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Blue, originally titled The Blue Album,[1] is a studio album by American singer Diana Ross. Initially recorded between late 1971 and early 1972, it was released as Ross' twenty-third studio album by Motown Records on June 20, 2006. Overseen by Ross' musical director Gil Askey,[2] the jazz-flavoured album was originally conceived as a follow-up to her soundtrack to the 1972 American biographical drama film Lady Sings the Blues in which Ross starred. Berry Gordy and Motown subsequently decided to shelve the album, and Ross' next release was the more pop-oriented Touch Me in the Morning (1973) album.[3]

Blue
Studio album by Diana Ross
Released	June 20, 2006
Recorded	1971–1972
Genre	Jazz R&B
Length	50:16
Label	Motown
Producer	Gil Askey
Diana Ross chronology
Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross (2001) Blue (2006) I Love You (2006)
Singles from Blue
"What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" Released: 2006

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[4]
All About Jazz	(favorable)[5]
Allmusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[6]
Metro Weekly	(mixed)[7]
PopMatters	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]

Allmusic editor Rob Theakston found that "Gil Askey's arrangements are top-notch without sounding like dinner theater knock-offs. 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 I'm Coming From and What's Going On around the same time, and for Ross fans, Blue is every bit as enjoyable as her sultriest moments as the supreme Supreme."[3]

Chart performance

Blue was initially sold through Starbucks' US stores for the first 30 days of release, though coffeehouse chain immediately sold out of its supply nationwide. On the charts, Blue peaked at number two on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums, also logging a single week on the Billboard 200 at number 146.[10] Its final sales figure was slightly higher than 100,000 US copies.[11]

Track listing

All songs produced and conducted by Gil Askey.[3]

Notes

• Tracks 12-15 were originally recorded for Lady Sings the Blues (1972) but some were left out of the movie or were included in different versions.[2]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[10]	146
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[12]	2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13]	71

References

External links

• Blue at Motown.com

На других языках

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[ru] Blue (альбом Дайаны Росс)

Blue, также The Blue Album[12] — студийный альбом американской певицы Дайаны Росс. Пластинка была записана ещё в начале 1970-х годов[13] и задумывалась как продолжение успешного альбома Lady Sings the Blues (саундтрек к фильму «Леди поёт блюз»), однако лейбл решил отложить выпуск. Альбом был выпущен наконец в 2006 году и смог добраться до второго места в чарте Billboard, на данный момент продано более 100 000 копий[14].

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