Originally Posted by
RanRan79
Don't forget An Evening With was a double, and I believe Ceaser's Palace was originally a double before being whittled down to a single disk.
Ross 78 could have worked as a double album if the concept had been the dance album. Two disks of party music would have probably sold like hotcakes.
The Boss would have been a great double album. IMO, aside from HDH, Nick and Val had the best read on how to produce a Diana Ross record. They had the best read on her artistry. I'm betting that expanding The Boss would have been a bigger artistic accomplishment, especially if Diana were to delve deeper into the personal side of life.
I may be in the minority, but I've always believed that Donna's music mostly sounds so dated. The hits still hit, and rightfully so because they have that special something that made them instant classics and so enduring. But the non hits, the album cuts, mostly sound so...meh. In contrast, the cuts on The Boss sound so fresh. Maybe I'm biased- although I do consider myself a Donna Summer fan, but I'd throw all of my Donna Summer collection [[which is just a few albums and a compilation or two) in the trash before I threw out one Diana album- but Diana's album tracks on The Boss kicks the butt of Donna's album tracks, song for song. Donna just happened to get some serious classic singles that mostly dusted Diana's singles around the same time.
Maybe with more time, more songs to choose from, as a double album, Nick and Val could have come up with some stuff that hit as hard as "Bad Girls" or "Hot Stuff".
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