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Over the course of her career, Diana Ross has released two albums called Ro. This entry is for the first one, which the singer released on the Motown label in 1978. The second Ross album was released through RCA in 1983 and received a subsequent expanded edition re-release in 2015. Ross (1978): The Motown album was a mixture of older tunes Ross recorded and newer recording, side A consisting of four tracks recorded in 1978 and side B of material recorded between the years 1971 and 1975, but remixed and/or extended by Motown in-house producer Russ Terrana specifically for the Ross album. Ross peaked at #49 on the US Pop Albums chart, and #32 on Black Album. The album failed to chart in the UK. Its final USA sales figures stood at around 150,000 copie. The cover illustration was by Rickey Ricardo Gaskin. Several outtakes from the 1978 Ross sessions produced by Hal Davi, Greg Wright and Michael Masser have subsequently been issued on various other albums with Ro. Titles among these include "You Build Me Up to Tear Me Down", "Sweet Summertime Livin'", "Share Some Love", "We're Always Saying Goodbye", "Fire Don't Burn" and "We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again". Ross (1983): Following a label change to RCA in 1981, Diana Ross' 1983 album of the same and was released shortly before she gave a pair of free concerts in New York's Central Park. The album reached #32 on the US chart, #14 on the US R&B charts and #44 in the UK. It has never been reissued as a digital download. The album's highest international chart position was in Sweden, where it reached #7. Five of the eight tracks were produced by Gary Katz, two by Ray Parker Jr and one by Ro. The album's first single, "Pieces of Ice", peaked at #31 on the US chart. Subsequent singles "Up Front" (US R&B #60, UK #79) and "Let's Go Up" (US #77) were also minor hit. "Up Front" was remixed by Jolley & Swain for its European release. .

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