"Every Day is a New Day" was Ross' final contractual album released during her second Motown tenure, her final Motown studio effort until the label released her previously-shelved jazz standards album, "Blue", in 2006 and would also be Ross' last studio album of new material for another seven years.On this album, Ross continued to contribute to compositions, co-writing the bonus tracks "Free (I'm Gone)" and "Drop the Mask", the former once again addressing "the divorce album" issue with lyrics of romantic dissension.