I'd have to say that I liked her solo work, better, although with The Supremes, she was ok. :)

I'd probably say solo as well, although I love all the old Supremes stuff too.

An interesting thing about her career: the Supremes hit #1 12 times from 1964 to 1969. Diana started her solo career in 1970 and you would think she was on her way to great success. For the entire 70s decade, she only had 4 top ten pop singles, yet they all managed to hit #1:

Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Touch Me In The Morning
Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
Love Hangover

She actually became more consistent with her solo hits in the 80s. I was a big fan of hers back then, so I'd say I prefer her solo.

I like mid to late 70's and early 80's solo Diana Ross best, the absolute peak for her was probably the Chic-produced "Diana", her RCA albums in the 80's were spotty at best because she frankly had too much creative control of those albums and they were disapointing compared to Diana and The Boss, which were Chic and Ashford And Simpson albums featuring Diana.

I haven't liked much of her more recent material but I did think "Not Over You Yet" was halfway decent

That's right, she made the two best albums of her career back to back with The Boss and diana in '79 and '80. Thinking about it, I just realized I bought all of her 80s albums: diana, To Love Again (compilation), Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Silk Electric, Ross, Swept Away, Eaten Alive, Red Hot Rhythm and Blues and Workin' Overtime, which was her Motown return. I liked that last one the most even though it was an obvious attempt at a young sound. Luther Vandross produced a great song that got lost on a bad album on RHRnB. Even though Ross wasn't a great album, I like it because it was realized around the time of the Central Park concert and that brings back fond memories for me.

I like mid to late 70's and early 80's solo Diana Ross best, the absolute peak for her was probably the Chic-produced "Diana", her RCA albums in the 80's were spotty at best because she frankly had too much creative control of those albums and they were disapointing compared to Diana and The Boss, which were Chic and Ashford And Simpson albums featuring Diana.

I haven't liked much of her more recent material but I did think "Not Over You Yet" was halfway decent

Yeah, I agree, I also favor her mid to late 70's and early 80's work, as well. :)

That's right, she made the two best albums of her career back to back with The Boss and diana in '79 and '80. Thinking about it, I just realized I bought all of her 80s albums: diana, To Love Again (compilation), Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Silk Electric, Ross, Swept Away, Eaten Alive, Red Hot Rhythm and Blues and Workin' Overtime, which was her Motown return. I liked that last one the most even though it was an obvious attempt at a young sound. Luther Vandross produced a great song that got lost on a bad album on RHRnB. Even though Ross wasn't a great album, I like it because it was realized around the time of the Central Park concert and that brings back fond memories for me.

did you pick up the "diana" Special Edition? there was a bonus disc of a lot of Diana's disco-era remixes and rarities (including a very hard to find "Stars On 45"ish mix of The Supremes), and on disc one, you get both the diana album as it was released in 1980 AS WELL as the original Chic rough-cut of the album before Motown and Diana made it more Diana and less Chic.

did you pick up the "diana" Special Edition? there was a bonus disc of a lot of Diana's disco-era remixes and rarities (including a very hard to find "Stars On 45"ish mix of The Supremes), and on disc one, you get both the diana album as it was released in 1980 AS WELL as the original Chic rough-cut of the album before Motown and Diana made it more Diana and less Chic.


No. I wanted it but I never see it at a decent price and I had bought the previous regular remastered version not long before this special edition came out. I have listened to the differences between the original/tweaked versions of the diana songs online though. I may get it one day. That and Donna Summer's Bad Girls Special Edition have been on my radar for a while.

actually, outside of the Bad Girls Demo, the Bad Girls set is a waste of money unless you don't have any Donna Summer on CD, almost all of the remixes on disc two can be easily found for $10-12 on "The Dance Collection"

WITH THE SUPREMES!

Really. :)

Her Solo Work

When The Supremes started out each girl was to have a turn as equals to solo on a record. Barry Gordy put Diana out front. There was some bitterness over that. I can't remember the details but somehow Diana got the limelight. Actually her name is Diane. She changed it to Diana.