Tuesday, March 02, 2004
"Missing You," Diana Ross (2/23/85)
The first of back-to-back we-miss-our-dead-friends charttoppers by Motown giants, this was Miss Ross's ode to her old pal Marvin (if I have to tell you who that is, you have no business reading this blog). While barely (and only barely, actually) overproduced, it's undoubtedly the finest ballad she's cut in the past two decades, striking the right notes of reminiscence and loss without coming off as schmaltz. "Missing You" truly comes off as classy, which, frankly, hasn't been Ross's strength in quite some time - but it was here. B+
The first of back-to-back we-miss-our-dead-friends charttoppers by Motown giants, this was Miss Ross's ode to her old pal Marvin (if I have to tell you who that is, you have no business reading this blog). While barely (and only barely, actually) overproduced, it's undoubtedly the finest ballad she's cut in the past two decades, striking the right notes of reminiscence and loss without coming off as schmaltz. "Missing You" truly comes off as classy, which, frankly, hasn't been Ross's strength in quite some time - but it was here. B+
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