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| Released | September 24, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
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| Length | 40:25 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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Eaten Alive is the sixteenth studio album by American R&B singer Diana Ross, released on September 24, 1985, by RCA Records in the United States, with EMI Records distributing elsewhere. It was Ross' fifth of six albums released by the label during the decade. Primarily written and produced by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, with co-writing from his brothers Andy, Maurice, and Robin, the album also includes a contribution from Ross' friend Michael Jackson who co-wrote and performed (uncredited) on the title track.
Eaten Alive was deemed a commercial failure in the US, where it peaked at No. 45 on the US Billboard 200 and sold around 300,000 copies, spending 20 weeks on the chart. It fared better internationally, entering the top 10 in the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland, whilst reaching number 11 in Australia and the UK. It also made the top 20 in Germany, Italy, Austria and Japan.
Eaten Alive produced the singles "Eaten Alive", "Chain Reaction", and "Experience", the most successful of these being "Chain Reaction", which topped the charts in both the UK[1] and Australia. In his biography of Ross, J. Randy Taraborrelli attributed the album's poor performance in the US to the release of the title track as its first single, rather than one of the other two songs. He noted that "Eaten Alive" was "like nothing else on the record", and with its "incomprehensible" lyrics, "set an unfair tone for the album with record buyers".[2]
- ^ The Virgin book of British Hit Singles. Vol. 2. London: Virgin Books. 2010. pp. 17, 403. ISBN 978-0753522455.
- ^ Taraborrelli, J. Randy (2007). Diana Ross: An Unauthorized Biography. New York: Citadel Press. pp. 515–516. ISBN 978-0806528496.