Whatever Makes You Happy: More of the Best

Smokey Robinson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 16, 1993)
• Original Release Date: February 16, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032YS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,296 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Money

2. Won't You Take Me Back

3. Whatever Makes You Happy

4. Mighty Good Lovin' (Live)

5. I Need A Change

6. From Head To Toe

7. More, More, More Of Your Love

8. Swept For You Baby

9. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

10. Don't Think It's Me

11. Dancing's Alright

12. You Only Built Me Up To Tear You Down

13. I'll Take You Any Way That You Come

14. My World Is Empty Without You

15. Dreams, Dreams

16. Backfire

17. Flower Girl

18. Faces

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll Want More, More, More..., May 14, 2001

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David W. Coleman "Sportside Books" (Buckeye, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whatever Makes You Happy: More of the Best (Audio CD)

This collection is one of a series of "More Of The Best" CDs that Rhino put out in association with Motown (the others were on The Four Tops, The Temptations, and Marvin Gaye). If you have one of the various hits collections on The Miracles, use this one to augment that one, and further your appreciation of a great group. A songwriter as profound and prolific as Smokey Robinson was bound to have some great tracks not be released as A-sides. In addition to the title track, you'll find the red-hot "More, More, More Of Your Love" here, and it's sure to fill a dance floor. "I Need A Change" is a track that first appeared on album on the vinyl compilation, Greatest Hits From The Beginning. This was its CD debut, and more hits from that classic album have been issued on another CD collection of rare tracks, "Along Came Love." "From Head To Toe" was a major-league track that got minor-league treatment due to the fact that it was on an album (Going To A Go-Go) that was overflowing with classic hits. It's one of the highlights of this CD. The collection follows the group's progress right up to the last year before Smokey started his solo career. It's interesting to see how Smokey's writing changed through these years, and also how he handled material from outside sources (compare "My World Is Empty Without You" and "Faces"). All in all, this CD is well worth the money. They just don't make records like this any more. After giving these songs a listen, you're sure to want "More, More, More..."!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Hidden Gem, July 14, 2000

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whatever Makes You Happy: More of the Best (Audio CD)

This is THe Kind Of Album that you want from one of your all-time favorites.while Motown is Known for putting out 99 Greatest Hits Sets it's Refreshing to get your hands on something of this Magnitude.The Miracles were a Tight Band Vocally with Great songs&Music.But Having a Genius Such as Smokey Robinson as your Leader Overshadowed them.still together this is Winning Material for any fan of The Miracles.these are Essential Motown Releases not the 99 Greatest Hit Compilations that they Stock Pile.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many great tracks not found elsewhere., July 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Whatever Makes You Happy: More of the Best (Audio CD)

This is an album put out in 1993 for Miracles fans, not general pop fans, and is worth the money just for the fantastic I need a change, not otherwise available on CD. First two tracks are out on CD on Hi We're The Miracles (reissue of their first ever album) but it's hard to find. Tracks 7-11 are likewise impossible to find on CD, and Swept and Don't think are beautiful ballads, nearly the equal of hits like Ooo baby baby. I can't find track 13, a decent Tears of a clown period piece, anywhere else, and the remaining tracks are from 1969-1970 albums that are no longer available. Great value.