Diana Ross - Greatest Hits [[Release Date: November 15th)

[helga]

In case you don't already have one of these :o

http://www.amazon.com/Diana-Ross-Greatest-Hits-Ross-Supremes/dp/B005N6D8W8/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1317525856&sr=1-1

[Koach]

I read about that. Someone on another board, I think, said that Diana chose the track list herself.

[captainjames]

Any idea what that track listing would be and if anything new will be on it ?

[soulster]

All I care about is the sound quality. If that isn't there, I have no interest.

[longtimefan]

Is this a Motown/Universal release? One or two CDs? Has the cover art appeared anywhere online yet?

[helga]

It appears to be a 2 CD release from UMTV in the UK. Hopefully it will have a new studio track or two from Diana. :)

[helga]

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Disc 1


I'm Coming Out
Muscles
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Why Do Fools Falls In Love
If We Hold On Together
Love Child
Remember Me
When You Tell Me That You Love Me
Chain Reaction
Touch Me In The Morning
It's My House
The Boss
The Last Time I Saw Him
Mirror Mirror
My Old Piano
Love Hangover
Work That Body
Endless Love [[with Lionel Richie)
Baby Love
Ease On Down the Road [[with Michael Jackson)
Stop, Look, Listen [[To Your Heart)
Come See About Me
Reach Out And Touch

Disc 2


Upside Down
Stop! In The Name Of Love
I'm Still Waiting
Surrender
One Shining Moment
Theme From Mahogany
Reflections
No One Gets The Prize
You Are Everything [[with Marvin Gaye)
The Happening [[The Supremes)
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me [[Diana Ross & The Supremes, Temptations, The Four Tops)
You Can't Hurry Love [[The Supremes)
It's My Turn
Big Bad Love [[with Ray Charles)
Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'...
Where Did Our Love Go
Not Over You Yet
Take Me Higher
You Keep Me Hangin' On
I've Got A Crush On You
Lovin' Livin and Givin'
What A Wonderful World [[Live from Wembley Arena, London, England, June 1989)

[soulster]

I really hate how Motown, or Hip-O mixes up a Motown solo artist's hits with the group they were once associated with. They do the same thing to Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, and Smokey Robinson, and now Diana Ross. I hate it!

[jobeterob]

This is worth having.

[copley]

This is worth having.

Can I please ask you why you think that "this is worth having"? Thanks.

[jobeterob]

Big Bad Love, I've Got a Crush On You, and the songs all together without me having to make such a CD.

I realize it's mostly a rehash but new material from Motown stars is becoming more and more rare.

[tamla617]

Can I please ask you why you think that "this is worth having"? Thanks.

i cant imagine.why has this got to come out again,and again?and what does diana's picked the track listing mean?surely a greatest hits picks itself.not a hit, not on cd. diana picked it,just like she discovered the jackson five and presented them.
another thing,even if i wanted it, the tracks arent in order... 60's mixed in with 80's and 70's.why have the supremes been included?talking of which,suprise ,suprise,baby love is included.another reason to ignore it.imo of course.

its a release for releasing's sake.

[marv2]

i cant imagine.why has this got to come out again,and again?and what does diana's picked the track listing mean?surely a greatest hits picks itself.not a hit, not on cd. diana picked it,just like she discovered the jackson five and presented them.
another thing,even if i wanted it is the tracks arent in order 60's mixed in with 80's and 70's.why have the supremes been included?talking of which,suprise ,suprise,baby love is included.another reason to ignore it.imo of course.

its a release for releasing's sake.


The Supremes songs were included to make it appear that SHE had more hits. They really shouldn't be there if the package is going to be called a "Diana Ross Greatest Hits" CD. It seems like they release a greatest hits on her every other year and the it's the same old songs....... Maybe it's for the picture? It's very nice,b ut it is also very old.

[BayouMotownMan]

Obviously this is a cash in just to get something selling on Ross. As far as Supremes material being included, why not? It's part of her body of work.

[tamla617]

what about all the other drats cd's?

