Singer: Diana Ross
Title: The Boss
Label: Motown ‎– 314549524-2
Type: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: US
Date of released: 1999
Category: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul, Ballad, Disco
Size MP3 zip: 1735 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1414 mb
Rating: 4.5✭
Format: MP3 WAV DTS WMA MP1 VOC ADX DTS FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	No One Gets The Prize	4:39
2	I Ain't Been Licked	4:04
3	All For One	4:16
4	The Boss	3:57
5	Once In The Morning	4:49
6	It's My House	4:30
7	Sparkle	5:19
8	I'm In The World	3:59
Bonus Tracks
9	The Boss (Original 12'' Remix) Remix – James Simpson*, Mike Hutchinson*	7:15
10	It's My House (Original Promotion-Only 12'' Remix) Remix – Jimmy Simpson	6:07

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Motown Record Company, L.P.
• Copyright (c) – Motown Record Company, L.P.
• Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
• Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
• Recorded At – Celebration Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
• Mastered At – Universal Music Group Studios

Credits

• Arranged By [Horns & Strings] – John Davis (tracks: 6), Paul Riser (tracks: 5, 7, 8), Robert Mounsey*
• Arranged By [Rhythm] – Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson*, Ray Chew
• Backing Vocals – Nickolas Ashford, Raymond Simpson*, Ullanda McCullough, Valerie Simpson
• Bass – Anthony Jackson, Francisco Centeno
• Coordinator [Album Coordinator] – Altamese Alston
• Coordinator [Studio Coordinator] – Barbara Tiesi
• Design [Cover] – RIA Images
• Design [Package Re-design] – Smay Vision
• Drums – John Sussewell
• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet – Ray Chew
• Engineer [Assistant] – John Potoker, Matthew Weiner
• Engineer [Chief Recording & Mix] – Mike Hutchinson*
• Engineer [Vocal] – Jay Mark
• Guitar – Eric Gale
• Mastered By [Digital Re-mastering] – Kevin Reeves
• Mixed By, Mastered By – James Simpson*
• Percussion – Errol Bennett*, Sammy Figueroa
• Photography By – Douglas Kirkland
• Piano – Valerie Simpson
• Producer, Arranged By [Vocals], Written-by – Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson*
• Recorded By [Strings] – Harvey Hoffman
• Soloist, Saxophone – Michael Brecker

Notes

Track 1-8 originally released as Motown 923, May, 1979.
Track 9 originally released as Motown M 00026 D1.
Track 10 originally released as Motown PR-54.

Recorded & Mixed at Sigma Sound Studio, New York.
Strings recorded at Celebration Studio, New York.

Produced for Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.
Digital Re-Mastering using 24-bit technology at Universal Music Group Studios, Edison, NJ.

℗ 1979 © 1999 Motown Record Company, L.P.
Printed in the U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 7 314 549 524-2 2
• Matrix / Runout: 314 549 5242 01$
• Matrix / Runout (Mastering SID Code [variant 2]): IFPI L009
• Matrix / Runout (Mould SID Code [variant 1]): IFPI 0377
• Rights Society (Mould SID Code [variant 2]): IFPI 0315

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
M8-923M1	Diana Ross	The Boss ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	M8-923M1	US	1979
523016	Diana Ross	The Boss ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Motown	523016	France	1979
0600753419434, 782045	Diana Ross	The Boss ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Car)	Motown, Culture Factory	0600753419434, 782045	France	2013
M7-923S2, M7-923K	Diana Ross	The Boss ‎(LP, Album)	Motown, Motown	M7-923S2, M7-923K	Canada	1979
257-15-032	Diana Ross	The Boss ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Motown	257-15-032	Germany	1979

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