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Released
  
September, 1982

Length
  
37:31

Artist
  
Diana Ross

Label
  
RCA Records

Recorded
  
1981–1982

Silk Electric (1982)
  
Ross (1983)

Release date
  
10 September 1982

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Producer
  
Diana Ross, Michael Jackson

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Pop music, Funk, Post-disco

Similar
  
Diana Ross albums, Soul music albums

Silk Electric is a 1982 album released by American entertainer Diana Ross on the RCA label. It reached #27 on the US Billboard 200 (#5 R&B), #33 in the UK Albums Chart and the top 20 in Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. The album cover was designed by Andy Warhol. The album contains Ross' Top 10, Grammy-nominated single, "Muscles", which was produced and written by Michael Jackson. All other tracks were produced by Ross. The song "I Am Me" is incorrectly listed as written by Cindy Birdsong instead of Janie Bradford on the Diana Ross Greatest Hits - The RCA Years compilation album. The album was certified Gold in the US and Silver in the UK.

Contents

Ross toured in support of the album in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia.

In 1984, with a different arrangement, the song "In Your Arms", written by Linda Creed & Michael Masser, was covered by Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston as "Hold Me".

The album was remastered and re-released on September 2, 2014 by Funky Town Grooves as an "Expanded Edition", with bonus material.

Personnel

  • Diana Ross - lead vocals (All tracks), producer (tracks A2-B5), musical arrangements (A3-A5), background vocals (A3-B5)
  • Michael Jackson - producer, uncredited background vocals (track A1)
  • Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC - mastering
  • Patti Austin - additional backing vocals (track A1)
  • Luther Vandross - backing vocals, background vocal arrangements (track A2)
  • Rob Mounsey - musical arrangements, keyboards (tracks A2-A3, B2)
  • Bill Wolfer - synthesizer (track A1)
  • Paul Shaffer - rhythm music arrangements, keyboards (track B4)
  • Tawatha Agee - backing vocals (track A2)
  • Joe Bargar - All pianos (track B4)
  • Errol "Crusher" Bennett - percussion (track B5)
  • Michael Boddicker - synthesizer (track A1)
  • Ray Chew - keyboards (All other tracks), musical arrangements (tracks A4, B1)
  • Cissy Houston - backing vocals (track A2)
  • Eric Gale - guitar (All other tracks)
  • Steve Goldstein - musical arrangements (track A5), synthesizer (tracks A2, A5, B5)
  • Lucio Hopper - bass (track B5)
  • Yogi Horton - drums (All other tracks)
  • Neil Jason - bass (All other tracks)
  • Bob Kulick - guitar (tracks A3-A4, B2, B5)
  • Paulette McWilliams - backing vocals (track A2)
  • Rick Marotta - drums (track B3)
  • Denzil Miller - keyboards (track A1)
  • Jeff Mironov - guitar (All other tracks)
  • Jonathan Moffett - drums (track A1)
  • Julia Tillman Waters - additional backing vocals (track A1)
  • Greg Smith - synthesizer (track A1)
  • Ed Walsh - synthesizer (tracks B1-B2)
  • Maxine Willard Waters - additional backing vocals (track A1)
  • David Williams - guitar (track A1)
  • Nathan Watts - bass (track A1)

    • Songs

    1Muscles4:41
    2So Close4:13
    3Still In Love4:09

    References

    Silk Electric Wikipedia
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