Ross (1978 album)

Ross
Studio album by
Diana Ross
ReleasedSeptember 1978
Recorded1971–1978
StudioMotown Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
GenreR&B, soul
Length38:56
LabelMotown
ProducerHal Davis, Greg Wright, Ashford & Simpson, Michael Masser
Diana Ross chronology
Baby It's Me
(1977) 		Ross
(1978) 		The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1978)
Singles from Ross
  1. "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right"
    Released: February 11, 1975
  2. "Lovin', Livin' and Givin'"
    Released: June 1978
  3. "What You Gave Me"
    Released: December 28, 1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Ross is the ninth studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released in September 1978 by Motown Records. The album served as a new album and a compilation, as it was a mixture of old and new songs. Side A consisting of four new tracks recorded in 1978, and Side B of material recorded by Ross between 1971 and 1975, but remixed and/or extended by Motown in-house producer Russ Terrana specifically for the Ross album. Ross peaked at number 49 on the US Pop Albums chart, and number 32 on Black Albums.[2] The album failed to chart in the UK. Its final US sales figures stood at around 150,000 copies.[citation needed] The cover illustration was by Rickey Ricardo Gaskins. A different album also titled Ross was released on the RCA label in 1983.

Several outtakes from the 1978 Ross sessions produced by Hal Davis, Greg Wright and Michael Masser have subsequently been issued on various other albums with Ross. Titles among these include "For Once in My Life", "You Build Me Up to Tear Me Down", "Sweet Summertime Livin'", "Share Some Love", "We're Always Saying Goodbye", "Fire Don't Burn" and "We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again" (a non-album single in 1982).

Although only enjoying moderate chart success on its original release in 1978, in 2009 "Lovin', Livin' and Givin'" was one of thirteen tracks featured on Almighty Records' tribute/remix album We Love Diana Ross – The Remix Collection.[3]

While alternate versions of most of the recordings contained on the Ross album have re-surfaced on a number of Motown/Universal Music compilations over the years, the original album in its original form was eventually re-released on compact disc (SHM CD) in Japan on November 28, 2012.

  1. ^ Elias, Jason. "Diana Ross – Ross (1978) album review, credits & releases". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Diana Ross Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "Presents: We Love Diana Ross – The Remix Collection". Almighty Records. Retrieved April 25, 2011.