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Why Do Fools Fall in Love (album)

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Background
Singles
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Production
Certifications
References

{{Infobox album
| name = Why Do Fools Fall in Love
| type = Album
| artist = Diana Ross
| cover = Diana-fools.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 14, 1981
| recorded = 1980–1981
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|R&B|soul|adult contemporary}}
| length = 35:46
| label = Capitol (Europe)
RCA (North America)
| producer = Diana Ross
| prev_title = All The Great Hits
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Silk Electric
| next_year = 1982
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Why Do Fools Fall in Love
| type = studio
| single1 = Why Do Fools Fall in Love / Think I'm in Love
| single1date = September 25, 1981
| single2 = Mirror Mirror / Sweet Nothings
| single2date = December 11, 1981
| single3 = Work That Body / Two Can Make It
| single3date = March 19, 1982
| single4 = It's Never Too late / Sweet Surrender
| single4date = July 1982
}}
}}{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}^[1]
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}^[2]

}}

Why Do Fools Fall in Love is an album by American singer Diana Ross, released in 1981 on the RCA label. It reached #15 in the United States (#4 R&B), #17 in the United Kingdom and the top ten in Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands.

Background

Why Do Fools Fall in Love was the first album Ross recorded after leaving the Motown label, when she signed a $20 million deal with RCA. Originally, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were slated to produce the follow-up to the platinum Diana album. However, their schedules were filled with commitments to also produce Debbie Harry's solo debut, Johnny Mathis and another Chic album. Ross had given her word to RCA president, Robert Summers to deliver an album for the 1981 holiday selling season.

The album was the first to be produced by the singer herself, and it became her second RIAA-certified platinum album (That was also misleading, since Motown was inconsistent to joining the RIAA for most of their 1960s and 1970s releases. She would have considerably more certifications). It was also certified Gold in the UK and Canada.

Ross embarked on a world tour in support of the album.

The album was remastered and re-released on September 2, 2014 by Funky Town Grooves, with bonus material.^[3]

Singles

The album includes the Top 10 hits "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" and "Mirror Mirror". It also includes "Work That Body", co-written by Ross with Paul Jabara and Ray Chew. Though it just missed the Top 40 in the United States, "Work That Body" was a Top 10 hit in the UK and Top 15 in the Netherlands. A solo version of "Endless Love" is also included on the album, a rerecording of her number one duet with Lionel Richie from earlier that year. "It's Never Too Late" was also released as a single in some international territories.

Track listing

{{Tracklist
| headline=Side A
| title1 = Why Do Fools Fall in Love
| writer1 = Frankie Lymon, Morris Levy
| length1 = 2:53
| title2 = Sweet Surrender
| writer2 = Leonard Stack, Cheryl Christiansen
| length2 = 4:09
| title3 = Mirror Mirror
| writer3 = Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky
| length3 = 6:08
| title4 = Endless Love
| writer4 = Lionel Richie
| length4 = 4:56
}}{{Tracklist
| headline=Side B
| title1 = It's Never Too Late
| writer1 = Dan Hartman
| length1 = 3:19
| title2 = Think I'm In Love
| writer2 = L. Cheryl Taylor
| length2 = 4:15
| title3 = Sweet Nothings
| writer3 = Ronnie Self, Dub Albritton
| length3 = 3:00
| title4 = Two Can Make It
| writer4 = Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow
| length4 = 3:24
| title5 = Work That Body
| writer5 = Diana Ross, Paul Jabara, Ray Chew
| length5 = 5:01
}}{{Tracklist
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2014 Expanded Edition Bonus Tracks (Funky Town Grooves)
| title10 = Mirror Mirror
| note10 = 7" Mix
| length10 = 3:59
| title11 = Mirror Mirror
| note11 = 7" Alternate Version
| length11 = 4:06
| title12 = Work That Body
| note12 = 7" Mix
| length12 = 3:34
| title13 = Work That Body
| note13 = 12" Mix
| length13 = 6:31
| title14 = Work That Body
| note14 = Extended Remix
| length14 = 6:22
| title15 = Endless Love
| note15 = Edited Version
| length15 = 3:46
}}

Personnel

Musicians

Diana Ross – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (1-4, 6-9)
Rob Mounsey – arrangements (1)
Ray Chew – Rhodes (1, 6), acoustic piano (2-5, 7, 8, 9), arrangements (2-5, 8, 9)
Pat Rebillot – acoustic piano (4)
Ed Walsh – synthesizer (4)
Leon Pendarvis – Rhodes (5, 7), arrangements (7)
Ron Frangipane – acoustic piano (6), synthesizer (6), arrangements (6)
Bob Kulick – guitar (1), electric guitar (3)
Eric Gale – electric guitar (1, 2, 5-8) rhythm guitar (3)
Jeff Mironov – electric guitar (1, 4-7, 9) rhythm guitar (3)
Neil Jason – bass (1, 3-7, 9)
Francisco Centeno – bass (2, 8)
Yogi Horton – drums (all tracks)
Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9)
George Young – tenor saxophone (1)
Don Brooks – harmonica (2)
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (7)
Bert DeCoteaux – horn and string arrangements (1)
Paul Riser – horn and string arrangements (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)
Randy Brecker – horn arrangements (3, 7)
Lamar Alsop – concertmaster (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8)
Lionel Richie – lead and backing vocals (4)
Margaret Dorn - backing vocals (5, 9)
Leata Galloway – backing vocals (5, 9)
Millie Whiteside – backing vocals (5, 9)

Production

Producer – Diana Ross
Production assistance – Sephra Herman
Production manager – Matt Murphy
Engineer – Larry Alexander
Assistant engineer – Dave Greenberg
Recorded at the Power Station (New York, NY).
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
Inside photography – Claude Mougin
Cover photo – Douglas Kirkland

Certifications

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References

1. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r16935|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA703&dq=diana+ross+the+rolling+stone+album+guide&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GY4cVfXPLsSeNt2SgrAP&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=diana%20ross%20the%20rolling%20stone%20album%20guide&f=false]
3. ^{{cite web|title=Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Expanded Edition)|url=http://www.funkytowngrooves.com/DIANA-ROSS_DIONNE-WARWICK_ARETHA-FRANKLIN/113/Diana-Ross-Why-Do-Fools-Fall-In-Love-%28Expanded-Edition%29/3533|website=FunkyTownGrooves.com|publisher=FunkyTownGrooves.com|accessdate=January 28, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128214837/http://www.funkytowngrooves.com/DIANA-ROSS_DIONNE-WARWICK_ARETHA-FRANKLIN/113/Diana-Ross-Why-Do-Fools-Fall-In-Love-%28Expanded-Edition%29/3533|archivedate=January 28, 2015}}

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