Originally Posted by
TheMotownManiac
I think if a killer single, or, maybe the album mix of Bottom Line, was released a month or so ahead of the album, it had a chance of breaking through. I think it would have fit in the top 40 milieu du jour perfectly. I don’t believe radio was over her in ‘89, I believe radio was over the crap singles she was she was handing out since missing you.I think BL could have hit without the distraction of the entire album - most of which folks pretty much hated , the cover many hated, and just let the song do its magic, the whole situation MIGHT have changed. If BL hit, Paradise might have had a chance, but I think folks weren’t too keen on her upper register should. That was the #1 complaint I heard about WO and Eaten Alive.
I think radio would have been open to Ross with the right product and some initial arm twisting. She needed better product to break through and A/C from Peter Asher was probably not gonna do it. WO hit #3 R&B, yet still couldn’t get crossover adds. She needed better.