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Diana Ross - The Boss (1979) [1991, Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 1 May 2023 20:32:02

"The Boss" is the 10th studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on May 23, 1979 by Motown Records. This album was written and produced by longtime Ross collaborators Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson and marked her return to Top 40 radio based on the strength of the title track, which peaked at #19 on the pop singles chart, and #12 on the US R&B Chart. In addition, all the LP tracks went to #1 on the dance charts, and the album itself peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Ross also promoted the album on her first HBO special, "Standing Room Only". The special was culled from her successful "Tour '79", and the setlist included the title song, "The Boss", "It's My House", "No One Gets the Prize", "I Ain't Been Licked" and "All For One".

~Wikipedia

Ashford & Simpson wrote and produced almost all of the material for Diana Ross' self-titled debut and third album Surrender, LPs that were almost a decade old by the time the trio reunited for The Boss. The duo and the singer prospered during the time apart. They had proven to be more than adept at disco Ross' "Love Hangover" and Ashford & Simpson's "One More Try" coincidentally were on the Billboard disco chart together in 1976 so the reunited unit's prospects in 1979 were high. Ross' first solo gold album, The Boss contains some of her most commanding and seductive material. The charging title song was a Top 20 hit, the album's only single to crack the Hot 100, but the dazzling "No One Gets the Prize" and lighter "It's My House" both of which also topped the disco chart add much depth. Ross' charisma was so powerful during this era that she was able to make lines like "There's my chair/I put it there" not sound ridiculous. "Sparkle," the best of the three ballads, is an original, not a cover of the Curtis Mayfield-written song from the Supremes-inspired film of the same title.

~Review by Andy Kellman

Release of the album: 1979, May, 23 [LP Motown, Cat.# M8-923M1, USA]
Release of this CD: 1991 [CD Motown (USA), Cat.# 3746351982 / UPC: 737463519822]
Note: Reissue, AAD
℗&© 1979 Motown Record Company, L.P.
Manufactured and Marketed by Motown Record Company, L.P.
Printed in the USA

Credits:

Arranged By [Horn & String] – Paul Riser, Robert Mounsey
Backing Vocals – Nickolas Ashford, Raymond Simpson, Ullanda McCullough
Bass – Anthony Jackson, Francisco Centeno
Coordinator [Album] – Altamese Alston
Coordinator [Studio] – Barbara Tiesi
Drums – John Sussewell
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet, Arranged By [Rhythm] – Ray Chew
Engineer [Assistant] – John Potoker, Matthew Weiner
Engineer [Recording & Mixing] – Mike Hutchinson
Engineer [Vocal] – Jay Mark
Guitar – Eric Gale
Mixed By, Mastered By – James Simpson
Percussion – Errol Bennett, Sammy Figueroa
Photography – Douglas Kirkland
Piano, Backing Vocals – Valerie Simpson
Producer, Arranged By [Rhythm & Vocal] – Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
Recorded By [Strings] – Harvey Hoffman
Saxophone [Solo] – Michael Brecker

Tracklist:

01. No One Gets The Prize (04:45)
02. I Ain't Been Licked (04:10)
03. All For One (04:21)
04. The Boss (04:01)
05. Once In The Morning (04:55)
06. It's My House (04:34)
07. Sparkle (05:22)
08. I'm In The World (04:00)

All tracks were written and produced by Ashford & Simpson

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