All the Great Hits (Diana Ross album) explained
All The Great Hits |
Type: | greatest |
Artist: | Diana Ross |
Cover: | Diana Ross - All The Great Hits.jpg |
Released: | October 1981 |
Recorded: | 1970–1981 |
Genre: | R&B/Soul |
Length: | 72:43 (US) 58:40 (UK) 66:51 (CD) |
Label: | Motown |
Prev Title: | To Love Again |
Prev Year: | 1981 |
Next Title: | Why Do Fools Fall in Love |
Next Year: | 1981 |
All The Great Hits is a compilation album by American singer Diana Ross, released in October 1981 by Motown Records. It was the second Motown compilation set to capitalize on the success of 1980's diana produced by Chic. Her duet "Endless Love" with Lionel Richie was from the film of the same name, Endless Love and, just like 1980's "It's My Turn", had already been released as a single and on a soundtrack album.
The double-album detailing Ross' career at Motown was released in the weeks preceding her RCA debut Why Do Fools Fall in Love and became her third album that year to reach the top 40 in the U.S.
The album was certified Gold in the US and Platinum in the UK.
The European edition of the album (Motown STMA 8036) was a one-disc release with a different track list, replacing "Endless Love" and "The Supremes Medley" with "I'm Still Waiting", "All Of My Life" and "Surrender" as well as including edited versions of two of the four tracks from the diana album.
When re-released on compact disc by Motown/Universal Music in 2000 All The Great Hits had a third, alternate set of tracks.
Track listing
US Edition
Side A
- "Endless Love" (duet with Lionel Richie) (Richie) - 4:26
- "It's My Turn" (Masser, Sager) - 3:58
- From 1980 original motion picture soundtrack It's My Turn
- "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (Goffin, Masser) - 3:21
- "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 2:59
- "Touch Me in the Morning" (Masser, Miller) - 3:52
Side B
- "Upside Down" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:03
- "I'm Coming Out" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 5:23
- "Tenderness" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:49
- "My Old Piano" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:57
Side C
- "The Boss" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:53
- "It's My House" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:31
- "Love Hangover" (Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer) - 3:47
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:37
Side D
- "Medley" (With The Supremes) (Holland–Dozier–Holland, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer, Deke Richards, Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, Harvey Fuqua) - 15:11
- "Remember Me" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:16
European Edition
Side A
- "It's My Turn" (Masser, Sager) - 3:57
- "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (Goffin, Masser) - 3:21
- "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 2:59
- "Touch Me in the Morning" (Masser, Miller) - 3:52
- "I'm Still Waiting" (Richards) - 3:33
- "All Of My Life" (Michael Randall) - 3:22
- "Surrender" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 2:49
- "Remember Me" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:16
Side B
- "Upside Down" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:03
- "I'm Coming Out" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:54
- "Tenderness" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:49
- "My Old Piano" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:57
- "The Boss" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:53
- "It's My House" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:31
- "Love Hangover" (Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer) - 3:47
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:37
2000 CD
- "Endless Love" (duet with Lionel Richie) (Richie) - 4:28
- "It's My Turn" (Masser, Sager) - 3:58
- "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (Goffin, Masser) - 3:24
- "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:01
- "Touch Me in the Morning" (Masser, Miller) - 3:52
- "Good Morning Heartache" (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher) - 2:22
- "Last Time I Saw Him" (Michael Masser, Pam Sawyer) - 2:50
- "Upside Down" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:03
- "I'm Coming Out" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 5:23
- "Tenderness" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:51
- "My Old Piano" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:55
- "The Boss" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:53
- "It's My House" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:31
- "Love Hangover" (Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer) - 7:54
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 6:20
- "Remember Me" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:16