[westgrandboulevard]

Assuming that there's still a decent market for CD sales in 'bricks and mortar' stores....

..did I read somewhere that supermarkets are only really interested in stocking/promoting new or fairly recent releases?

If that's true, and older titles still in print do not indeed fit into their marketing policy, then a release of greatest hits would perhaps effectively keep Diana Ross in the public eye for the lucrative Christmas sales period...??

[kenneth]

Assuming that there's still a decent market for CD sales in 'bricks and mortar' stores....

..did I read somewhere that supermarkets are only really interested in stocking/promoting new or fairly recent releases?

If that's true, and older titles still in print do not indeed fit into their marketing policy, then a release of greatest hits would perhaps effectively keep Diana Ross in the public eye for the lucrative Christmas sales period...??

By "supermarkets," I think you mean "super stores." These are the Wal-Marts, Targets, Best Buy, and so on, here in the U.S.

Yes, that has been true for some time. They don't even stock top 40 anymore; just top 10 maybe. All the chain "record" stores here in the U.S. have closed, at least here in the West. Perhaps there are still some back East; I don't know. But Tower, Wherehouse, Virgin, etc., those are all gone.

Los Angeles still has some independent sellers. Amoeba being the major example. Hopefully, it will do well for a long, long time.

[westgrandboulevard]

kenneth

Yes, I guess 'super stores' is a better overall term, especially in relation to US.

Here in the UK, there are still supermarkets in town centres, offering a small selection of CDs.

The larger edge of town outlets are generally designated as 'super stores' ...with most selling food.

Yes, hopefully some of the small independents can and will indeed survive.

I live in a UK south coast town and, in the suburb where I work, I note that a small shop selling tobacco and smokers requisites,but mainly specialising in pipes, is still in business.

Can't remember the last time I saw someone smoking a pipe. Must be the internet keeps it going....

[thaperson]

This is obviously a UK compilation.

The Supremes songs could have all easily been replaced with these solo songs:

ALL OF MY LIFE,
TOUCH BY TOUCH,
GETTING READY FOR LOVE,
EXPERIENCE,
YOUR LOVE,
HEART [[DON'T CHANGE MY MIND),
CRYING MY HEART OUT FOR YOU,
I WILL SURVIVE
WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME [[With Westlife)

In fact, she charted more hits as a solo artist in the UK, then when she was with the Surpemes! Go figure!

[soulster]

This is obviously a UK compilation.

The Supremes songs could have all easily been replaced with these solo songs:

ALL OF MY LIFE,
TOUCH BY TOUCH,
GETTING READY FOR LOVE,
EXPERIENCE,
YOUR LOVE,
HEART [[DON'T CHANGE MY MIND),
CRYING MY HEART OUT FOR YOU,
I WILL SURVIVE
WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME [[With Westlife)

In fact, she charted more hits as a solo artist in the UK, then when she was with the Surpemes! Go figure!

What gives you the impression that this is a U.K. release? The track listing looks very American.

[jobeterob]

Diana was in on this all right...........I'm Gonna Make You Love Me with the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops; mention the Supremes on The Happening and You Can't Hurry Love but not on Where Did Our Love Go?, Stop in the Name Of Love, Reflections, Come See About Me, etc. Oh Right, they aren't on some of those songs anyways and she recorded them alone and didn't know who Motown stuck behind her.

So, right, she picked these and forgot all of who sang with her.

[marv2]

Diana was in on this all right...........I'm Gonna Make You Love Me with the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops; mention the Supremes on The Happening and You Can't Hurry Love but not on Where Did Our Love Go?, Stop in the Name Of Love, Reflections, Come See About Me, etc. Oh Right, they aren't on some of those songs anyways and she recorded them alone and didn't know who Motown stuck behind her.

So, right, she picked these and forgot all of who sang with her.

For the record [[no pun intended) and for accuracy, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard are singing on "Where Did Our Love Go?", "Stop in the Name Of Love", "Reflections", "Come See About Me". She knew who she was singing with on these songs because they were all there together.

