Surrender (Diana Ross album)
{{Short description|1971 studio album}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Surrender
| type = Album
| artist = Diana Ross
| cover = Diana-Ross-Surrender.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 6, 1971
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = R&B
| length = 34:12
| label = Motown
| producer = Ashford & Simpson
| prev_title = Diana!
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Lady Sings the Blues
| next_year = 1972
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Surrender
| type = studio
| single1 = Remember Me
| single1date = December 8, 1970
| single2 = Reach Out I'll Be There
| single2date = April 24, 1971
| single3 = Surrender
| single3date = July 6, 1971
}}
}}
Surrender is the third studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on July 6, 1971 by Motown Records. The album saw her reuniting with writer-producer team Ashford & Simpson who had overseen her self-titled debut album in 1970. As with Diana Ross, some of the tracks that Ross recorded with the duo had previously been recorded by other Motown artists, including Gladys Knight & the Pips ("Didn't You Know"), Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ("I'm A Winner"), Rita Wright ("I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You"), and the Four Tops ("Reach Out (I'll Be There)").
The album reached number 56 on the US Billboard 200 and peaked at number 10 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling over 200,000 copies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F116321-the-supremes-diana-ross-stevie-wonder-and-ray-charlesusa-album-sales%2F|title=Greasy Lake Community|date=19 August 2023|access-date=8 November 2014|archive-date=3 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803035502/https://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F116321-the-supremes-diana-ross-stevie-wonder-and-ray-charlesusa-album-sales%2F|url-status=dead}} Following the massive success of the number 1 single "I'm Still Waiting" in the UK, Surrender was reissued under that title, and the hit single was added to the track listing. Another hit on the album was "Remember Me", which reached the top 20 in the US (where it sold over 500,000 copies) as well as the top ten in the UK. The album charted at number 10 in the UK, earning a Silver disc for UK sales in excess of 60,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx|title=UK Certified Awards Search > Diana Ross|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=2012-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115055129/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx|archive-date=2013-01-15|url-status=dead}}
Critical reception
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r16929 |tab=review |label=Surrender > review |first=Ron |last=Wynn |accessdate=2013-05-25}}
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|access-date=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
}}
Allmusic editor William Ruhlmann rated the album three out of five stars.
Track listing
All arrangements by Paul Riser.Liner notes: Motown LP M 723, 1971. All tracks written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, except where noted.
=Original release=
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| total_length =
| title1 = Surrender
| writer1 =
| length1 = 2:53
| title2 = I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You
| writer2 = {{hlist|Ashford|Simpson|Brian Holland}}
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = Remember Me
| writer3 =
| length3 = 3:16
| title4 = And If You See Him
| writer4 =
| length4 = 2:50
| title5 = Reach Out (I'll Be There)
| writer5 = {{hlist|Lamont Dozier|Brian Holland|Eddie Holland}}
| length5 = 4:50
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| total_length =
| title1 = Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)?
| writer1 =
| length1 = 2:56
| title2 = A Simple Thing Like Cry
| writer2 =
| length2 = 2:56
| title3 = Did You Read the Morning Paper?
| writer3 = {{hlist|Ashford|Simpson|Richard Monica}}
| length3 = 3:53
| title4 = I'll Settle for You
| writer4 = {{hlist|Ashford|Simpson|Josephine Armstead}}
| length4 = 2:58
| title5 = I'm a Winner
| writer5 =
| length5 = 3:05
| title6 = All the Befores
| writer6 =
| length6 = 4:35
}}
=2008 expanded edition=
{{Track listing
| headline =
| total_length =
| title1 = Surrender
| writer1 =
| length1 = 2:53
| title2 = I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You
| writer2 = {{hlist|Ashford|Simpson|Holland}}
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = Remember Me
| writer3 =
| length3 = 3:16
| title4 = And If You See Him
| writer4 =
| length4 = 2:50
| title5 = Reach Out (I'll Be There)
| writer5 = {{hlist|Dozier|B. Holland|E. Holland}}
| length5 = 4:50
| title6 = Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)?
| writer6 =
| length6 = 2:56
| title7 = A Simple Thing Like Cry
| writer7 =
| length7 = 2:56
| title8 = Did You Read the Morning Paper?
| writer8 = {{hlist|Ashford|Simpson|Monica}}
| length8 = 3:53
| title9 = I'll Settle for You
| writer9 = {{hlist|Ashford|Simpson|Armstead}}
| length9 = 2:58
| title10 = I'm a Winner
| writer10 =
| length10 = 3:05
| title11 = All the Befores
| writer11 =
| length11 = 4:35
| title12 = I'm Still Waiting
| writer12 = Deke Richards
| length12 = 3:45
| title13 = Baby I'll Come
| writer13 =
| length13 = 2:56
| title14 = Remember Me
| note14 = Diana! Vocal/Undubbed Stereo Mix
| writer14 =
| length14 = 3:32
| title15 = Reach Out, I'll Be There
| note15 = Alternate Vocal
| writer15 = {{hlist|Dozier|B. Holland|E. Holland}}
| length15 = 5:42
| title16 = I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You
| note16 = Alternate Vocal
| writer16 = {{hlist|Ashford|Simpson|B. Holland}}
| length16 = 3:24
| title17 = Ain't No Mountain High Enough
| note17 = Alternate Vocal And Mix
| writer17 =
| length17 = 6:44
| title18 = Remember Me
| note18 = Alternate Vocal And Mix
| writer18 =
| length18 = 3:44
| title19 = Surrender
| note19 = Alternate Stereo Mix
| writer19 =
| length19 = 3:17
| title20 = Remember Me
| note20 = Valerie Simpson Demo Vocal
| writer20 =
| length20 = 3:39
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Chart performance for Surrender ! scope="col" | Chart (1971) ! scope="col" | Peak |
| scope="row" {{album chart|Canada|46|chartid=7549|refname=Canada|access-date=October 11, 2021}} |
|---|
| scope="row" {{album chart|UK2|10|date=19711003|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 30, 2020}} |
| scope="row" {{album chart|Billboard200|56|artist=Diana Ross|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 30, 2020}} |
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|10|artist=Diana Ross|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 30, 2020}} |
Certifications
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Diana Ross|title=I'm Still Waiting|id=3248-2600-2|award=Silver|relyear=1974|certyear=1974|type=album}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Diana Ross}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Albums arranged by Paul Riser