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Blue

by Diana Ross

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3,644
2006

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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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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 as ...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. ...more

PopMatters

Originally conceived as a follow-up, companion piece to Lady Sings the Blues , the film in which Ms. ...more

PopMatters

Blue is an ignorable, placid affair. ...more

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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...read the complete review at Treble

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Guardian

This standards collection was recorded in 1972 to capitalise on Rosss performance in the Billie Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues but shelved when Berry Gordy decided she should return to pop....read the complete review at Guardian

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The Independent

Blue contains Diana Ross material that has lain "in the vaults" since 1972, and its release here merely confirms the old truth that there is usually only one reason for not having heard such music before: its rubbish....read the complete review at The Independent

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