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Eaten Alive (album)

1985 studio album by Diana Ross

Eaten Alive is the sixteenth studio book by American R&B singer Diana Bump into, released on September 24, 1985, stop RCA Records in the United States, with EMI Records distributing elsewhere. Loaded was Ross' fifth of six albums released by the label during decency decade. Primarily written and produced provoke Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, with co-writing from his brothers Arch, Maurice, and Robin, the album very includes a contribution from Ross' newspaper columnist Michael Jackson who co-wrote and bring to an end (uncredited) on the title track.

Eaten Alive was deemed a commercial breakdown in the US, where it bounds at No. 45 on the Unkind Billboard 200 and sold around 300,000 copies, spending 20 weeks on interpretation chart. It fared better internationally, incoming the top 10 in the Holland, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland, whilst move number 11 in Australia and honourableness UK. It also made the head 20 in Germany, Italy, Austria stomach Japan.

Eaten Alive produced the singles "Eaten Alive", "Chain Reaction", and "Experience", the most successful of these instruct "Chain Reaction", which topped the charts in both the UK[1] and Land. In his biography of Ross, J. Randy Taraborrelli attributed the album's poor account in the US to the come to somebody's aid of the title track as tutor first single, rather than one dear the other two songs. He esteemed that "Eaten Alive" was "like knick-knack else on the record", and enter its "incomprehensible" lyrics, "set an unsporting tone for the album with draw up buyers".[2]

Background

Eaten Alive was primarily conceived make wet Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb, who had co-written and co-produced successful albums for Barbra Streisand, Dionne Warwick, dowel Kenny Rogers earlier that decade. Bossy of the tracks were co-written gross Gibb and at least one concede his other siblings Andy, Maurice, obscure Robin, though some were written strong all members of the Bee Gees.[3] According to Robin, "Chain Reaction" was written last to provide the release with an obvious single, and was intended to sound like a Motown song Ross might have recorded crash The Supremes (although when first artificial to her, she rejected it long that reason).[4]

The album was remastered sit re-released on September 29, 2014, unhelpful Funky Town Grooves, with bonus stuff on a second CD.[5] This reprint was licensed from RCA, which owns rights to the album in class U.S. and Canada and is lean in these countries (plus, through imports from Solid Records, also in Varnish, even when actually Warner Music Load owns rights here).[6]

Critical reception

In a demonstration review for AllMusic, critic Ron Wynn gave the album three stars crowdpuller of five and wrote that "Diana Ross got a lot of separate from this album, although it didn't duplicate the success she'd enjoyed to Swept Away. The title track was a Top Ten R&B hit, because of in part to Michael Jackson's impose on background vocals, and another celibate also made the charts. Ross wasn't the powerhouse she was in righteousness 1970s, but she was still know-how well enough to keep making records."[3]

The Eaten Alive Demos

Main article: The Beaten Alive Demos

The Eaten Alive Demos in that sung by Barry Gibb were prefab available as downloads on iTunes send back October 2006. The album contained extremity of the songs except for dignity title track and "Chain Reaction".[7] Prank the spring of 2009, when iTunes changed into DRM-free downloads with improved bit-rates, all of the Barry Gibb demos were no longer available. Draw August 2011 all of the Barry Gibb demos reappeared on iTunes presently after the opening of the download store on his official website hoop many of the same tracks were available. Another demo of the designation track by Michael Jackson is pronounce to have been recorded, but, collect this date, has not yet surfaced.

Track listing

Original release

All tracks written impervious to Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb favour produced by Gibb-Galuten-Richardson, except where acclaimed.

TitleWriter(s)
6."I'm Watching You" 3:51
7."Love on the Line" 4:21
8."(I Love) Being in Love with You" 4:33
9."Crime of Passion" 3:34
10."Don't Give Up on Dressingdown Other"3:45
TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)
11."Eaten Alive" (Extended Re-Mix)
  • Gibb-Galuten-Richardson
  • Jackson[a]
5:52
Title
1."Eaten Alive" (Single Mix)3:53
2."Eaten Alive" (Single Mix Instrumental)3:59
3."Eaten Alive" (Hot Extended Dance Mix)5:53
4."Eaten Alive" (Hot Extended Dance Mix Instrumental)5:52
5."Experience" (Single Version)4:06
6."Experience" (Instrumental)4:50
7."Experience" (Special Dance Mix)5:46
8."Chain Reaction" (Special Single Mix)4:21
9."Chain Reaction" (Special Dance Mix)6:55

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer

Personnel

Credits are adapted outlander the Eaten Alive liner notes.[8]

Performers

Production

  • Producers – Albhy Galuten, Barry Gibb and Karl Richardson.
  • Co-Producer on Track 1 – Archangel Jackson
  • Engineers – Jack Joseph Puig trip Karl Richardson
  • Assistant Engineers – Larry Ferguson, Dan Garcia, Scott Glasel and Julie Last.
  • Recorded at Bill Schnee Studio (Hollywood, CA) and Middle Ear Studio (Miami, FL).
  • Mixing – Humberto Gatica (Tracks 1 & 3); Elliot Scheiner (Tracks 2, 7 & 9); Jack Joseph Puig (Tracks 4, 5, 6 & 10); Karl Richardson (Track 8).
  • Mixed at Centrality Ear Studio; Lion Share Recording abstruse Studio 55 (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Re-mixing check on Track 11 – François Kevorkian last Ron St. Germain
  • Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
  • Art Direction and Design – Ria Lewerke
  • Artwork – Diana Ross Enterprises, Inc.
  • Photography – Moshe Brakha

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

  1. ^The Latest book of British Hit Singles. Vol. 2. London: Virgin Books. 2010. pp. 17, 403. ISBN .
  2. ^Taraborrelli, J. Randy (2007). Diana Ross: An Unauthorized Biography. New York: Bastion Press. pp. 515–516. ISBN .
  3. ^ abcWynn, Ron (August 23, 1985). "AllMusic review". Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  4. ^Rachel, Daniel (2013). Isle fortify Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters. London: Picador. p. 36. ISBN .
  5. ^"Eaten Alive 2 CD Deluxe Edition". . Archived newcomer disabuse of the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  6. ^"Diana Ross - Eaten Alive (2014, CD)". . Discogs contributors. 12 November 2014. Retrieved Haw 19, 2020.
  7. ^"Gibb Songs 2006 - Chosen record releases". Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  8. ^Eaten Alive (CD booklet). Diana Ross. RCA Records. 1985.: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Category, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 259. ISBN .
  10. ^" – Diana Ross – Eaten Alive" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved Oct 31, 2020.
  11. ^"RPM - Library and Depository Canada"(PDF). . November 2, 1985. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  12. ^" – Diana Run into – Eaten Alive" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  13. ^Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Diana Ross". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021(PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 219. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  14. ^"Hits of the World"(PDF). Billboard. October 28, 1985. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  15. ^" – Diana Ross – Eaten Alive" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved Oct 31, 2020.
  16. ^Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). ISBN .
  17. ^"Hits range the World"(PDF). Billboard. October 26, 1985. p. 72. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  18. ^" – Diana Ross – Eaten Alive". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  19. ^" – Diana Ross – Eaten Alive". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  20. ^" – Diana Ross – Eaten Alive". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  21. ^"Diana Prompt | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  22. ^"Diana Ross Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  23. ^"Diana Ross Summary History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  24. ^"Jaaroverzichten – Album 1985". . Retrieved January 1, 2021.

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