Released June 19, 1970 Artist Diana Ross Label Motown/Universal Records | Length 36:58 Release date 19 June 1970 | |
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Recorded September 1969–March 1970 Producer Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, Johnny Bristol Genres Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Pop music Similar Diana Ross albums, Soul music albums |
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Diana Ross (later reissued rarely as Ain't No Mountain High Enough) was the debut solo album for Diana Ross. It reached #19 in the USA (#1 R&B) and sold over 500,000 copies.
Contents
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- Track listing
- Side A
- Side B
- Expanded edition bonus tracks
- Singles history
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The album was the ultimate test to see if the former Supremes frontwoman could make it as a solo act. With the help of the songwriting-producing team of Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, Ross turned out a successful album. Ross did extensive work with other producers before settling with Ashford & Simpson, including Johnny Bristol, producer of her final single with The Supremes, "Someday We'll Be Together". Bristol here produces "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You" (which was a UK hit when originally recorded by The Velvelettes); the rest of the LP is fully written and produced by Ashford & Simpson.
Ross' first solo single, "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)", sold over 500,000 copies in the USA, was something of a disappointment when it charted at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its follow-up, a cover of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", peaked at (#1) number one on the Hot 100, selling approximately 1,245,000 copies in the USA only and garnering a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. As a result of the single's success, Diana Ross was reissued as Ain't No Mountain High Enough, and another Ross solo LP (her 1976 LP featuring "Love Hangover") would be issued as an eponymous release.
Today, Diana Ross is widely regarded as the singer's finest solo album.
Track listing
All tracks written and produced by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, except for "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You", written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Sylvia Moy and produced by Bristol.
Side A
- "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" – 3:02
- "Now That There's You" – 3:27
- "You're All I Need to Get By" (originally recorded by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell) – 3:24
- "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You" (originally recorded by The Velvelettes) – 3:06
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (originally recorded by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell) – 6:18
Side B
- "Something on My Mind" – 2:24 (originally recorded by Syreeta Wright)
- "I Wouldn't Change the Man He Is" (originally recorded by Blinky) – 3:15
- "Keep an Eye" (originally recorded by Diana Ross & The Supremes) – 3:12
- "Where There Was Darkness" – 3:12
- "Can't It Wait Until Tomorrow" – 3:12
- "Dark Side of the World" (originally recorded by The Velvelettes) – 3:08
Expanded edition bonus tracks
- "Something on My Mind" [live] (Ashford, Simpson) – 2:37
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" [alternate mix] (Ashford, Simpson) – 6:06
- "Now That There's You" [alternate vocal version] (Ashford, Simpson) – 3:08
- "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You" [alternate mix] (Bristol, Rose, Fuqua) – 3:13
- "Time and Love" (Laura Nyro) – 4:08
- "Stoney End" (Nyro) – 3:39
- "The Interim" (Cheryl Ernst-Wells) – 4:49
- "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" (Dorothea Joyce) – 4:02
Singles history
Personnel
Songs
1Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)3:07
2Now That There's You3:30
3You're All I Need to Get By3:28