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The Ultimate Collection [1998] (CD)

By: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Artist)

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DISC 1 for The Ultimate Collection [1998] (CD) Album By Smokey Robinson & The Miracles...
1   Going To A Go-Go
2   I Second That Emotion
3   Shop Around
4   Way Over There
5   Bad Girl
6   Who's Loving You
7   I'll Try Something New
8   You've Really Got A Hold On Me
9   Mickey's Monkey
10   I Like It Like That
11   Ooo, Baby, Baby
12   Choosey Beggar
13   My Girl Has Gone
14   Tears Of A Clown
15   Baby, Baby Don't Cry
16   Tracks Of My Tears, The
17   Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage, The
18   (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
19   More Love
20   Special Occasion
21   If You Can Want
22   Yester Love
23   We've Come Too Far To End It Now
24   What's So Good About Good Bye
25   Depend On Me (You Can)
 

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Review

NME (Magazine) (8/12/00, p.29) - Ranked #20 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums" - "...Unrequited passion was his vocation, yet no matter how great the betrayal, how huge the guilt, that glorious voice never lost hope."

Title Note

Smokey Robinson And The Miracles includes: William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Claudette Robinson (vocals).

The Hitsville Studio "Funk Brothers" Band includes: Robert White, Eddie Willis, Joe Messina, Marv Tarplin, Dennis Coffey, Melvin "Wah-Wah" Ragin (guitar); Danya Hartwick (flute, piccolo); Lanny Austin, Teddy Buckner, Hank Crosby, Lefty Edwards, Eli Fontaine, Kasuka Mafia, Larry Nozero (saxophone); Billy Horner, Floyd Jones (trumpet); George Bohanon, Bob Cousar, Carl Raetz, Paul Riser, Don White, Jimmy Wilkins (trombone); Joe Hunter, Johnny Griffith (keyboards); Joe Williams, Clarence Isabell (bass); Benny Benjamin, Uriel Jones, Andrew Smith (drums); Jack Ashford, Eddie "Bongo" Brown (percussion).

Producers include: Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore, Al Cleveland, Berry Gordy, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier.

Compilation producer: Harry Weinger.

Includes liner notes by Stu Hackel.

Digitally remastered by Kevin Reeves.

Smokey Robinson's compositions blended pop and R&B conventions, infusing the combination with a highly literate lyrical sensibility that set his songs apart from the pack. With his group the Miracles, Detroit native Robinson got in on the ground floor of the Motown explosion, as his songs and his voice--a smooth, liquid marvel of soul--resonated not only with label head Berry Gordy, but with legions of '60s teens. Throughout the '60s, Robinson and the Miracles produced countless pop-soul hits, both effervescent ("Going to a Go-Go") and mournful ("The Tracks of my Tears"). Robinson's flexible, almost Cole Porter-ish way with a lyric made him an in-demand songwriter for many of his contemporaries, like Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye and the Marvelettes.

After splitting from the Miracles in 1972, Robinson began a solo career, exploring the more introspective, balladic side of his music. His 1975 album QUIET STORM set the bar for virtually every smooth, romantic R&B singer of the next two decades, virtually defining the style. After a fallow period, he made a comeback in the early '80s, with commercial-but-irresistible hits like "Cruisin'" and "Being With You."

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