[helga]

What gives you the impression that this is a U.K. release? The track listing looks very American.

This is in fact a UK release [[Universal UK). It will be available in the States as an import. See the link in the first post.

[marv2]

This is in fact a UK release [[Universal UK). It will be available in the States as an import. See the link in the first post.

There will not be a lot of demand for it here in the States as there are still plenty of her greatest hits compilations on the market.

[copley]

There will not be a lot of demand for it here in the States as there are still plenty of her greatest hits compilations on the market.

There won't be a big demand for in here in the UK either. All good record shops & some supermarkets have various 'Best Of' etc in stock! As for online........

[skooldem1]

Jobeterob mentioned that "I've got a crush on you" with Rod Stewart and "Big Bad Love" [[with Ray Charles) were on there. That makes this one different because this is the first time they are available on a Diana Ross set. Who knows, maybe in the coming months, Diana will tour over there and this is why they are releasing it. What I don't like is the order of the songs. No rhyme or reason.

[marv2]

Jobeterob mentioned that "I've got a crush on you" with Rod Stewart and "Big Bad Love" [[with Ray Charles) were on there. That makes this one different because this is the first time they are available on a Diana Ross set. Who knows, maybe in the coming months, Diana will tour over there and this is why they are releasing it. What I don't like is the order of the songs. No rhyme or reason.

Now that makes sense. Maybe they are prepping for a tour.

[jobeterob]

There is a Facebook page asking for Diana to tour Europe next year; maybe there will be a European Tour and this is part of the cash in.

[copley]

Methinks that the UK Christmas market is the only reason for this release!

[jobeterob]

Makes sense too; it is hardly worth putting out a CD anymore unless it's Christmas, there's a tour or you are Adele or Taylor Swift.

[Koach]

I would love another Christmas CD from Diana Ross. I'd love to hear her version of My Grown-Up Christmas List.

[soulster]

This is in fact a UK release [[Universal UK). It will be available in the States as an import. See the link in the first post.

I guess I missed that part. Still, the track list looks like it was tailored for the American market and patterned after the American charts. In fact, in general, many comps created in the U.K. are meant for U.S. audiences because they know that's who wants them. After all, the U.S. domestic labels don't do the job.

[helga]

The fact that this compilation includes "I'm Still Waiting", "Chain Reaction", "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", "Not Over You Yet" and "Stop, Look, Listen" indicated to me that this was a compilation tailored to the UK. Those songs were not hits in the U.S. "What A Wonderful World" was also recorded live in London.

[marv2]

The fact that this compilation includes "I'm Still Waiting", "Chain Reaction", "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", "Not Over You Yet" and "Stop, Look, Listen" indicated to me that this was a compilation tailored to the UK. Those songs were not hits in the U.S. "What A Wonderful World" was also recorded live in London.

To simplify. If you ever see a Diana Ross Greatest Hits anything and it contains any recordings after 1984, if was not designed for the U.S. Market.

[jobeterob]

I suppose these days, the product may come out of one market but it sells online all over the world.

This collection is a bit strange because it includes some fairly rare work and is all encompassing ~ but at the same time, the track list omits some names and includes others in error.

And Greatest Hits Collections just continue to sell year after year after year.

[atcsm]

I suppose these days, the product may come out of one market but it sells online all over the world.

This collection is a bit strange because it includes some fairly rare work and is all encompassing ~ but at the same time, the track list omits some names and includes others in error.

And Greatest Hits Collections just continue to sell year after year after year.
BECAUSE it's Diana Ross..............

[jobeterob]

Well, true........

If you only have a couple of hits, you can label it as such, but it will hardly be noticed.

[reese]

This is a nice line-up of songs, although nothing that I don't already have. But they could have been more imaginative with the artwork. This photo has already been used on two recent compilations.

[stopinthenameoflove]

I have seen two or three TV ads for this already - Universal UK must have decided to push it for the festive market

[skooldem1]

They have even created an official website for it:

http://www.umtv.co.uk/dianarossthegreatest/

[stopinthenameoflove]

They have even created an official website for it:

http://www.umtv.co.uk/dianarossthegreatest/

well wow! I wonder if they think this will replicate 20 Golden Greats all those years ago?

