The Force Behind the Power

The Force Behind the Power is a 1991 album, released by Diana Ross on the Motown label. Featuring production from the likes of James Anthony Carmichael who used to work with The Commodores and Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder and Peter Asher, the album saw Ross moving in a more adult contemporary direction^{[says who?]}. The album yielded the top 40 R&B ballad, "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", which also made UK #2. Although the album was not as successful in the USA, it was a double platinum hit (600,000 copies sold) in the U.K. and yielded 5 top 40 hits, including the second UK Top 10 single from the album, "One Shining Moment", which made UK #10.

The song "If We Hold On Together" was prominently featured in Don Bluth's 1988 animated children's film The Land Before Time. It rose to prominence after released as a single worldwide in 1989 (most prominently in Japan in 1990, after it was used as the theme song for the TBS drama Omoide ni Kawaru Made).^[2] It reached #4 on the Japanese single charts, and in total sold over 465,000 copies.^[3][4] Jordin Sparks performed the song on a 2007 episode of American Idol.

The international edition of The Force Behind the Power has two additional tracks, "No Matter What You Do," which is a duet with Al B. Sure! peaked at #4 (U.S.), and "You And I".

The album was successful enough internationally that Ross' "Here and Now" Tour lasted nearly 2 years garnering television specials, gold and platinum certifications in the U.K. to Japan to Australia.

Track listings

US edition

1. "Change of Heart" (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) - 4:02
2. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (John Bettis, Albert Hammond) - 4:13
3. "I Live on a Battlefield" (Paul Carrack, Nick Lowe) - 3:35
4. "Blame It on the Sun" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) - 3:55
5. "Heavy Weather" (Michael Sembello) - 4:59
6. "The Force Behind the Power" (Stevie Wonder) - 4:45
7. "Heart (Don't Change My Mind)" (Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren) - 4:19
8. "Waiting in the Wings" (Andy Hill, Pete Sinfield) - 4:52
9. "One Shining Moment" (Vaneese Thomas) - 4:48
10. "You're Gonna Love It" (Cydney Davis, Lloyd Tolbert) - 5:11
11. "If We Hold on Together" (James Horner, Will Jennings) - 4:09

International edition

1. "Change of Heart" (Britten, Lyle) - 4:03
2. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (Bettis, Hammond) - 4:13
3. "Battlefield" (Carrack, Lowe) - 3:35
4. "Blame It on the Sun" (Wonder, Wright) - 3:55
5. "You're Gonna Love It" (Davis, Tolbert) - 5:11
6. "Heavy Weather" (Sembello) - 4:59
7. "The Force Behind the Power" (Wonder) - 4:42
8. "Heart (Don't Change My Mind)" (Buchanan, Warren) - 4:19
9. "Waiting in the Wings" (Hill, Sinfield) - 4:52
10. "You and I" (Dormer, Goldo, Vigil) - 4:09
11. "One Shining Moment" (Thomas) - 4:48
12. "If We Hold on Together" (James Horner, Will Jennings) - 4:13
13. "No Matter What You Do" (duet with Al B. Sure!) (Brown, West) - 5:09

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