Pure Smokey
Pure Smokey | ||||
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Studio album by Smokey Robinson | ||||
Released | March 15, 1974 | |||
Recorded | September - December 1973 | |||
Genre | Soul, funk | |||
Length | 39:29 | |||
Label | Tamla | |||
Producer | Smokey Robinson | |||
Smokey Robinson chronology | ||||
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Pure Smokey is Smokey Robinson's second post-Miracles album, released in 1974. This release contains the unique and emotionally compelling hit single "Virgin Man." Several songs were written by Robinson with fellow Miracle Marv Tarplin, who left the group a year after Robinson's departure to join him in California and assist him in his solo projects.
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Source | Rating |
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Creem | C+[2] |
Track listing
All tracks are produced by Smokey Robinson; except "A Tattoo".
All tracks arranged by Russ Turner, Gene Page and Smokey Robinson, except where indicated.
- "It's Her Turn to Live" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin)
- "The Love Between Me and My Kids" (Robinson)
- "Asleep on My Love" (Robinson, Tarplin)
- "I Am I Am" (Robinson)
- "Just Passing Through" (Tarplin, Janie Bradford, Al Cleveland)
- "Virgin Man" (Robinson, Rose Ella Jones)
- "She's Only a Baby Herself" (Robinson)
- "Fulfill Your Need" (Robinson, Tarplin, Pamela Moffett)
- "A Tattoo" (Robinson)
"I Am, I Am" arranged by Smokey Robinson and Gene Page
"A Tattoo" produced and arranged by Smokey Robinson and Willie Hutch
Personnel
- Smokey Robinson – vocals
- Gene Page – arranger
- Bobbye Hall – percussion
- Henry Davis – bass guitar
- Jeffrey Osborne – drums
- Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin – guitar
- Russ Turner – keyboards
- Marvin Tarplin – guitar
References
- ↑ AllMusic review
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (July 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
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