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