Silk Electric

Silk Electric
Silk Electric
Studio album by Diana Ross
Released	September 10, 1982
Recorded	1981–1982
Studio	Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California; Power Station, New York City;
Genre	Pop soul; R&B;
Length	37:31
Label	Capitol (Europe); RCA (North America);
Producer	Diana Ross; Michael Jackson;
Diana Ross chronology
Singles from Silk Electric
	"Muscles"; Released: September 17, 1982; "So Close"; Released: January 7, 1983; "Who"; Released: April 5, 1983 (Netherlands);

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Silk Electric is the thirteenth studio album by American R&B singer Diana Ross, released on September 10, 1982, by RCA Records. It was Ross' second of six albums released by the label during the decade. It reached No. 27 on the US Billboard 200 (No. 5 R&B), No. 33 in the UK Albums Chart and the Top 20 in Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. The album cover was designed by Andy Warhol.

The album contains Ross' US Top 10, Grammy-nominated single, "Muscles", which was written and produced by Michael Jackson. All other tracks were produced by Ross, including the US Top 40 follow-up single "So Close" featuring prominent background vocal arrangements by Luther Vandross.

The song "In Your Arms", written by Linda Creed and Michael Masser, was covered by Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston as "Hold Me" the following year. The song "I Am Me" was co-written by Ross (and incorrectly listed as co-written by Cindy Birdsong instead of Janie Bradford on the Greatest Hits: The RCA Years compilation album). The album was certified Gold in the US and Silver in the UK.

The album was remastered and re-released on September 2, 2014 by Funky Town Grooves as an "Expanded Edition", with bonus material.^[4]

^ AllMusic review
^ Shewey, Don (November 25, 1982). "Diana Ross: Silk Electric : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
^ "Silk Electric (Expanded Edition)". FunkyTownGrooves.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

[1] AllMusic review

[rollingstone-2] Shewey, Don (November 25, 1982). "Diana Ross: Silk Electric : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2013-05-15.

[3] Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.

[4] "Silk Electric (Expanded Edition)". FunkyTownGrooves.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

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