I agree with all of this, except for "You Do It" having the most potential, and of course I do not adore "Pieces Of Ice".
With the exception of "Fools", Diana's biggest singles in the states at RCA [["Mirror", "Muscles", "Swept Away" and "Missing You") were polar opposites from most of the other singles she released at RCA. You would think she would've recognized this and figured it a priority to record music with at least an r&b edge. Instead she hires the Gibbs to produce the followup to Swept Away. And then when she does go back to "rhythm and blues", it's for an album that IMO doesn't contain any singles that could rival "Mirror" and the others I mentioned in terms of success.
If the Jimmy Webb album situation is what forced the public to completely abandon the Supremes, as has been alleged, then Red Hot RNB has to be that type of album for Diana. The EA album was a misstep, but I think she could've recovered with a strong track list of an album following it. When she didn't, I think the public forever cast her into the "has been" category.
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