my rating: 2.5/5
Workin' Overtime is probably the biggest flop in entire Ross' career. The album was an attempt to introduce Diana to the youth audience. The singer paired again with Nile Rogers, a producer who introduced Ross to a disco music 9 years earlier, producing her best-selling album to date - "Diana". This time, the formula seemed to be the same - Ross wanted to record a contemporary modern album again But unfortunately, "Workin' Overtime" is much weaker than "Diana". The album charted veeeery low, becoming her lowest-charting release in entire solo career. The album have some stronger points, but generally - new jack swing is not fitting the Supreme-Girl voice at all. Even Donna Summer's album "Mistaken Identity" (also a new jack swing project) released in 1991 was much better than Ross' one (the fact is that Summer release was a flop too).
The first release from the album was the single "Workin' Overtime". The song became a Top 5 R'n'B hit, but it didn't helped the album to chart higher. The rest of the singles - "Bottom Line", "This House" and "Paradise", are (as for me) the best songs on the album, although they didn't raised the albums popularity. Only "Goin' Through The Motions" is probably a wasted-minor-hit. The fact is that the songs are produced very well, but most of them aren't catchy at all. After my first listening-session with this album, only the previously metioned singles caught my attention.
I think that Miss Ross made a huge mistake with releasing this album. It seems to be a desperate move to regain her the fame from the late 70's / early 80's, and a legendary singer like her shouldn't try that hard. Ross have a huge fan-audience and she should stay stuck to it. If you haven't heard any Diana Ross' solo work (where have you been?), you shouldn't start with this one. It's easily my least-favourite Diana's album.
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