diana ross/ best album cuts

[daviddh]

cant remember if we discussed this b4 but if you had to pick songs for a cd of your favorite or what you think are best album tracks
1. These Things Keep Me Loving You
2 .And if You See Him
3. My Place
4. My Baby My Own
5. After You
6. Come In From The Rain
7. All Night Lover
8. Friend to Friend
9. Give Up
10.More and More
11. Crimes of Passion
12. I'm Watching You
!3. Summertime
14. Who
15. You Do It
16. Carry On

[sup_fan]

Dark side of the world
Little girl blue
My place
once in the morning
now that you're gone
kiss me now
you were the one
after you
just say, just say
come together
all the befores
stone liberty
it's never too late
i am me
anywhere you run to
it's your move
oh teacher
there goes my baby
battlefield
i thought we were still in love
carry on

[reese]

I'll just stick with one from each studio album:

Now That There's You
My Place
All the Befores
Brown Baby / Save the Children
Include Me in Your Life
You
After You
The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
You Were The One
No One Gets the Prize
Give Up
Stay with Me
Think I'm in Love
Fool for Your Love
Love or Loneliness
Forever Young
More and More
Its Hard for Me to Say
Say We Can
Blame it on the Sun
I Thought That We Were Still in Love
Carry On
What About Love
Thank You

[RanRan79]

I'm going with Reese's idea [[it's just easier that way):

Now That There's You
Baby It's Love-Doobedoo-Call Me-Close To You [[4 way tie, couldn't decide 1 over other)
A Simple Thing Like Cry [[Just missed being another 4 way tie)
I'm Falling In Love With You
Brown Baby/Save the Children
I Heard a Love Song
After You
You Got It
You Were the One
No One Gets the Prize
My Old Piano [[I don't recognize it as a single)
Sweet Surrender
Fool For Your Love-Anywhere You Run To [[tie)
You Do It
We Are the Children
Selfish One

[RanRan79]

You

Reese, try as I might, I just can't get into "You". You know I love when Diana's songs have a bit more soul to it, but for me the vocal is just too lazy. I try and try to make myself like it and I just can't. I don't hate it, but I rarely play it.

[RanRan79]

just say, just say

Another one I can't get into. The fans seem to really rate it high, but from the moment I first listened to the album, "Just Say" was quickly one of my least favorites. Actually it is my least favorite song on the album. It's not a bad song at all. I just can't get into it.

[reese]

Reese, try as I might, I just can't get into "You". You know I love when Diana's songs have a bit more soul to it, but for me the vocal is just too lazy. I try and try to make myself like it and I just can't. I don't hate it, but I rarely play it.

I was stuck between LOVE ME and YOU. But in the end, I really love Diana's vocal on YOU ,especially the closing moments. She sounds as if she really means it.

[RanRan79]

I was stuck between LOVE ME and YOU. But in the end, I really love Diana's vocal on YOU ,especially the closing moments. She sounds as if she really means it.

I actually liked "Love Me" for quite some time. I got to the point where I didn't like it anymore for some reason. Now I kind of like it again. Lol

I haven't listened to "You" from beginning to end in quite some time. Maybe I'll give it a listen and see my thoughts have changed.

[reese]

I actually liked "Love Me" for quite some time. I got to the point where I didn't like it anymore for some reason. Now I kind of like it again. Lol

I haven't listened to "You" from beginning to end in quite some time. Maybe I'll give it a listen and see my thoughts have changed.

There was a version of LOVE ME which double-tracked Diana's vocals on the bridge. It was first released on the ALL THE GREAT LOVE SONGS cd. I'm not sure if it is on the expanded LAST TIME I SAW HIM but I really like that version.

Considering what I went through to get the LTISH album, I should love it all. I saw it in the $1.99 bin at Bradlee's and begged my mother for $ to buy it. She must not have given me enough because when I went to pay, I was short. The cashier was like "Take it and get out of here!" and I scrammed.

[sup_fan]

I'm going with Reese's idea [[it's just easier that way):

Now That There's You
Baby It's Love-Doobedoo-Call Me-Close To You [[4 way tie, couldn't decide 1 over other)
A Simple Thing Like Cry [[Just missed being another 4 way tie)
I'm Falling In Love With You
Brown Baby/Save the Children
I Heard a Love Song
After You
You Got It
You Were the One
No One Gets the Prize
My Old Piano [[I don't recognize it as a single)
Sweet Surrender
Fool For Your Love-Anywhere You Run To [[tie)
You Do It
We Are the Children
Selfish One

wow ran - We are the Children?!?!? really?? lololol

i'm now going to judge you, scornfully lol

[sup_fan]

