Swept Away (Diana Ross album)

Swept Away
Studio album by Diana Ross
Released September 13, 1984
Recorded 1984
Genre
Length 43:38
Label RCA Records
Producer
Diana Ross chronology
Ross
(1983)		 Swept Away
(1984)		 Eaten Alive
(1985)
Singles from Swept Away
  1. "All of You"
    Released: June 12, 1984
  2. "Swept Away"
    Released: August 14, 1984
  3. "Touch by Touch"
    Released: October 1984 (non-US)
  4. "Missing You"
    Released: November 13, 1984
  5. "Telephone"
    Released: May 1985 (US)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Swept Away is the fourteenth studio album by the American entertainer Diana Ross, released on September 13, 1984 by RCA Records in North America and by Capitol Records in Europe.

Overview

This album yielded several US hit singles, the most successful of which was "Missing You" (#10 Pop, #1 R&B, #4 AC). "Missing You", which became Ross' final top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 was also produced by former labelmate and collaborator Lionel Richie and was a tribute to late soul singer Marvin Gaye, Ross and Richie's former Motown Records label-mate. Other singles included the Daryl Hall and Arthur Baker-produced "Swept Away" (#19 Pop, #3 R&B, #1 Dance) and the Julio Iglesias duet, "All of You" (#19 Pop, #38 R&B, #2 AC, #1 Spain). All three of these singles were accompanied by popular music videos. The album also included the single, "Telephone" (#13 R&B), produced by Bernard Edwards. The song "Touch by Touch" became a hit across Europe, reaching the top 10 in Austria, Belgium and Norway and also charting inside the top 20 in Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Swept Away was certified Gold by the end of 1984. It peaked at #26 on Billboard Pop albums chart, also reaching #40 in the UK. The album also made the top ten in the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway.

Re-release in 2014

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

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Missing You"Lionel Richie4:05
2."Touch by Touch"
4:11
3."Rescue Me"
  • Raynard Miner
  • Carl Smith
2:41
4."It's Your Move"
3:34
5."Swept Away"
5:23
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Telephone"
4:10
2."Nobody Makes Me Crazy (Like You Do)"
4:20
3."All of You" (featuring Julio Iglesias)
4:02
4."We Are the Children of the World"
  • Mary Anne Kelly
  • Peppy Castro
4:24
5."Forever Young"Bob Dylan4:49
Notes
  1. ↑ Spoken word intro written by Diana Ross.

Personnel


Production

  • Producers – James Anthony Carmichel and Lionel Richie (Track 1); Diana Ross (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 & 10); Arthur Baker and Daryl Hall (Track 5); Bernard Edwards (Track 6); Ramón Arcusa and Richard Perry (Track 8).
  • Co-Producer on Track 8 – Albert Hammond
  • Engineer – Larry Alexander
  • Assistant Engineer – Dave Greenberg
  • Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
  • Contractor – Sephra Herman
  • Art Director – Ria Lewerke
  • Design – Sue Reilly
  • Photography – Francisco Scavullo

See also

  • Floral Shoppe, of which track "リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュ" came into prominence as a vaporwave song that sampled Ross' "It's Your Move" extensively.

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Swept Away (2 CD Deluxe Edition)". FunkyTownGrooves.com. FunkyTownGrooves.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
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