Take Me Higher

by Diana Ross

Overview

Take Me Higher, Diana Ross's 19th new studio album since launching her solo career in 1970 and her first in four years, was, like her last two (Workin' Overtime and The Force Behind the Power), a commercial disaster, barely making the charts. Combining tbe work of four separate producers who mostly tried to fit Ross into contemporary dance trends, the album did feature a club bit in the title song, while the ballad "Gone" made the Top 40 in the U.K. But Ross herself seemed to have spent more time posing for the many fashion shots in the booklet than singing tbe pedestrian songs. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	09/26/1995
Label:	Motown
UPC:	0731453058620
Rank:	103510

Tracks

1. Take Me Higher
2. If You're Not Gonna Love Me Right
3. Voice of the Heart
4. Let Somebody Know
5. Keep It Right There
6. Don't Stop
7. Gone
8. Only Love Can Conquer All
9. I Never Loved a Man Before
10. I Thought That We Were Still in Love
11. I Will Survive

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Diana Ross   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jeanie Tracy   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Michael White   Guest Artist,Drums
Dee Dee O'Neil   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Luis Conte   Guest Artist,Percussion
Ricardo Silveira   Guest Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Patti Austin   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Angela Bofill   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Bob Peterson   Violin
Jackie Gouche   Vocals (Background)
Rafael Radilla   Percussion
Mari Tsumura   Violin
Karen Jones   Violin
Amy Wilkins   Harp
Chuck Boom   Vocals (Background)
Chris Reutinger   Violin
Rene Mandel   Violin
Chris Ermacoff   Cello
Ted Pearlman   Guitar
Charles Berghoffer   Bass
Boom Brothers   Multi Instruments
Mark Portmann   Drums,Piano,Conductor,Synthesizer
John Walz   Cello
Ronald Folsom   Violin
Raymond Tischer   Viola
Frank Martin   Conductor,Conductor,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Earl Madison   Cello
John Scanlon   Viola
Jon-John Robinson   Multi Instruments
Dixie Blackstone   Violin
Alex "Bay Boy" Rowe   Vocals (Background)
Barbara Hunter   Cello
Harry Shirinian   Viola
Ramon Stagnaro   Guitar (Acoustic)
Bunny Hull   Keyboards,Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Niriana Granat   Viola
Suzie Tatayama   Cello
Gwen Heller   Violin
Henry Ferber   Violin
Ronald Ray Brunner   Drums,Percussion
Bob Sanov   Violin
Colin Sauers   Bass
Laurie "Flame" Jones   Vocals (Background)
Scott Alspach   Keyboards,Percussion
Assa Drori   Violin
Sandy Griffith   Vocals (Background)
Arnold McCuller   Choir/Chorus
Darius Campo   Violin
Shireen Crutchfield   Vocals (Background)
Jody Rubin   Viola
Robert Sanov   Violin
Valerie Pinkston-Mayo   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Haim Shtrum   Violin
Carole Mukogawa   Viola
Alexandra Brown   Vocals (Background)
Tony Lindsay   Vocals (Background)
Peter Kent   Violin
Armen Ksadjikian   Cello
Bill Meyers   Conductor,String Conductor
Natalie Leggett   Violin
Skyler Jett   Vocals (Background)
Ronald Clark   Violin
Mike Mani   Keyboards
Endre Granat   Violin
Anthony Bailey   Vocals (Background)
Monty Seward   Keyboards
Dimitrie Leivici   Violin
Bridgette Bryant   Choir/Chorus
John Clayton   Bass
Wil Wheaton   Choir/Chorus
Don Palmer   Violin
Natasha Pierce   Vocals (Background)
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Drums
Stephan Oberhoff   Synthesizer Strings
Roland Kato   Viola
Earl Dumler   Oboe
Larry Corbett   Cello
Armen Garabedian   Violin
Chuck Berghofer   Bass
Chuck Domanico   Bass
Claytoven Richardson   Vocals (Background)
Ray Fuller   Guitar
Vernon "Ice" Black   Guitar
Tony Warren   Vocals (Background)
"Ready" Freddie Washington   Bass (Electric)
Frederick Soykora   Cello
Heather Mason   Vocals (Background)
Spiro Stamos   Violin
Lori Perry   Choir/Chorus
Louis Biancaniello   Keyboards
Nikita Germaine   Vocals (Background)
John Wittenberg   Violin
Kimaya Seward   Vocals (Background)
Evan Wilson   Viola

