Surrender (Diana Ross album)

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Surrender
Studio album by Diana Ross
Released	June 1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Soul
Length	N/A
Label	Motown MS 723
Producer(s)	Ashford & Simpson
Diana Ross chronology
Diana! (1971)	Surrender (1971)	Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

Surrender was a 1971 album by singer Diana Ross, her third solo LP for the Motown label.

Ross' previous album, Everything is Everything, failed to generate interest due to Motown's rush and hurried efforts to further Ross' solo career, and sunk without a trace. Surrender, however, stored some of the rust that was featured on that project. The album would be Ross' final studio album until the Touch Me in the Morning LP two years later. In the interim between the albums, Ross achieved Motown's goal of becoming a star thanks to her starring role in the 1972 Billie Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues.

Following the massive success of the single "I'm Still Waiting" in the UK, SUrrender was reissued under that title, and the hit single was added to the track listing.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Surrender" (Ashford/Simpson) – 2:53
2. "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel For You" (Ashford/Simpson) – 3:16
3. "Remember Me" (Ashford/Simpson) – 3:16
4. "And If You See Him" (Ashford/Simpson) – 2:50
5. "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" (Dozier/Holland/Holland) – 4:50
6. "Didn't You Know You've Got to Cry" (Ashford/Simpson) – 2:56
7. "Simple Thing Like Cry" (Ashford/Simpson) – 2:56
8. "Did You Read the Morning Paper" (Ashford/Simpson) – 3:53
9. "I'll Settle For You" (Ashford/Simpson) – 2:58
10. "I'm a Winner" (Ashford/Simpson) – 3:05
11. "All the Befores" (Ashford/Simpson) – 4:35