Missing You

[RanRan79]

I disagree. “diana” wasn’t a traditional disco album in the vein if ‘I Will Survive. It was funky and exciting r&b that took her in another direction. The public loved this new sound being why it took off. “Mirror Mirror” was fresh, but i don’t think soft rock was a place to linger as in 5O’s retreads being it wasn’t the genre of music she was famous for.
It’s worth noting that the single flopped here in the UK, usually her most reliable market.

I agree that it wasn't traditional disco, maybe not even disco at all. But Chic was a driving force of some of disco's biggest sounds. To the public Bernard and Niles were Chic and they had a rather identifiable sound.

"Mirror, Mirror" wasn't just fresh, it was funky. Soft rock? There's a rockish guitar doing it's thing, but me thinks a "rockish guitar" does not a rock song make. I don't know why "Mirror" didn't break big in the UK, but in the States it was a big hit, just missing the number one spot on the R&B chart. [[I'm curious to know from those of you who may know- looking at you Reese- what was the song that kept "Mirror" from the number one spot?)

"Mirror", "Work That Body" with different lyrics, "Think I'm In Love", and "Sweet Surrender" were all worth keeping. She needed four more edgy cuts and one big ballad and I think the Mirror, Mirror album [[because that's what I would have called it) would have been classic.

[reese]

"Mirror, Mirror" wasn't just fresh, it was funky. Soft rock? There's a rockish guitar doing it's thing, but me thinks a "rockish guitar" does not a rock song make. I don't know why "Mirror" didn't break big in the UK, but in the States it was a big hit, just missing the number one spot on the R&B chart. [[I'm curious to know from those of you who may know- looking at you Reese- what was the song that kept "Mirror" from the number one spot?)

Not sure, but looking at dates, it could possibly be Stevie Wonder's THAT GIRL.

[Levi Stubbs Tears]

To the public Bernard and Niles were Chic and they had a rather identifiable sound.

I don't think in 1980 'the public' would have even known who Nile & Nard were. And their sound was always changing. The people that say Debbie Harry's solo album sounds like 'diana leftovers' crack me up.

They wrote Diana's album 'to order' [['songs that my kids can sing') and wrote Debbie's album with a rap [[one of the first)/hip-hop theme. The Koo-koo album was ahead of its' time [[probably why it was not a bigger hit) and still stands out today. Very few of the 'Chic Organisation' productions sound the same apart from quality.

I remember a record review in the early 80s [[post 'Disco sucks' and the Chic hit years) describing a Nile/Nard song as 'pre-meditated excellence'. Maybe 'Record Mirror' or another UK publication.

ETA - I remember the review now. It was the Chic song '26'.

'26 - my baby's a 26. On a scale of 1 to 10, my baby's a 26' lol

[RanRan79]

I don't think in 1980 'the public' would have even known who Nile & Nard were. And their sound was always changing. The people that say Debbie Harry's solo album sounds like 'diana leftovers' crack me up.

They wrote Diana's album 'to order' [['songs that my kids can sing') and wrote Debbie's album with a rap [[one of the first)/hip-hop theme. The Koo-koo album was ahead of its' time [[probably why it was not a bigger hit) and still stands out today. Very few of the 'Chic Organisation' productions sound the same apart from quality.

I remember a record review in the early 80s [[post 'Disco sucks' and the Chic hit years) describing a Nile/Nard song as 'pre-meditated excellence'. Maybe 'Record Mirror' or another UK publication.

ETA - I remember the review now. It was the Chic song '26'.

'26 - my baby's a 26. On a scale of 1 to 10, my baby's a 26' lol

I'm glad my opinion cracks you up.

Nothing you've said has changed my mind. Johnny's album, Debbie's album, and Chic's album sound like a bunch of stuff that might have been on or recorded for diana80 and I'm unconvinced that the public would have continued to eat the sound up.