Technical Credits

George Ian Boxill   Assistant Engineer,Engineer
Matt Rohr   Engineer
Andrew Warwick   Assistant Engineer
Chuck Boom   Composer
Dennis Woloch   Design
Elizabeth Vidal   Composer
Ruven Afanador   Photography
Janice Lee   Production Coordination
Seth Wittner   Copyist
Greg de la Pena   Assistant Engineer
Micah Harrison   Assistant Engineer
Rosanne Shelnutt   Art Direction
Diana Germano   Assistant Engineer,Engineer
Pamela Farrell   Hair Stylist
Julia Taylor-Stanley   Composer
A-Tone   Composer
Barry Goldberg   Assistant Engineer
Chris Liscomb   Composer
Bill Meyers   String Arrangements,Arranger
Boom Brothers   Producer
Freddie Perren   Composer
Humberto Gatica   Mixing
Joe Soldo   Contractor
John Bettis   Composer
Shari Sutcliffe   Project Coordinator
John Montagnese   Assistant Engineer
B. Russell   Composer
Jon-John Robinson   Producer,Composer
Roland Alvarez   Engineer
Frank Martin   Programming,String Arrangements
Robert Interian   Assistant Engineer
Preston Glass   Composer
Keith Andes   Arranger,String Arrangements
Marty Ogden   Engineer
Nick Martinelli   Producer
Ray Bardani   Engineer
Tom Snow   Composer
David Frazer   Mixing,Engineer
Bunny Hull   Arranger,Composer,Vocal Arrangement,Keyboard Programming
Cherise Miller   Production Coordination
Theodore Douglas   Composer
Jocelyn Beaudoin   Photo Production
Marc Reyburn   Engineer
Cynthia Shiloh   Production Coordination
Tina Antoine   Assistant Engineer
Scott Alspach   Arranger,Drum Programming,Rhythm Arrangements
Thom Russo   Engineer
Antonio "Moogie" Canazio   Engineer
Diana Ross   Executive Producer
Brenda Russell   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Brad Gilderman   Engineer
Brian Wayy   Songwriter,Programming
Kirdis Tucker   Production Coordination
Jonathan Barrick Griffiths   Copyist
Michaela Davis   Photo Stylist
Daren Klein   Engineer
Skyler Jett   Vocal Arrangement
Mark Portmann   Arranger,Programming
Phil Magnotti   Assistant Engineer
Stanley Taylor   Composer
R. Phillips   Composer
Michael Aarvold   Assistant Engineer
Mike Mani   Programming,Associate Producer
Monty Seward   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Jay Steinhour   Composer
Wayne Linsey   Engineer
Jon Gass   Mixing
Alejandro Rodriguez   Mixing Assistant
Dino Fekaris   Composer
Dave Way   Mixing
Bruce Roberts   Composer
Bruce Weeden   Mixing,Engineer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Glenn Barratt   Engineer
Stephan Oberhoff   Engineer
Terry Woodson   Copyist
Babyface   Composer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Bob Roberts   Composer
Jeff Gray   Assistant Engineer
Crystal Waters   Composer
Will Jennings   Composer
James Horner   Composer
Cyril Haynes   Assistant
Kevin Walden   Production Coordination
Jennifer Monnar   Assistant Engineer
Tommy Davis   Composer
Dave Cozzie   Assistant Engineer
Louis Biancaniello   Producer,Programming,Associate Producer,String Arrangements
Sally Jo Dakota   Composer
Narada Michael Walden   Composer,Producer
Nikita Germaine   Composer
Richard Landers   Assistant Engineer