Sunday Music: Chain Reaction, Diana Ross
Sep. 30th, 2012 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowAlbum Title: Chain Reaction
Why I Bought It: This was disc #3 in the four-disc "Complete Diana Ross" set.
What I Like (Smooth): "Endless Love". This is a duet with Lionel Richie, and it sounds about the way you'd expect, with those two voices. Honorable Mention: "Missing You".
What I Like (Defiant): "I Ain't Been Licked". File it alongside Elton's "I'm Still Standing" and Janis Ian's "This Train Still Runs" - maybe a notch below those two in quality.
What I Don't Like (Shallow): "Muscles". According to Wikipedia, the video begins with the singer drifting over a rippling landscape that, on pulling back, is revealed to be a man's muscular body. That fits the song to a tee. Dishonorable Mention: "Work That Body".
Overall: These songs are mostly singles from her post-Motown career, and most of them just don't work for me. "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Boss" at least achieve a (very) little psychological subtlety; there's a decent cover of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"; "Chain Reaction" is, well, vigorous; but overall this stuff doesn't compare with her work with Motown, both with and without the Supremes.
Why I Bought It: This was disc #3 in the four-disc "Complete Diana Ross" set.
What I Like (Smooth): "Endless Love". This is a duet with Lionel Richie, and it sounds about the way you'd expect, with those two voices. Honorable Mention: "Missing You".
What I Like (Defiant): "I Ain't Been Licked". File it alongside Elton's "I'm Still Standing" and Janis Ian's "This Train Still Runs" - maybe a notch below those two in quality.
What I Don't Like (Shallow): "Muscles". According to Wikipedia, the video begins with the singer drifting over a rippling landscape that, on pulling back, is revealed to be a man's muscular body. That fits the song to a tee. Dishonorable Mention: "Work That Body".
Overall: These songs are mostly singles from her post-Motown career, and most of them just don't work for me. "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Boss" at least achieve a (very) little psychological subtlety; there's a decent cover of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"; "Chain Reaction" is, well, vigorous; but overall this stuff doesn't compare with her work with Motown, both with and without the Supremes.