[jobeterob]

Lookin more like a cashin for a tour.

[supreme_lady]

UK TV promotion for new DR greatest hits CD :D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U1Oo4q0gG0&feature=youtu.be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U1Oo4q0gG0&feature=youtu.be)

[redlabs]

i would have preferred if it had more solo tracks and no supremes tracks .there seem to be missing a few solo hits such as ALL OF YOU/REACH OUT ILL BE THERE/THOUGHT IT TOOK TIME TO FALL IN LOVE /ONE LOVE IN MY LIFETIME/GETTIN READY FOR LOVE

[lakedistrictlad1]

Ross greatest hits packages ALWAYS sell well in the U.K. If projects like this bring in the bucks - or should I say brings in a quid for Universal to finance other projects like 'More Hits Expanded', then I'm all for it.

[Laurel]

Will this be for sale in America? I hope so. Diana Ross's music is so much fun.

[ajk93]

i would have preferred if it had more solo tracks and no supremes tracks .there seem to be missing a few solo hits such as ALL OF YOU/REACH OUT ILL BE THERE/THOUGHT IT TOOK TIME TO FALL IN LOVE /ONE LOVE IN MY LIFETIME/GETTIN READY FOR LOVE
NICE list Redlabs. I'd love to have some of those on a compilation as well. I don't mind there being Supremes tracks, it was a huge part of her career, and if it keeps more casual fans happy, then great. But, it would be best if they only used those to fill out the album AFTER they included all her great hits, instead of leaving some out for the Supremes tracks.

Laurel: I'm just guessing here, but I'd assume that it won't be sold here in America directly. However, after these things come out, places like Amazon and other sites typically get them here through independent sellers.

[jobeterob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U1Oo4q0gG0&feature=relmfu

[redlabs]

i forgot MISSING YOU,SWEPT AWAY,DIRTY LOOKS

[Glenpwood]

Ok, just downloaded it from iTunes UK since they included the booklet with purchase so here's a few initial thoughts and spoilers....

Essay is nice [[author not listed) but does have a few minor typos that don't bother me personally but seem to send the diehards into a tizzy on this board so be forewarned. The photos are nice but no images we've haven't seen in some form before [[The 76 Greatest Hits Cover, the #1's cover with heads included, the One Woman Best of Cover, etc.)

Haven't listened to it all the way through but all the RCA years stuff carries the 1993 copyright so I suspect they pulled the Forever Diana / One Woman Ultimate tapes and used those when compiling however the few cuts I've gotten through sound better than those collections did. Single edits abound here, most in stereo but a few mono mixes as well. Diana is listed as executive producer, however, Debbie Sandridge compiled and sequenced it. The coordinator for Ms. Ross was Rosanne Shelnutt. No other thank you's or detailed info provided just a blurb to go to the official Facebook page. I think the last paragraph sums up the package perfectly...

"As the title of her current world circling tour suggests, Diana Ross is More Today Than Yesterday. she provides the soundtrack to the lives and loves of millions. Even with the ever shifting mores of popular taste, it is impossible not to hear Diana Ross' influence in today's transatlantic charts. From Baby Love to When You Tell Me That You Love Me with Westlife, she has visited the UK Top 10 in every decade from the 60's to the 00s. The Greatest is just that, Diana Ross's most memorable moments all in one place."

[jobeterob]

The Shelnutt lady worked for Diana Ross; perhaps the other lady did too.

Typos drive me nuts in these packages; all it takes is some proof reading. But Andy once explained they go through them again and again and sometimes make new mistakes get made.

[longtimefan]

Mine shipped today!

[skooldem1]

Looks like they have also started an official Diana Ross channel on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/DianaRossOfficial#p/u

[smark21]

Question for the big Diana Ross fans who bought or will buy this set: Why? I'm sure you have all of these songs, right? And if one or two or missing, wouldn't it make more sense to just download them individually?

