Surrender | ||||
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Studio album by Diana Ross | ||||
Released | July 6, 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1970–71 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 34:12 | |||
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Motown MS 723 |
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Producer | Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson | |||
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Singles from Surrender | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Robert Christgau | B |
Surrender is a 1971 album by Diana Ross. It was her third solo LP for the Motown label. It reached #56 in the USA (#10 R&B) and sold over 200,000 copies.
Ross' previous album, Everything is Everything, failed to generate interest due to Motown's rush and hurried efforts to further Ross' solo career, and did not chart as highly as expected. Surrender, however, was a commercial and critical success. The album would be Ross' final studio album until the Touch Me in the Morning LP two years later. In the interim between the albums, Ross achieved Motown's goal of becoming a star thanks to her starring role in the 1972 Billie Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues.
Following the massive success of the #1 single "I'm Still Waiting" in the UK, Surrender was reissued under that title, and the hit single was added to the track listing. Another hit on the album was "Remember Me", which reached the top 20 in the US (where it sold over 500,000 copies) as well as the top ten in the UK. The album charted at #56 in America and #10 in the UK, earning a silver disc for UK sales in excess of 60,000 copies.
All tracks composed by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, except where indicated. All arrangements by Paul Riser.
For the only US CD release, the 1985 Motown two-for-one Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Surrender (ASIN: B000008K86), includes very different time lengths for a number of listed tracks, especially the additional 40 seconds on "Reach Out".
A new, expanded edition of Surrender was released on December 2008 and included these additional songs: