Quote Originally Posted by sup_fan View Post
Last time - i think the Bob work is what's mostly out of place here. the stuff by Ron and Tom fits a bit more with the Michael work. i think it should have been mostly a michael masser lp with a couple others added in.
You have a point. Those songs seem to have a better fit. IMO though, the Bob songs are pretty much the only songs on the album that have any "sizzle" to them. [["I Heard a Love Song" is my favorite song on the album and one of my favs by Diana period.) Take them away and the album continues to be a really boring flow. "You" should've been something Diana really got into, but to me the song just kinds of drags along and never builds up into this climactic soulful number where Diana could really kick into high gear. To me she sounds rather bored with it.

Take Bob's songs out [[save them for the Mahogany soundtrack that she should've done every song), spruce up some of the remaining cuts, add a couple of mid tempo tunes and I think the album would've had a chance.