Lets discuss Diana Ross' mid to late 80's albums! Which one is your fave? I love all three of 'em.

EATEN ALIVE (1985)



RED HOT RHYTHM & BLUES (1987)



WORKIN' OVERTIME (1989)

I really liked Eaten Alive, but didn't care for Red Hot Rhythm and Blues or Workin' Overtime. Workin' Overtime was a horrible "comeback"/"welcome back to motown" album. Eaten Alive is one of her best dance tunes easily.
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1984's 'Swept Away' was truly her last great album.The three that followed were spotty at best.

"Workin` overtime" is garbage, but the other albums have some gems

I never heard much from 'Red Hot Rhythm and Blues' beyond the first single "Dirty Looks",which I like

Eaten Alive had some pretty good tunes such as the Michael Jackson produced title track, Motown throwback Chain Reaction, and one of Diana's most underrated ballads More and More.

SoulAlive said:

You should check it out. i Have the japanese edition, which includes her cover of "Mr. Lee"

Plus, it contains one of her best songs from the RCA years, "Summertime"

Eaten Alive:

Considering I love 80's/90's Bee Gee's, the album "eaten alive" is quite lackluster with too many ballads. Still, the remix of the song "eaten alive" is great fun, and "chain reaction" is a classic (how the fuck did America sleep on that song?)

Got her next album, have yet to hear it LOL


"workin' overtime":

Niles Rodgers is a very versitile producer, but here he gives Diana the same sound he gave Christopher Max a year earlier. Not that that is a bad thing, but its not as good or half as consistant as his album. Infact, bar a few tracks, its pretty poor. I do like the production though, but some of the songs are lackluster. First 4 tracks are great fun though. Seems Niles was more inspired by Mic Murphy and David Frank then say new kid on the block Teddy Riley.

EATEN ALIVE is a lame album. The only track worth a repeated spin is the title track. The rest of it is so lame, even by 1985's standards, I'm surprised it didn't completely kill her career.