Voice of Love
{{Other uses|The Voice of Love (disambiguation){{!}}The Voice of Love}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Voice of Love
| type = Compilation Album
| artist = Diana Ross
| cover = AvoiceofLove DianaRoss.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 11, 1996
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 75:30
| label = EMI
| producer =
| prev_title = Take Me Higher
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Every Day is a New Day
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Voice of Love
| type = compilation
| single1 = In the Ones You Love
| single1date = 1996
| single2 = Promise Me You'll Try
| single2date = February 8, 1997
}}
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Voice of Love is a compilation album by American singer Diana Ross. It was released by EMI International on November 11, 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/9175-1291-2|title=BPI}} The album consists of some of Ross' best known love songs and also included three previously unreleased songs: "In the Ones You Love", "I Hear (The Voice of Love)," co-written by Ross, and a take on Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone," penned by R. Kelly. Photographer Randee St. Nicholas was commissioned to create the album cover art, tour merchandising and the high fashion music video for lead single "In the Ones You Love".
The album peaked at number 42 on the UK Albums Chart and was eventually certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx|title=UK Certified Awards Search > Diana Ross|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=February 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115055129/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx|archive-date=January 15, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} In support of Voice of Love, Ross embarked on a 28 market European tour in 1997, selling out venues across Great Britain and makings rare appearances in Central and Eastern Europe markets like Bucharest, Brussels and Vienna. In Asian markets, the album title was Gift of Love. The set included three songs not found on any other Diana Ross CD, including a hit in Pan Asian territories, "Promise Me You'll Try".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = Touch Me in the Morning
| note1 =
| writer1 = {{hlist|Ron Miller|Michael Masser}}
| extra1 = Touch Me in the Morning
| length1 = 3:26
| title2 = You're All I Need to Get By
| writer2 = {{hlist|Nickolas Ashford|Valerie Simpson}}
| extra2 = Diana Ross
| length2 = 3:25
| title3 = Your Love
| writer3 = David Friedman
| extra3 = Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs
| length3 = 4:04
| title4 = So Close
| writer4 = {{hlist|Bill Wray|Rob Mounsey|Diana Ross}}
| extra4 = Silk Electric
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = It's My Turn
| writer5 = {{hlist|Masser|Carole Bayer Sager}}
| extra5 = It's My Turn
| length5 = 3:58
| title6 = You Are Everything
| note6 = duet with Marvin Gaye
| writer6 = {{hlist|Thom Bell|Linda Creed}}
| extra6 = Diana & Marvin
| length6 = 3:09
| title7 = When You Tell Me That You Love Me
| writer7 = {{hlist|Albert Hammond|John Bettis}}
| extra7 = The Force Behind the Power
| length7 = 4:13
| title8 = Forever Young
| writer8 = Bob Dylan
| extra8 = Swept Away
| length8 = 4:50
| title9 = I Am Me
| writer9 = {{hlist|Freddie Gorman|Janie Bradford|Ross}}
| extra9 = Silk Electric
| length9 = 3:50
| title10 = One Shining Moment
| writer10 = Vaneese Thomas
| extra10 = The Force Behind the Power
| length10 = 4:45
| title11 = If We Hold on Together
| writer11 = {{hlist|James Horner|Will Jennings}}
| extra11 = The Land Before Time
| length11 = 3:43
| title12 = Only Love Can Conquer All
| writer12 = {{hlist|Sally Jo Dakota|Preston Glass|Narada Michael Walden}}
| extra12 = Take Me Higher
| length12 = 4:10
| title13 = I'm Still Waiting
| writer13 = Deke Richards
| extra13 = Everything Is Everything
| length13 = 3:43
| title14 = Missing You
| writer14 = Lionel Richie
| extra14 = Swept Away
| length14 = 4:16
| title15 = Gone
| writer15 = Jon-John Robinson
| extra15 = Take Me Higher
| length15 = 5:16
| title16 = In the Ones You Love
| writer16 = {{hlist|Liz Vidal|Marsha Malamet}}
| extra16 = previously unreleased
| length16 = 4:18
| title17 = You Are Not Alone
| writer17 = R. Kelly
| extra17 = previously unreleased
| length17 = 4:16
| title18 = I Hear (The Voice of Love)
| writer18 = {{hlist|Ross|Stan Scates}}
| extra18 = previously unreleased
| length18 = 4:32
}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Original album
| headline = A Gift of Love
| title1 = Promise Me You'll Try
| writer1 = Peter Zizzo
| extra1 = previously unreleased
| length1 = 3:56
| title2 = Your Love
| writer2 = David Friedman
| extra2 = Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs
| length2 = 4:04
| title3 = If We Hold on Together
| writer3 = {{hlist|Horner|Jennings}}
| extra3 = The Land Before Time
| length = 3:43
| title4 = When You Tell Me That You Love Me
| writer4 = {{hlist|Hammond|Bettis}}
| extra4 = The Force Behind the Power
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = That's Why I Call You My Friend
| writer5 = {{hlist|Ross|Bettis|Toshifumi Hinata}}
| extra5 = That's Why I Call You My Friend
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = When You Dream
| writer6 = {{hlist|Wray|Ross|Peter Asher|Hinata}}
| extra6 = When You Dream
| length6 = 3:21
| title7 = I Hear (The Voice of Love)
| writer7 = {{hlist|Ross|Stan Scates}}
| extra7 = previously unreleased
| length7 = 4:32
| title8 = So Close
| writer8 = {{hlist|Wray|Mounsey|Ross}}
| extra8 = Silk Electric
| length8 = 4:13
}}
Charts
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! scope="col"|Chart (1996) ! scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row" {{album chart|UK|42|artist=Diana Ross|rowheader=true|access-date=November 1, 2020|refname="uk"}} |
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Voice of Love|artist=Diana Ross|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=2019|id=9175-2600-2|access-date=November 6, 2019}}
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{Diana Ross}}
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Category:1996 compilation albums