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Diana - Workin' Overtime -1989 Motown - Soul R'N'B (vinyl) New Sealed
Diana - Workin' Overtime -1989 Motown - Soul R'N'B (vinyl) New Sealed
Title |
Writer(s) | Length | |
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1. | "Workin' Overtime" |
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4:17 |
2. | "Say We Can" |
|
4:20 |
3. | "Take the Bitter with the Sweet" |
|
3:51 |
4. | "Bottom Line" |
|
4:05 |
5. | "This House" |
|
5:34 |
6. | "Paradise" |
|
3:54 |
7. | "Keep On (Dancin')" |
|
4:33 |
8. | "What Can One Person Do" |
|
3:18 |
9. | "Goin' Through the Motions" |
|
3:54 |
10. | "We Stand Together" |
|
5:07
|
Workin' Overtime is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on June 6, 1989 by Motown. It was Ross' first Motown album since Diana (1980), after Ross left the label for a then record breaking $20 million deal with RCA. Upon Diana's return to the label, Motown founder Berry Gordy, Jr. had sold the label to MCA Records and had positioned Jheryl Busby to the head of Motown. Ross was at first reluctant to return to her old label but Gordy promised her a lot in her return: not only would Ross return to Motown as a recording act, but she would be the label's part-owner. Ross reunited with collaborator Nile Rodgers to make this album - which was an attempt to gear her to a much younger audience bringing in new jack swing productions and house music.
Upon its release, Workin' Overtime received negative reviews from music critics and failed commercially despite the title track reaching number three on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. The album peaked at number 116 on the Billboard 200album chart, earning the distinction of being the lowest charting studio album of Ross' entire solo career. Its final sales were slightly higher than 100,000 copies in the United States. Additional singles "This House" and "Bottom Line" were issued, as well as a Shep Pettibone remix of "Paradise", but all failed to revive the album's sales. In the United Kingdom the album charted at number 23 and was certified silver for sales in excess of 60,000 copies.
Diana - Workin' Overtime -1989 Motown - Soul R'N'B (vinyl) New Sealed
new sealed - bin #142 punch hole