Track Listing
1. Surrender
2. I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You
3. Remember Me
4. And If You See Him
5. Reach Out, I'll Be There
6. Didn't You Know (You'd Have To Cry Sometime)
7. Simple Thing Like Cry, A
8. Did You Read The Morning Paper
9. I'll Settle For You
10. I'm A Winner
11. All The Befores
12. I'm Still Waiting [Bonus]
13. Baby I'll Come [Bonus] [Previously Unreleased] - (previously unreleased)
14. Remember Me Diana! [Undubbed Stereo Mix] [Bonus] [Previously Unreleased] - (remix, previously unreleased)
15. Reach Out, I'll Be There [Previously Unreleased] [Alt. Version] [Bonus Track] - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
16. I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You [Previously Unreleased] [Bonus] - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
17. Ain't No Mountain High Enough [Alt. Version] [Previously Unreleased] [Bonus] - (remix, previously unreleased, alternate take)
18. Remember Me [Alt. Version] [Previously Unreleased] [Bonus Track] - (remix, previously unreleased, alternate take)
19. Surrender [Alt. Version] [Previously Unreleased] [Bonus Track] - (remix, previously unreleased, alternate take)
20. Remember Me [Valerie Simpson Demo] [Unreleased] [Bonus] - (previously unreleased)
| Details | | Producer: | Andrew Skurow, Deke Richards, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Audio Mixer: Kevin Reeves.
Arrangers: Gene Page; Paul Riser.
SURRENDER was Diana Ross's third proper solo outing and was arguably the album that defined her as a solo artist operating on her own terms, finally free of the shadow of The Supremes' considerable legacy. While 1970's DIANA ROSS was a commercial and artistic triumph, it wasn't until SURRENDER that Ross began to forge the inimitable diva-ish persona that would define her in the minds of listeners for decades to come. The spare proto-disco title track with its menacing piano vamp and outsized chorus effectively provided a template for much of Ross's subsequent solo output, while her impassioned reading of the Four Tops' chestnut "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" reassured listeners who might have worried that Ross was abandoning the classic Motown sound. Fans need not have fretted, however, for, with SURRENDER, Ross, along with her gifted team of Motown producers and studio players, effectively defined the sound of Motown in the `70s.
Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- Diana, backed by Valerie Simpson on piano and with string arrangements by Paul Riser, delivers some of her finest vocal performances of her career.
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