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Swept Away (1984)

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A Diana Ross album made as a tribute to Marvin Gaye produced her final Billboard Hot 100 top ten hit to date.

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Swept Away: fifteenth studio album by American R&B singer Diana Ross
Released 13 September 1984 by RCA Records in North America, and by Capitol Records in Europe
Fourth of six albums Ross released on the label during the decade
Produced by Lionel Richie

Tribute to late soul singer Marvin Gaye, a former Motown Records label-mate of Ross and Richie
"Missing You", the most successful single, became Ross' final top ten hit to date on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 10
"Swept Away", produced by Daryl Hall and Arthur Baker, and the Julio Iglesias duet "All of You" were also released as singles
All three of these singles were accompanied by popular music videos
European single "Touch by Touch" reached the top 10 in Austria, Belgium and Norway
US single "Telephone", produced by Bernard Edwards of Chic, was aimed at R&B radio
Nile Rodgers, Chic partner of Edwards, played guitar on the new wave song "It's Your Move"
Cover versions of Fontella Bass' 1960s R&B hit "Rescue Me" and Bob Dylan's "Forever Young"

Producers by track: James Anthony Carmichael and Lionel Richie on track 1, Diana Ross on tracks 2–4, 7, 9 and 10
Arthur Baker and Daryl Hall on track 5, Bernard Edwards on track 6, Ramón Arcusa and Richard Perry on track 8
Co-producer on track 8: Albert Hammond
Engineer Larry Alexander, assistant engineer Dave Greenberg
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York
Musicians include Jeff Beck and Nile Rodgers on guitars, Bernard Edwards on bass, Dave Weckl on drums, Michael Brecker on saxophone and Randy Brecker on trumpet
Julio Iglesias sings lead vocals on track 8

1	Missing You	4:19
2	Touch by Touch	4:13
3	Rescue Me	2:42
4	It's Your Move	3:35
5	Swept Away	5:26
6	Telephone	4:12
7	Nobody Makes Me Crazy Like You Do	4:22
8	All of You	4:03
9	We Are the Children of the World	4:26
10	Forever Young	4:51

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.

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.

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.

Billboard Hot 100: "Missing You" peaked at No. 10, Ross' final top ten hit to date on the chart
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: "Telephone" scored a No. 13 hit
"Touch by Touch" reached the top 10 in Austria, Belgium and Norway, and charted inside the top 20 in Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands
Billboard Pop albums chart: No. 26
UK: No. 40
Top ten in Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden
Highest album chart position worldwide: No. 7 in Norway
Certified gold by the end of 1984
Three singles, "Missing You", "Swept Away" and "All of You", each had a popular music video

Floral Shoppe, of which track "リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュ" came into prominence as a vaporwave song that sampled Ross' "It's Your Move" extensively.
The album's "Forever Young" cover was the finale of Ross' 1987 ABC TV special, Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues.
Credit for engineering went to Larry Alexander, with Dave Greenberg as assistant engineer.
The album was mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in New York.