Ross

A noble, if failed, experiment. Diana Ross teamed up with Steely Dan producer Gary Katz for this, her third outing on RCA. Katz brought in the usual suspects, not only buddies like Michael McDonald and Donald Fagen (each of whom contributed a song and keyboards), but also session aces like Jeff Porcaro and Greg Phillinganes. The result, on the five tracks Katz handled, has that precise, icy sound those guys always get, not a sound that meshes well with Ross. No better are the two tracks contributed by Ray Parker, Jr., or Ross' own effort, "Girls," which closes things out. As a result, Ross was Diana Ross' first album since 1978 not to even go gold. (Not to be confused with Diana Ross' 1978 album [Motown 907] of the same name.) 

1981年　美国歌坛黑人天后Diana Ross从Motown唱片跳槽到RCA公司。1983年6月　离上张专辑发行日期才9个月,便推出在RCA第三张专辑［Ross］，不像前两张主掌製作大权，邀来Gary Katz与Ray Parker, Jr.合作, 她只在八首歌曲中掌舵一首，减弱以前的灵魂乐基调,加强流行摇滚的成份。美国榜＃32, 英国榜＃4.