Ross Replica

"Ross", from 1978, has always been a curiosity among Diana Ross fans. On Wikipedia and most other sites, it is listed as an "original" album, rather than falling in the "compilation" category, but just like the later "To Love Again" album in 1981, this IS a compilation album! It had a smattering of new recordings at the time ("What you gave me", for example), but it was filled with either unused songs ("Where Did We Go Wrong") or previously used songs ("Reach Out, I'll Be There", "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" and "Together"). The collection, produced by Motown founder, Mr.Berry Gordy, was shoddy in having not a cohesive form or even a resounding impact. Diana, herself, was concentrating on her filming for "The Wiz" at the time, and this album seems to have been released more for contractual obligations rather than with any real sense of commitment or involvement by Diana Ross herself (The drawing of Diana on the front cover hints that even her photogenic looks weren't required for the project and she may have had very little involvement in the album's look or release at all). This below par recycling of Diana's recording prowess may have been a motivating factor in Diana's decision to leave the Motown label (Which she did after 1979's "The Boss" and 1980's "diana" albums).With so many of the tracks from this collection appearing on other albums over the years, it almost made this album redundant to even obtain, however the superb reproduction of this album AND it's pristine sound quality elevates it into being a curiosity that it would be a shame to miss. It captures an interesting moment in Diana's Motown career, when even she didn't know what she was putting out to her fans!The general feel of this "compilation" album is nice and easy to listen to, even if it's not up to stella qualities of the previous, classic "Baby It's Me" album.

I have always enjoyed this album even though a few of the tracks had already been released it is a decent compilation. Maybe an extended edition will be released in the future. I know she recorded a disco version of "For Once In Your Life" and probably others which could be included.

This was the last of Diana Ross's albums to be released on CD and it is a miniature version of the original LP packaging down to the inner sleeve with adverts for more Motown albums. It feels like your holding the original bit in miniature. Wonderful. More like this, please.

Great album - didn’t have on cd

this album is stunning 9 tracks of pure Diana ross and the remaster is amazing from culture factory don't buy the Japanese edition this one is better stunning.

Excellent copy of original LP brought back some great memories.Superb CDLove the CD cover like the old LP covers used to be

Good seller worth buying

It is good to have original albums being released again at an affordable price. The previous Japanese import had now become quite pricey. This re-release doesn't include the liner notes/lyrics. But it is the music that counts. This album from 1978 has some nice songs such as "where did we go wrong", "Never say I don't love you", "To love again", and "you were the one". However, it is very short and was seemingly released at the time to primarily showcase the then current single "Lovin' Livin' and Givin'". This song had been included in the movie "Thank God it's Friday" which starred, among others, Donna Summer. The film had been made in the hope of matching the success of 1977's "Saturday Night Fever". It didn't. The public, it seemed, were only prepared to accept one disco-themed movie. (The Village People vehicle "Can't Stop the music" also suffered the same fate a year or so later, although it is now considered a mini-camp classic!) However, disco music itself was still dominating the charts and this album reflects that with tracks such as the aforementioned "Lovin'..." and "what you gave me".The album also has some unreleased tracks from recordings made between 1973-1975 plus some previously released tracks. These are "Reach out i'll be there" (the Four Tops remake from the 1971 album "Surrender/I'm still waiting"), and "Sorry doesn't always make it right" (a single from 1974). Although the previously released tracks are good it does make you wonder why they were included as there were other unreleased tracks that were intended for the album. These have surfaced in recent years so it is strange that they were not included instead of the previously released tracks. But that is the mystery of record companies!(Motown did this again with Diana Ross with the release of the 1981 album "To love again" when she had just left the label for RCA. It includes old and unreleased tracks too). The inclusion of "Sorry..." is forgivable as it had been a non-hit single in the US in 1974 (a #23 hit in UK) so for those that hadn't bought the song then it was almost a new, or perhaps rare track that hadn't been included on an album before.So because of the mixture of old and new tracks this is not a classic album but is a must-have for those that want all the original albums.