Diana (album)

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Diana
Studio album by Diana Ross

Publication
(s)

May 22, 1980

admission

1979-1980

Label (s) Motown

Format (s)

CD, record

Genre (s)

R&B , soul , funk , disco

Title (number)

8th

running time

34:17

production

Bernard Edwards , Nile Rodgers

chronology
20 Golden Greats
(1979) 		Diana To Love Again
(1981)
Single releases
June 20, 1980 Upside Down / Friend to Friend
August 22, 1980 I'm coming out / give up
September 19, 1980 My Old Piano / Now That You're Gone

Diana is the tenth studio album by Diana Ross , which was released in May 1980 and gave Ross his international breakthrough at the time.

history

After the sales success of The Boss album , Diana Ross wanted a fresher, more modern disco sound for her next album. Fittingly shortly before that, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers from Chic wrote some songs for Aretha Franklin , who turned them down and so Ross accepted the songs.

What initially turned out to be a grueling cooperation that dragged on, was completed despite disputes. Previously, Ross wanted to give up everything because of the effort.

Before it was released, the entire album was reworked: the funky elements of chic in the album were toned down a bit, the instrumental passages were shortened and the vocal part was given a brighter, more youthful sound. The work was carried out without the knowledge of the producers. The duo later unsuccessfully sued the Motown label for copyright infringement.

Diana was Ross's last album to be released by Motown for the time being . Over six million copies have been sold so far.

Track list

  1. Upside Down - 4:05
  2. Tenderness - 3:52
  3. Friend to Friend - 3:19
  4. I'm coming out - 5:25
  5. Have Fun (Again) - 5:57
  6. My Old Piano - 3:55
  7. Now That You're Gone - 3:59
  8. Give Up - 3:45

Charts

album

year title Chart positions
DE AT CH UK US
1980 Diana 5 8th / 12 2

Singles

year title Chart positions
DE AT CH UK US
1980 Upside Down
Diana 		3 2 1 2 1
1980 I'm coming out
Diana 		32 / / 13 5
1980 My Old Piano
Diana 		15th 20th / 5 /

Contributors

Musician

  • Backing vocals: Fonzi Thornton, Alfa Anderson, Luci Martin, Michelle Cobbs
  • Electric bass: Bernard Edwards
  • Guitar: Nile Rodgers
  • Drums: Tony Thompson
  • Keyboard: Andy Schwartz, Raymond Jones
  • Saxophone: Eddie Daniels
  • Trumpet: Meco
  • Trumpet: Bob Milliken
  • Strings: Valerie Haywood, Cheryl Hong, Karen Milne
  • Conductor: Gene Orloff

production

  • Producers: Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers
  • Sound engineers: Bob Clearmountain , Bill Scheniman, James Farber, Neil Dorfsman, Ralph Osborn
  • Engineering assistants: Abdoulaye Soumare, Jeff Hendrickson, Lucy Laurie, Peter Robbins
  • Mixing: Dennis King

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ References in Allmusic.com