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Vol. 5 of Hip-O Select's ongoing Smokey Robinson solo album reissue series is a straight-up reissue of the 1978 live album Smokin'. Although this opens with "The Tracks of My Tears," this isn't an oldie revue heavy on hits with the Miracles. Instead, this double album is very much of its time, relying heavily on recent hits with everything, even the classic '60s sides, given a bit of a disco makeover. While these new arrangements hardly trump the originals, they make for a better overall experience: perhaps this isn't Smokey at his absolute peak, but it is a reflection of a legend working hard to build upon his legacy without living in the past.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rose Ella Jones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Author - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Author, Producer, MainArtist - James Bradford, Composer, Author
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rose Ella Jones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Marv Tarplin, Composer
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Composer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Terry Johnson, ComposerLyricist - AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Michael Sutton, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Sutton, Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Berry Gordy, Producer - Michael B. Sutton, Producer
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist - LOUIS BROWN III, ComposerLyricist - Theresa McFaddin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Pamela Moffett-Young, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Vol. 5 of Hip-O Select's ongoing Smokey Robinson solo album reissue series is a straight-up reissue of the 1978 live album Smokin'. Although this opens with "The Tracks of My Tears," this isn't an oldie revue heavy on hits with the Miracles. Instead, this double album is very much of its time, relying heavily on recent hits with everything, even the classic '60s sides, given a bit of a disco makeover. While these new arrangements hardly trump the originals, they make for a better overall experience: perhaps this isn't Smokey at his absolute peak, but it is a reflection of a legend working hard to build upon his legacy without living in the past.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:36
- Main artists: Smokey Robinson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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