This is a generally catchy album by the sad standards she's settled for, but beyond Ashford & Simpson's gorgeous, mournful "Ain't Nothin' but a Maybe" and the seven intoxicating minutes of "Love Hangover" it's often catchy-annoying rather than catchy-compelling or at least catchy-fun. Major offenders: "Theme From Mahogany," the boop-nostalgia "Smile," and its clone, "Kiss Me Now," which captures her at her archest. (Catalogue number: M6-861.) B-
She molested Michael Jackson when he was a kid btw.
>>130404763only aging gay men care about Diana Ross though
>>130404774you were right and he had a crush/obsession with her ever since and felt embittered that she just saw him as a stupid kid she didn't take seriously. that's what "Dirty Diana" was about.
>>130404792Didn't MJ debunk this?
>>130404792everyone knows Berry Gordy was her oneitis and still is
what is there to say though? Ross's solo albums were really always her plugged in behind whatever sound/material and she had no real sound of her own which Cuckgau pointed out in the review of the next album after this one.
so my dad used be the maintenance guy in an apartment complex back in the 80s...>had two muscle/fitfag gay dudes who lived in the apartment above him>every night you could hear their exercise equipment clanking and then the floor squeaking as they would fuck after their workout>one time they went somewhere for the weekend and asked my dad to take care of some electrical problem in the apartment while they were gone>he goes inside and discovers they had this huge shrine to Diana Ross in there>literally photos and posters of her covering the walls everywhereand that's my dad's personal creepy Diana Ross story
>>130404763Smile was Diana still being high on Billie Holiday fumes. At least it's short (only 2:56).
>>130404763Thankfully Chic woke her up a bit from the snoozefests she was putting out for much of the 70s like this album. And she didn't even know who they were, her kids introduced her to them.
>>130404899proof is how the album titles are all just her name and her face on the cover with nothing else
>>130405016she had her voice pushed up front from how it was in the original mix
80s era diana ross was the basis for the most famous vaporwave song for a reason. very vibey
>>130404975My uncle ran into DR at Heathrow Airport in London in 2001. She was one smug rude cunt who acted like you were supposed to be insta-awed at being in her presence.
>>130405097that's kind of understandable since her light, thin voice would otherwise get drowned out by the instrumentals
>>130405109Cuckgau mostly stopped reviewing her albums in the 80s, he only did Diana and Workin' Overtime at the start and end of the decade.
>>130404763Supremes got better after she left imohttps://youtu.be/OqKHIaqgKEUhttps://youtu.be/2vV1pFsr2D0
>>130405016Which albums of hers are Chic-like?
>>130407357the one with I'm Coming out called "Diana"
>>130407387Thanks, I'll check it out.
>>130406718imagine thinking this
Berry Gordy literally took all of Motown's good songs away from Martha and the Vandellas to feed his fucktoy.
