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Essar marks the low point of Smokey Robinson's solo career. Co-producer and arranger Sonny Burke, a long-time Robinson recording partner, provides nearly all the tracks, dominating the sound with his synthesized keyboards. On songs like "And I Don't Love You" (#33 R&B), it's hard to identify the result as a Smokey Robinson record. This may help explain why Essar, Robinson's second straight album not to generate a Hot 100 Pop chart entry, was his lowest charting studio album on the Pop LPs list (#141). But it also flopped with R&B fans, peaking at #35 and becoming his first album not to generate at least one Top 10 R&B hit.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Scott Smith, Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Stephen Tavani, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist - Mark Davis, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Dorff, Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - SNUFF GARRETT, ComposerLyricist - MILTON BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Randy Dunlap, Producer
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Essar marks the low point of Smokey Robinson's solo career. Co-producer and arranger Sonny Burke, a long-time Robinson recording partner, provides nearly all the tracks, dominating the sound with his synthesized keyboards. On songs like "And I Don't Love You" (#33 R&B), it's hard to identify the result as a Smokey Robinson record. This may help explain why Essar, Robinson's second straight album not to generate a Hot 100 Pop chart entry, was his lowest charting studio album on the Pop LPs list (#141). But it also flopped with R&B fans, peaking at #35 and becoming his first album not to generate at least one Top 10 R&B hit.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:35
- Main artists: Smokey Robinson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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