Smokey Robinson

Balad Album (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Label: BMG DIRECT
• ASIN: B002FJY7GM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,531 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Track Listing 1. OOO Baby Baby - (with the Miracles) 2. More Love - (with the Miracles) 3. Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage, The - (with the Miracles) 4. I'm on the Outside (Looking in) - (with the Miracles) 5. Quiet Storm - (bonus track) 6. Tracks of My Tears, The - (with the Miracles) 7. Cruisin' 8. Baby Baby Don't Cry - (with the Miracles) 9. Oh Girl - (with the Miracles) 10. Blame It on Love - (with Barbara Mitchell) 11. Composer, The - (with the Miracles) Details Contributing artists: Barbara Mitchell Producer: Diana Reid Haig (Compilation) Distributor: Essex Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a Album Notes Personnel includes: Smokey Robinson (vocals). This is part of ESX Entertainment's Motown Legends series. Motown may have been founded and run by Berry Gordy, but Smokey Robinson's multi-faceted talents as a producer, performer and composer solidified the label's base in establishing it as a major force in music. With his creamy high tenor and lush arrangements, Robinson's strengths as a crooner shine on MOTOWN LEGENDS: THE BALLAD ALBUM. It's no accident that modern-day radio appropriated the title from Robinson's mid-'70s classic "Quiet Storm" to coin a term for a format intended for romantic interludes. Other classic ballads on this collection are "Ooo Baby Baby" (a hit for Linda Ronstadt in 1979), "Cruisin'" and "Tracks Of My Tears." And while many covered his songs, Smokey Robinson wasn't against returning the favor; particularly the Chi-Lites' "Oh Girl," which he infused with a funkier swagger without diluting the pleading sentiment. Smokey Robinson's lasting flair for crafting odes d'amour can still be heard all over the airwaves, in the sounds of Babyface, Boyz II Men and other like-minded artists.