stunning More and More from 1985. In the wake of the massive success of “Upside Down” and “I’m Coming Out,” Motown considered “Tenderness” for single release in the United States; it placed the song on 1981’s All The Great Hits in anticipation of such a move. I’m Coming Out: “One of the biggest light-bulb moments of my life happened at the G.G. 1 on the pop, dance and R&B charts - pure platinum perfection. It was the first single taken from her 1980 album diana and hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 6 September 1980. Just listening to the sample - I was sold! The remixes totally punched up the album overall especially on a couple of tracks – UPSIDE DOWN and MY OLD PIANO being great examples – making it more immediate and exciting. 21,482 views, added to favorites 933 times. Whichever versions you like, diana is still a great record and one that stands the test of time in my book…. Diana Ross. But there is no denying the amazing energy and spirit in these songs. 8. The album spent 17 weeks at the top of Billboard ' s R&B/Dance … Bang on Lawrence! I’m doing “To Love Again” next week…then will be “Why Do Fools…” The RCA albums feature such a wide variety of material and such experimentation from Diana that I can’t wait to hear everyone’s opinions…I’m sure lots of people will disagree with what I have to say on certain songs/albums! The final mix of diana (Motown 936) was released in May of 1980; its first single, “Upside Down,” was issued the following month. And yes…I love that part of “Give Up” too! Il 4 agosto 2018, con il remix I'm Coming Out/Upside Down 2018 (remixato da Eric Kupper, Chris Cox e StoneBridge), Diana Ross è nuovamente al 1º posto della Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart. “I’m Coming Out” was eventually lifted as the album’s second single (after being scheduled as the first, then cancelled), hitting record stores in August of 1980; the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the September 6 issue of the magazine, the same week that “Upside Down” finally hit #1. diana was an unprecedented success for Diana Ross and Motown; at the time, “Upside Down” was one of the company’s longest-running #1 singles, and the album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200, Diana’s highest-charting studio album ever (only the soundtrack album to Lady Sings The Blues did better, hitting the top spot in early 1973). You’ve been fair and objective and I’ve agreed with 98-99% of it! LOVEEEEEEE the Chic mix of “Friend To Friend”. It has to be a career landmark for Diana because of that. According to Rodgers in his memoir Le Freak: An Upside Down Story Of Family, Disco, And Destiny, that was the goal; he writes, “We originally envisioned the song as the opening to Diana’s live show for the new album.
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