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Every Day Is a New Day (1999)

Where the lyrics of Every Day Is a New Day take you, and where it was really made.

This album was Ross' last studio album of original material for twenty-two years, and it was released in the same week as an ABC TV movie she co-starred in.

Key places

Right Track Recording in New York (1999)

Recording site MSR Studios — Right Track Recording in New York is listed as a studio where tracks for this album were recorded and mixed, including 'He Lives in You'. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Carriage House in Connecticut (1999)

Recording site The Carriage House — The Carriage House in Connecticut is listed for lead vocal production and recording on several tracks; this point uses city-center coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Silent Sound Studios in Atlanta (1999)

Recording site DARP Studios (Atlanta) — Silent Sound Studios in Georgia is listed as a recording location for the track 'Hope Is An Open Window'; this point uses city-center coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Capitol Studios in Los Angeles (1999)

Recording site Capitol Studios — Capitol Studios in California is listed as a recording location for the track 'Hope Is An Open Window' on this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Electric Lady in New York (1999)

Recording site Electric Lady Studios — Electric Lady in New York is listed as the mixing location for several tracks on this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Every Day Is a New Day: twenty-second studio album by American singer Diana Ross
• Released May 4, 1999, by Motown Records
• Ross consulted several new collaborators for the album
• Collaborators named: Arif Mardin, Chuckii Booker, Christopher Ward, Malik Pendleton, Ric Wake, Daryl Simmons
• Release coincided with the ABC TV motion picture Double Platinum (1999)
• Ross co-starred in the film with singer Brandy; her character performed several songs from the album
• Final contractual album of Ross's second Motown tenure
• Last studio album of original material for twenty-two years

Background

• Ross co-wrote the bonus tracks 'Free (I'm Gone)' and 'Drop the Mask'
• These bonus tracks were available only on the Japanese edition
• Cover versions included: Martha Wash's 1992 US club hit 'Carry On' and 'He Lives in You' from The Lion King musical
• Ross delivered several television specials throughout the millennium years
• UK promotion included the ITV special An Audience with Diana Ross
• On that special she performed 'He Lives in You' and the single 'Not Over You Yet', recreating elements of the music video with choreography
• Singer Boy George duetted with Ross on the number one single 'Upside Down'

Recording

• Tracks recorded at Right Track Recording, Sound On Sound and Hit Factory in New York, and at The Carriage House in Connecticut
• Mixing done at Right Track Recording and Electric Lady in New York
• 'Hope Is An Open Window' recorded at Silent Sound Studios in Georgia, The Carriage House, Capitol Studios and A&M Studios in California
• Mastering done at Sterling Sound in New York

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Diana Ross was born March 26, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, and was the lead singer of the Supremes.
• The Supremes joined Motown in 1961 under the name chosen by Florence Ballard, after the group first formed as the Primettes.
• The Supremes became Motown's most successful act in the 1960s and one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.

Members

• The Supremes' members included Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and later Cindy Birdsong.
• Ross left the Supremes in 1970 and began a solo career.

Career

• The Supremes remain the best-charting female group in history, with 12 number-one pop singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Ross's solo career produced six Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Endless Love".
• Ross starred in Lady Sings the Blues (1972), earning Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and later starred in Mahogany and The Wiz.
• Ross has sold over 100 million records worldwide as a solo artist.
• Ross was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 as a member of the Supremes and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it Ross's most carefully conceived album in years, with immaculate productions aimed at the dancefloor or adult contemporary radio
• Erlewine found little worth recommending in the songs and judged the album a stylish but failed comeback
• Alec Foege, writing for People, said the album melds her enduring style with fresh substance
• The Independent's Tim Perry said the album of mainly ballads and torch songs already sounded past its sell-by date
• Chicago Sun-Times critic Miriam DiNunzio said the twelve-track album had much to celebrate from the supreme pop diva

Records

• US Billboard 200 peak: number 108
• US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums peak: number 47
• Highest US chart placing since The Force Behind the Power (1991)
• UK Albums Chart peak: number 73, her lowest-charting album of original material since Ross (1978)
• The album failed to chart elsewhere
• Sold around 275,000 copies worldwide on release
• 'Not Over You Yet' reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart after a remix, her final hit single of the 1990s in the UK
• A remix of 'Until We Meet Again' reached number 2 on the US Dance Club Songs chart
• 'Sugarfree', not released as a single, received urban adult airplay in the US and peaked at number 21 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The bonus tracks 'Free (I'm Gone)' and 'Drop the Mask' appear only on the Japanese edition, and Ross co-wrote both.
• The ABC TV movie Double Platinum (1999), in which Ross co-starred with Brandy, was broadcast around the album's release.
• Track 12 exists in two versions: the first runs 3:49, then 0:32 of silence, then the second version runs 3:39.
• Boy George duetted with Ross on the number one single 'Upside Down', noted alongside her TV specials.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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