Diana's vocals were tight and strong but I never like the music. I always wondered who was doing the background calls with her. That album was awesome.
agreed - it's a very solid and exciting album. and also agree that One Love was a strong song but the single was weak. I've wondered if You're Good My Child might have been a better follow up to Hangover. While nowhere as strong as LH, I think her vocal performance on it is more inline with how she sang the disco segment of LH. One Love is good but more generic IMO. Child is at least unique and different
I prefer the "One Love" single over the album version. I think it was a good decision to go with it as the followup to "Hangover", but I also think it would have been a good decision to re-release "I Thought It Took a Little Time" and then "One Love". It doesn't make sense that the label didn't milk this album because "Aint Nothin But a Maybe" and "You're Good My Child" could have made plenty of noise. And who was the idiot who decided to call the album DIANA ROSS? When Hangover hit, the album should've been rereleased and retitled Love Hangover.
I don't think I've ever played my 45 of ONE LOVE. Since it isn't the version on the DIANA ROSS album, is it the version on her GREATEST HITS album, which is a bit longer and has more instrumental sections?
In any event, I love the song and really love Diana's performance of it on THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL.
It is sad that in the promotion of LOVE HANGOVER, they lost I THOUGHT IT TOOK A LITTLE TIME. That release got quite a bit of airplay in my area. I actually thought it was a hit until I saw the chart position years later.
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Does anyone know if she ever did "I Thought" live??
I don't think she ever did, but i do know that she loved this song, and was rather pissed when it was hastily withdrawn in favour of Hangover. I agree it should have been repromoted as the follow up to Hangover. It is a beautiful song that still gets the odd spin on radio 2 here in the UK.
The watermelon dress? LEGENDARY tens across the board; OP-U-LENCE! You own EVERYTHING! And a great song and performance by one of the best American popular singers ever.
One Love vocals sounded shrill and strained. Also, the lyrics were corny. I don't think it was even worthy of an album cut.
the single version was included on the Expanded Edition. it's a fine remix but it does have a lot of instrumental segments. for pop radio you need to have vocals. Motown lost this single. should have simply issued the same mix from the lp
I don’t get this song and I never have. To me, it’s fine for an album cut it certainly has a lot of enthusiasm and I like her recorded vocals, but the storyline of the song to me, is weak commercially. I mean, who cares about Diana Ross’ story beyond her big fans? Who us going to Clode their eyes and relate to the lyrics so they Can get lost in the song? Not too many. Even in this clip, she’s making a valiant effort to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear…… But I don’t think she’s into it at all - Just giving it all to ross razzle-dazzle she can.
I would have released I thought it took a little time again, you’re good my child, or ain’t nothing but a maybe and hope for the best.
You mean the way people closed their eyes and got lost in "everybody was Kung Fu fighting"? Or "Louie, Louie"? Or "Fly Robin, fly, up, up to the skyyyy"? I get that you can't get into the song, but a weak storyline? I've never heard that used as the reason why a song didn't become a big hit, considering how many songs became big hits and didn't even have a storyline.
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I always liked One Love In My Lifetime as it showed Diana in a fiestier mood than we normally get. And, I may have missed this being written somewhere, but, who is the other voice on the track. It always seemed odd to me that it was almost a duet and I never knew who the other person was.
One Love strikes me a bit like Run Run run. certainly not in style or song but in the fact that Motown appears to not have been ready with an appropriate follow up. OLIML is better than RRR but after something as perfect as Love Hangover, it doesn't seem to really capture the same thing. it's not even produced by the same guy. Figured after LH they would have done thing typical thing of having another Hal Davis tune ready
I really like this song... a great disco-y track from Diana. Nice funky bassline.
this is my first DR album and I have been hooked ever since, always liked the song and thought it should have been a bigger hit. it reached #25 here but thought it should have been higher but it only got a few spins.
I LOVED I Thought It Took Time .lovely vocal. a classic performance.
I thought Motown should have released another single from this album.
I can't remember Diana even quoting anything regarding DLMTW. Theme from Mahogany, Love Hangover, and Endless Love trailing.
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