Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
It's hard to say that Smokey Robinson's catalog was in desperate need of a new compilation when the double-disc Gold was released in the summer of 2006. He had excellent single-disc, double-disc, and box sets in his catalog, so there seemed to be a collection for every kind of fan -- and at first glance it seems that Gold offers nothing that previous sets do not. Closer inspection reveals that Gold serves a curious niche. Where such previous Smokey double-disc sets like 1995's Anthology and 2002's Ooo Baby Baby: The Anthology focused entirely on music that he made with the Miracles (the 1995 set even included "Love Machine," which the Miracles recorded after his departure), this set has a heavy dose of his solo material -- the last 13 songs of this 40-track compilation are devoted to solo Smokey, including such hits as "Baby That's Backatcha," "Quiet Storm," "Cruisin'," "Ebony Eyes," and "One Heartbeat." This combined with an excellent 27-track overview of his prime work with the Miracles -- all the standard hits along with some superbly chosen relatively lesser-known tunes -- makes this Gold an excellent choice for the listener who wants a comprehensive double-disc overview of Robinson's entire career and not just of his time with the Miracles.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From $10.83/month
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Moore, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Miracles, MainArtist - Marv Tarplin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Claudette Robinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Rogers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist - Riley C. Hampton, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 2002 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 2002 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 2002 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist - Ronnie White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Warren "Pete" Moore, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Claudette Robinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Rogers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist - Warren "Pete" Moore, Producer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - AL CLEVELAND, Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
AL CLEVELAND, Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, Producer - Terry Johnson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - AL CLEVELAND, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - AL CLEVELAND, Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Marv Tarplin, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Warren "Pete" Moore, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Claudette Robinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Rogers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry Johnson, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Terry Johnson, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
H.B. BARNUM, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist - Wade Brown Jr., ComposerLyricist - David Jones Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Willie Hutch, Producer, Co-Producer - Pamela Moffett-Young, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Willie Hutch, Producer - Jerry Hudgins, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Venable, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Willie Hutch, Producer - Rose Ella Jones, ComposerLyricist - Gene Pello, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Hudgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Venable, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer - Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Pamela Moffett-Young, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Rainey, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Ighner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Smith, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Ashford, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Cal Harris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES GADSON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David T. Walker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BURKE, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - CHARLES WRIGHT, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Jackson, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patricia Henley Talbert, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Dunlap, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Dollarhide, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ronnie McNeir, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Claudette Robinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Lizzio, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Bongo Brown, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Rancifer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cheryl Cooper, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivory Davis, Tambourine, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Dickerson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Sledge, Conga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Jacobsen, Horn, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Gail Ritter, Engineer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Tobin, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Piccarillo, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick James, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Peter Bunetta, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Chudacoff, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Louis Joseph Pardini, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Pete Georgantones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Peter Bunetta, Producer - Rick Chudacoff, Producer - Brian Ray, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, MainArtist - Steve LeGassick, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 Capitol Records, LLC, Courtesy of Capitol Records, under license from EMI Music Special Markets
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Larry Ball, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Bloom, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Remedy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Daryl Holley, Sr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Holley, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Stevenson International, under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
It's hard to say that Smokey Robinson's catalog was in desperate need of a new compilation when the double-disc Gold was released in the summer of 2006. He had excellent single-disc, double-disc, and box sets in his catalog, so there seemed to be a collection for every kind of fan -- and at first glance it seems that Gold offers nothing that previous sets do not. Closer inspection reveals that Gold serves a curious niche. Where such previous Smokey double-disc sets like 1995's Anthology and 2002's Ooo Baby Baby: The Anthology focused entirely on music that he made with the Miracles (the 1995 set even included "Love Machine," which the Miracles recorded after his departure), this set has a heavy dose of his solo material -- the last 13 songs of this 40-track compilation are devoted to solo Smokey, including such hits as "Baby That's Backatcha," "Quiet Storm," "Cruisin'," "Ebony Eyes," and "One Heartbeat." This combined with an excellent 27-track overview of his prime work with the Miracles -- all the standard hits along with some superbly chosen relatively lesser-known tunes -- makes this Gold an excellent choice for the listener who wants a comprehensive double-disc overview of Robinson's entire career and not just of his time with the Miracles.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:17:59
- Main artists: The Miracles
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz?
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalog with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets, and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.