Originally Posted by
RanRan79
I agree with Ollie on this. Diana was so popular and because she was in a league of her own she had the chance to bulldoze through the 80s as a consistent hit maker. Her RCA debut, which is basically diana80 followup, should have been produced by Quincy Jones. I think he could've done a great job of building off the more funky image of diana80 and still give her enough material to really sink her teeth into. Hopefully that album is big enough to carry her through 81-82.
Nothing anybody did in 1983 would [[or could) eclipse MJ's phenomenal run at the top, but Diana dropping an album that same year [[probably later in the year), again produced by Q, could have really been huge, especially if Q was attempting to outdo himself with what he did for Michael. Again, he wasn't going to outdo himself, but surely his brilliant mind would've given Diana some worthy attempts.
The next album drops in 85. This time Diana has wised up and enticed Masser to produce for her again. A whole album? Personally I prefer not. A whole one side of an album? I'd give him that. Give the other side to some current heavy hitters.
Love the RHRAB concept, but she should have brought in the best producers to make the songs live up to the title.
Throw a live album somewhere in there. That's five albums. I'm guessing her contract could've been extended to include two additional albums to satisfy the original terms. Maybe a duet album [[but with who?). Maybe a gospel album. Maybe the Arlen album. She could release those during her downtime devoted to family, just make sure she still has product out there.
I think the public was always waiting for Diana to bust out something that blew our minds. But after a certain point when it looks like that just wasn't going to happen, the public moved on and there was probably no coming back.
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