[jobeterob]

For the price of a CD, I'll take em all put together for me with Big Bad Love and I've Got A Crush on You as part of it; those were always two of my favourite songs of hers.

[florence]

Looks like the UK public feels there are enough Diana Hits albums around.

Based on first day sales the album is projected to enter the UK albums chart somewhere between 30 and 40 - nowadays most albums tend to peak in their first week although hopefully this might pick up some sales for Christmas.

[ejluther]

I buy compilations of songs I already have because of the packaging, to support the artist/music, and because often times the songs will sound better/different because of the mastering and post-production involved. Plus I have several of them where the songs included are different in some way but not noted on the packaging. See this thread on The Supremes-PLAYLIST PLUS CD set for a great example of just that:http://soulfuldetroit.com/showthread.php?4001-Supremes-Playlist-Plus

[lakedistrictlad1]

Good grief - I logged on to a movie website called 'rottentomatoes' today and the Diana ad is all over it.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
And 20 seconds ago i received spam email advertising it also. Don't you just love aggressive marketing?

[jobeterob]

Wonder why it's being pushed so much.

But this is the kind of set that will sell dribs and drabs for the next upteen years and then some.

Ejluther's reasons are the reasons I buy some of these as well; well put.

[jobeterob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHcnpOQitR8

[Glenpwood]

Officially entered the UK chart this week at #24 making it her highest charting album release there since Take Me Higher reached #10 in 1995. Not shabby considering Diana did no promo to support it. It even out peaked 2001's Love & Life which only hit #28 despite having a new single on it, Going Back.....

[smark21]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHcnpOQitR8

Too bad Diana Ross didn't record the song solo. The Rod Stewart parts are awful, he is just all wrong for standards-he has no sense of swing. Also, one can download the song from itunes without having to buy the entire album if you must have it in your collection.

[carlo]

Obviously other people like Rod Stewart's covers of the American songbook...because he's done 4 or 5 albums to date, all of which have done very well. I bought the 4th one because it had the Diana Ross and Chaka Khan duets on it. I've always loved Rod Stewart and his covers of these standards are cool.

[jobeterob]

Rod got a huge and very popular second career out of the standards sets he did.

He has had a career very much like Diana's.........huge, lengthy, very popular with the public and not acknowledged by the Grammys; much like Elvis Presley.

I think he got his first Grammy as a result of the Standards Sets. Of course, it might have something to do with the fact that they used to give very few Grammys in the 60's and 70's and in the 90's and 00's have been giving Grammys for issuing a new CD. The Grammy Awards finally got the drift and started to cut back the categories.

[jobeterob]

Tags: Music, Cds, Soul Music, Greatest Hits, Diana Ross





Rating:
+5 Just take a look at the track listing and you will be blown away. In a remarkable recording career spanning more than a quarter century Diana Ross made some of the most memorable and enduring hits of her generation. Be it as the lead singer of Motown's sensational 1960's hitmakers The Supremes or later on in her career as a highly successful solo artist Diana Ross maintained a constant presence on the Billboard Hot 100 from the early 1960's until the mid 1980's. Over the years there have been many anthologies released by Diana but I am here to tell you that there is none better than Universal UK's phenomenal 2011 2 disc-44 track anthology simply entitled "Diana Ross: The Greatest". What a joy to experience once again the treasury of Diana Ross's finest recordings! This one is going to be considered a must for both collectors and for all fans of American popular music.