Another one I can't get into. The fans seem to really rate it high, but from the moment I first listened to the album, "Just Say" was quickly one of my least favorites. Actually it is my least favorite song on the album. It's not a bad song at all. I just can't get into it.

the intro is just plain weird. i didn't listen much to the overall album. and when this would start, if i was near the cd player, i'd just skip ahead. but then there were times it would just be playing in the background and the later parts of the songs are beautiful. took me the longest time to sync this all up in my mind. the intro is still a bit odd to me, but as the song gets going, i just love it. especially as it really starts to grow and build

[sup_fan]

I was stuck between LOVE ME and YOU. But in the end, I really love Diana's vocal on YOU ,especially the closing moments. She sounds as if she really means it.

i think both are very underrated. the excessively long talking in You is the downside IMO. i think a little would have been wonderful. but it's sort of too much of a good thing.

and I'm surprised Love Me did so poorly in the UK.

actually i don't know that any of the LTISH songs are bad. it think the overall combination is wrong. the tunes by masser and miller are great as are the gaudio ones. and the 1 To the baby track. but they should have been in separate projects. TTB should have be 1 album, an album mostly produced by masser with the miller songs filling it out. then maybe a more rock album with Gaudio and some other tunes, like harmony from the DR 76 set.

[reese]

the intro is just plain weird. i didn't listen much to the overall album. and when this would start, if i was near the cd player, i'd just skip ahead. but then there were times it would just be playing in the background and the later parts of the songs are beautiful. took me the longest time to sync this all up in my mind. the intro is still a bit odd to me, but as the song gets going, i just love it. especially as it really starts to grow and build

It sort of sounds like the song [JUST SAY, JUST SAY] is beginning in the middle of a musical phrase or measure? That said, it is one of my favorites. I love the parts where Diana and Marvin sing in unison.

[Ollie9]

I'm going with Reese's idea [[it's just easier that way):

Now That There's You
Baby It's Love-Doobedoo-Call Me-Close To You [[4 way tie, couldn't decide 1 over other)
A Simple Thing Like Cry [[Just missed being another 4 way tie)
I'm Falling In Love With You
Brown Baby/Save the Children
I Heard a Love Song
After You
You Got It
You Were the One
No One Gets the Prize
My Old Piano [[I don't recognize it as a single)
Sweet Surrender
Fool For Your Love-Anywhere You Run To [[tie)
You Do It
We Are the Children
Selfish One

“Fool For Your Love” plus “We Are The Children”.... Ok, fine
If it was April 1st i would assume you were pulling the proverbial leg, but each to his own.
I played “A Simple Thing Like Cry” just the other day when news of Diana’s no-show at the Grammy awards broke. Definitely one of her most soulful recordings ever.
Agree regarding “You Do It”. A much underrated little number that stays in the head. I would also add “Sparkle” for its pure class.

[sansradio]

and I'm surprised Love Me did so poorly in the UK.

This is a shock to me as well, though #38 would be gravy for any lesser-known act. All these years, I'd been under the impression, from the old Geoff Brown biography of Diana from the early '80s, that LM was a top 10 hit in the UK! Maybe I misremembered; haven't had a copy of that book in years. What a wonderful choon.

[Guy]

wow ran - We are the Children?!?!? really?? lololol

i'm now going to judge you, scornfully lol

Ha ha! Yes, we both shall.

[TNSUN]

"I Never Loved A Man Before" is a superb song with Diana Ross' smooth and velvety vocals. Reminds me of Captain and Tenille's "The Way I Want to Touch You", which I wish Ms. Ross to record.

[Spreadinglove21]

Off the top of my head, my choices are:

Dark Side of the World
Brown Baby/Save the Children
Come in From the Rain
I'm in the World
Summertime
Battlefield
He Lives in You
I thought we were still in love
Just in Case

[RanRan79]

“Fool For Your Love” plus “We Are The Children”.... Ok, fine
If it was April 1st i would assume you were pulling the proverbial leg, but each to his own.

Hey, what can I say? I'm a child of the 80s. "Children" sounds like it could have been the theme for some Goonies type movie or something.

I really don't know why some fans diss "Fool For Your Love", unless you're just generally not a rock fan, which I could understand. But IMO, while I don't think this was something Diana should have been doing, she at least understood the assignment and she proved once again that she could go outside the bounds of what she might traditionally be known for and do it adequately, at least. I love it.

[daviddh]

thanks for your memories going to make a playlist and you all have jogged my memory of a few great songs i have not heard in a while.
i like also Just Say and Fool For Your Love

[TNSUN]

"I Never Loved A Man Before" is a definitely on my list. Stay tuned for more hurrahs!