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Blue

by Diana Ross

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Overall Rating: 2.3525 Blue is ranked overall as 2.3525 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.4000 Blue has an avg. critic score of 2.4000 out of 4 stars

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Treble

Just like Smokey, Diana could do it all: doo-wop, soul, R&B, pop, disco and yes, even hip-hop (would "Mo Money Mo Problems" have been near the smash that it was without the samples from "Im Coming Out"?). But playing Billie Holiday and working ...more

All Music Guide

Blue is an album every bit as bold an artistic statement as her contemporaries Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, who were recording the opuses Where Im Coming From and Whats Going On around the same time, and for Ross fans, Blue is every bit as enjoyable ...more

The A.V. Club

Like Chet Baker, Diana Ross has a curiously ingratiating way of floating ethereally above songs without quite committing to them. While the effortlessly intimate Frank Sinatra sounds like he's dictating his songs to a sympathetic bartender minutes ...more

AV Club

Ross has a famously thin voice; Ella Fitzgerald could have eaten her for breakfast, but her limited instrument is deftly employed on effervescent concoctions like "Lets Do It," "Cant Get Started With You," and the fizzily masochistic "Taint ...more

PopMatters

Old, New, Borrowed, & 'Blue' 1972: At the age of 28, the woman who helped define the “Motown Sound” in the 1960s faced a challenge: “Diana Ross as Billie Holiday.” No two names could have been more dissimilar. Yet Berry ...more

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All About Jazz

She modulates her voice within a limited range, but each tweak adds wry humor, allowing the graceful turns of phrase an ideal setting to make their impact. These renditions dont bear much of a personal stamp, but they shimmer with life regardless. ...more

Kevchino

While I’m a little skeptical of a “lost” album, suddenly being found when it can become commercially viable, it’s still nice to hear an artist like Ross singing in her prime. ...more

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