"Diana Ross: The Greatest" offers up 9 of Diana's biggest hits as lead singer of The Supremes. Enjoy once again classic #1 hits like "Come See About Me", "Stop! In The Name of Love", 1967" "The Happening", "You Can't Hurry Love" and the group's biggest single of all-time "Baby Love" which topped the Billboard Charts for 4 weeks way back in 1964. Also included is Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations terrific rendition of "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" from 1968. So much talent on one recording! But while "Diana Ross: The Greatest" certainly pays homage to Diana's days with The Supremes the overwhelming majority of the tracks are devoted to her work as a solo artist. As you might expect all of her biggest hits are here including "Upside Down", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Love Hangover" and her #1 hit from 1973 "Touch Me In The Morning". Diana sang an amazing variety of tunes and proved she could master them all. I was also very pleased to see that Universal UK chose to include several of Diana's Motown singles that were not necesarily among her biggest hits but were outstanding nonetheless. In this group I would include her very first single as a solo artist "Reach Out And Touch[[Somebody's Hand)", "Remember Me", "I'm Still Waiting" and the song that just might be my favorite Diana Ross solo recording of all-time "Last Time I Saw Him" from 1974. That is an amazing record!

In 1982, to the shock of just about everyone in the music world, Diana Ross would leave her mentor Berry Gordy Jr. and the comfy confines of Motown Records to sign a multi-year deal with RCA Records. Diana was looking to spread her musical wings and during her tenure at RCA she made some terrific records. "Diana Ross: The Greatest" features a number of these offerings most notably "Muscles" which was a Top Ten hit for her in 1982. Finally, "The Greatest" features duets with five of the biggest stars of the era including Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Rod Stewart and as you might well expect Lionel Richie. Lionel and Diana's recording of "Endless Love" topped the charts for 9 weeks back in the summer of 1981.

So there you have it. What's not to like? Each and every one of the songs in this collection is the original recording you would remember from the radio. All have been digitally remastered for your listening pleasure. As I mentioned earlier "Diana Ross: The Greatest" is being imported to this country from England. I find that record companies are very strange entities so there is no guarantee that this package will ever be released here in the U.S. So if you are the least bit interested I would snap up "Diana Ross: The Greatest" as quickly as you can. I believe it is worth every penny. Very highly recommended!

[florence]

Tags: Music, Cds, Soul Music, Greatest Hits, Diana Ross





Rating:
+5 Just take a look at the track listing and you will be blown away. In a remarkable recording career spanning more than a quarter century Diana Ross made some of the most memorable and enduring hits of her generation. Be it as the lead singer of Motown's sensational 1960's hitmakers The Supremes or later on in her career as a highly successful solo artist Diana Ross maintained a constant presence on the Billboard Hot 100 from the early 1960's until the mid 1980's. Over the years there have been many anthologies released by Diana but I am here to tell you that there is none better than Universal UK's phenomenal 2011 2 disc-44 track anthology simply entitled "Diana Ross: The Greatest". What a joy to experience once again the treasury of Diana Ross's finest recordings! This one is going to be considered a must for both collectors and for all fans of American popular music.

"Diana Ross: The Greatest" offers up 9 of Diana's biggest hits as lead singer of The Supremes. Enjoy once again classic #1 hits like "Come See About Me", "Stop! In The Name of Love", 1967" "The Happening", "You Can't Hurry Love" and the group's biggest single of all-time "Baby Love" which topped the Billboard Charts for 4 weeks way back in 1964. Also included is Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations terrific rendition of "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" from 1968. So much talent on one recording! But while "Diana Ross: The Greatest" certainly pays homage to Diana's days with The Supremes the overwhelming majority of the tracks are devoted to her work as a solo artist. As you might expect all of her biggest hits are here including "Upside Down", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Love Hangover" and her #1 hit from 1973 "Touch Me In The Morning". Diana sang an amazing variety of tunes and proved she could master them all. I was also very pleased to see that Universal UK chose to include several of Diana's Motown singles that were not necesarily among her biggest hits but were outstanding nonetheless. In this group I would include her very first single as a solo artist "Reach Out And Touch[[Somebody's Hand)", "Remember Me", "I'm Still Waiting" and the song that just might be my favorite Diana Ross solo recording of all-time "Last Time I Saw Him" from 1974. That is an amazing record!

