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This is another Smokey Robinson album (executive produced by Iris Gordy, Berry's daughter) and, well, it's definitely one of those discs you can put on for background, or while making out. Lord knows, the man is in fine, fine voice, indeed. However, for all the participation by people of the caliber of George Duke (who produced and appears on several tracks), the album mostly doesn't rise above sweet soul. Only four of the tracks break the groove and become anything else, and those are mostly straight dance grooves. The sound, arrangements, and performances are flawless. The disc has a clean, transparent, and airy sound that's rarely encountered this side of frothy new age discs, while the synthesizer and sampler work is terrific (the non- keyboard instruments, when they appear, are excellent, too). Unfortunately, very few of the songs have any particular immediacy, and none of them stick in the mind the way Smokey Robinson's songs used to -- the closest any of these come is "Easy," which has all the classic Motown elements wrapped up together, right down to the Stevie Wonder-style harmonica. More typical is "Unless You Do It Again" (one of two CD-only tracks; the other is "Just Another Kiss"), which sounds for all the world just about how one would imagine Philly soul nowadays -- MFSB with the technological edge. The album is basically very smooth, beautifully executed, and sounds good. The question: Is there really a market out there for yuppie soul? The phrase itself seems surely an oxymoron. But, oh, that voice.
© Steven McDonald /TiVo
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William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Fred White, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Kelly McNulty, ComposerLyricist - DAVID RITZ, ComposerLyricist - Paul Laurence, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Banks, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Keith Andes, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Gold, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Brenda Madison, ComposerLyricist - Larry Hatcher, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dobbins, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reed Vertelney, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Pescetto, ComposerLyricist - Keith Andes, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Larry Hatcher, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dobbins, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Brian Malouf, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MICHAEL STOKES, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rochelle, Producer
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Lambert, Producer - Steve Werfel, ComposerLyricist - Pam Reswick, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Brian Malouf, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Claude Gaudette, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Lambert, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Brian Malouf, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Claude Gaudette, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Elliot Werfel, ComposerLyricist - Pamela P. Reswick, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Howard King, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Taavi Mote, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fritz Cadet, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Iris Gordy, Producer - Robbie Buchanan, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Zobler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Loggins, ComposerLyricist - Erik Zobler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - George Duke, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Goin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Erik Zobler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - George Duke, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Erik Zobler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Duke, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Iris Gordy, Producer - Roy Freeland, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Buchanan, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - SCOTT CUTLER, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist - DOUG RIDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Leon F. Sylvers III, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Taavi Mote, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chronique
This is another Smokey Robinson album (executive produced by Iris Gordy, Berry's daughter) and, well, it's definitely one of those discs you can put on for background, or while making out. Lord knows, the man is in fine, fine voice, indeed. However, for all the participation by people of the caliber of George Duke (who produced and appears on several tracks), the album mostly doesn't rise above sweet soul. Only four of the tracks break the groove and become anything else, and those are mostly straight dance grooves. The sound, arrangements, and performances are flawless. The disc has a clean, transparent, and airy sound that's rarely encountered this side of frothy new age discs, while the synthesizer and sampler work is terrific (the non- keyboard instruments, when they appear, are excellent, too). Unfortunately, very few of the songs have any particular immediacy, and none of them stick in the mind the way Smokey Robinson's songs used to -- the closest any of these come is "Easy," which has all the classic Motown elements wrapped up together, right down to the Stevie Wonder-style harmonica. More typical is "Unless You Do It Again" (one of two CD-only tracks; the other is "Just Another Kiss"), which sounds for all the world just about how one would imagine Philly soul nowadays -- MFSB with the technological edge. The album is basically very smooth, beautifully executed, and sounds good. The question: Is there really a market out there for yuppie soul? The phrase itself seems surely an oxymoron. But, oh, that voice.
© Steven McDonald /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 13 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:57:04
- Artistes principaux : Smokey Robinson
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Maison de disque : UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre : Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1990 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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