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Workin' Overtime
R&B / Soul · 1989 · 9 tracks

Workin' Overtime

Diana Ross

Aggressive drum machines and industrial-edged synths meet a legendary voice. A bold, divisive pivot into the high-energy world of late-80s New Jack Swing.

May 24, 1989 · Thomsun Original

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A high-tension, rhythmic collision of legacy soul and late-80s street-level dance energy.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
02
Say We Can
4:20
03
Take the Bitter With the Sweet
3:50
04
Bottom Line
4:06
05
This House
5:37
06
Paradise
3:54
07
Keep On (Dancin')
4:53
08
What Can One Person Do
3:18
09
Goin' Through the Motions
3:53
10
We Stand Together
5:07
Moments Worth Listening For
The aggressive, mechanical snap of the drum machine on the title track that immediately signals a departure from her soft-soul past.
The house-inflected piano chords and Shep Pettibone-style rhythmic editing on Paradise.
The unexpected grit in Ross's delivery during the bridge of This House, trading her usual silk for a harder edge.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Workin' Overtime sound next to the rest of Diana Ross's catalogue?

Energetic+2.8σ

Energetic saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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