In 1982, to the shock of just about everyone in the music world, Diana Ross would leave her mentor Berry Gordy Jr. and the comfy confines of Motown Records to sign a multi-year deal with RCA Records. Diana was looking to spread her musical wings and during her tenure at RCA she made some terrific records. "Diana Ross: The Greatest" features a number of these offerings most notably "Muscles" which was a Top Ten hit for her in 1982. Finally, "The Greatest" features duets with five of the biggest stars of the era including Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Rod Stewart and as you might well expect Lionel Richie. Lionel and Diana's recording of "Endless Love" topped the charts for 9 weeks back in the summer of 1981.

So there you have it. What's not to like? Each and every one of the songs in this collection is the original recording you would remember from the radio. All have been digitally remastered for your listening pleasure. As I mentioned earlier "Diana Ross: The Greatest" is being imported to this country from England. I find that record companies are very strange entities so there is no guarantee that this package will ever be released here in the U.S. So if you are the least bit interested I would snap up "Diana Ross: The Greatest" as quickly as you can. I believe it is worth every penny. Very highly recommended!


With 44 tracks this is great value for the price of a single CD. Most of the tracks are gems and it does include some more obscure ones.

Progress in the UK charts up to Decemeber 10 is 24-43-57-82-99 with total sales around 28k.

Unfortunately they pulled the plug on promotion after the first week. They probably decided that the first week sales [[around 9k) didn't justify the cost of TV advertising. With the album out of many of the store charts now it does not have a great profile and loses out on casual sales. I'm quite surprised it has remained in the top 100 this week.

Diana has such a low profile in the UK now that I'm sure most think she has retired!

Now if she would only do a tour here.............................................. ...

[tomato tom]

Diana Ross does hold a special place in most peoples musical memories in the UK. As stated, she has been in the UK charts, in one form or another, every year since the early sixties. You have to admire her for that. Wether with The Supremes, with The Supremes & The Temptations, with Marvin Gaye, With Lionel Ritchie, Al B Sure, Remix singles etc.The Brits do like Miss Ross. I do too. But do I really need another compilation? No. But, I already know, secretly, that somebody has already bought it for me for Christmas. he he. I would rather have More Hits By The Supremes, but you cant get that in the local stores. sigh..Just enjoy the wonderful music...I mean, when you think about it, Diana HAS made some wonderful classic songs over the years. Paulo xxx

[Glenpwood]

It's had plenty of prime retail space on the display walls at the HMV's in London and was only priced 7.99 much lower than most the front line single disc new releases so Universal has put some effort into it and made it more of an impulse purchase. Of course, across the aisle was the 2 disc Love & Life best of in their 2 for 10 pounds promotion so that may be undercutting its sales and chart potential a bit.

[smark21]

It's had plenty of prime retail space on the display walls at the HMV's in London and was only priced 7.99 much lower than most the front line single disc new releases so Universal has put some effort into it and made it more of an impulse purchase. Of course, across the aisle was the 2 disc Love & Life best of in their 2 for 10 pounds promotion so that may be undercutting its sales and chart potential a bit.

Next time you go to HMV, if you truly love Diana Ross, please move the Love and Life CDs to another part of the store such as in Kidz bop section so you can help out The Greatest and people won't get confused and buy Love and Life and get it back it up the charts.

[selinasian]

I bought it cos it was less than a tenner at Asda!

[jobeterob]

It's great that old artists competing in a field dominated by teenagers and early twenty sometimes, can still sell some CDs even if most of it has been released 70 times before already.

[Constantin]

http://p.playserver1.com/ProductImages/8/3/4/3/8/3/4/2/24383438_500x500_1.jpg


The picture is awesome, one of her best photo shoot ever. Too bad it wasn't on any record except "Pops we love you".

And the idea of mixing the decades works surprisingly well: the sequence "Where Did Our Love Go"/"Not Over You Yet"/"Take Me Higher"/"You Keep Me Hangin' On" is flawless. Why not? After all, she's the same singer.

BTW, I never saw the picture page 9. Where does it come from?

[Gabriel]

Hey, does anyone knows why my copy of "The Greatest" omits the track "Ease On Down The Road"?
Check it out here! http://silkelectrics.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/diana-ross-greatest.html
By the way, take a look at my cd collection! [[No downloads)

[marybrewster]

^

suspicious.