Smoke Signals (Smokey Robinson album)
Smoke Signals | ||||
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Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | R&B, soul | |||
Length | 42:53 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | Smokey Robinson, Reginald "Sonny" Burke | |||
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Smoke Signals is a 1986 Smokey Robinson album.[1]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Smokey Robinson; except where indicated
- "Some People (Will Do Anything for Love)" (Bobby Sandstrom, Michael Price) - 4:22
- "Sleepless Nights" (Alan Gorrie, Michael Mugrage) - 4:07
- "Because of You (It's The Best It's Ever Been)" - 4:12
- "Be Kind to the Growing Mind" (featuring the Temptations) - 4:45
- "Te Quiero Como Si No Hubiera Un Mañana (I'm Gonna Love You Like There's No Tomorrow)" (Smokey Robinson, Ivory Stone, Mark Davis) - 4:21
- "Hold On to Your Love" (Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder) - 5:12
- "Photograph in My Mind" (J.C. Crowley, Tom Campbell) - 3:51
- "No Time to Stop Believing" (Don Black, Simon Climie) - 4:11
- "Wishful Thinking" (Bobby Sandstrom, Michael Price, David Paul Bryant) - 4:05
- "Hanging On by a Thread" (Smokey Robinson, Mark Davis) - 3:45
Personnel
- Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
- Bobby Sandstrom – synthesizer (1, 9), bass (1), drum programming (1, 9), backing vocals (1), BGV arrangements (1), keyboards (9), arrangements (9)
- John Hobbs – keyboards (2, 10), synthesizer (2, 10), arrangements (2, 10), acoustic piano (4, 5)
- Jim Lang – keyboards (3, 6), synthesizer (3), arrangements (3, 6), bass (6), drum programming (6)
- Michael Boddicker – arrangements (4), synthesizer (5)
- Michael Omartian – arrangements (4), additional keyboards (6), additional synthesizer (6)
- Tony Peluso – arrangements (2, 3, 4), additional synthesizer (5), guitar solo (9, 10)
- Robbie Buchanan – synthesizer solo (5), synthesizer (7, 8), bass (7, 8), drum programming (7, 8), arrangements (7, 8)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1-9)
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar (2, 4, 5, 9, 10)
- Mike Baird – drums (2, 6, 10)
- John Robinson – drums (3, 4, 5)
- Freddy Alwag – drum programming (3)
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (7, 8)
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 5, 9)
- Steve Barri – additional percussion (2, 5), percussion (4)
- Greg Adams – horn arrangements (1, 9)
- Tower of Power Horns (Emilio Castillo, Greg Adams, Mike Cichowicz, Richard Elliot, Stephen Kupka) – horns (1, 9)
- Richard Elliot – lyricon solo (2, 3), saxophone (8)
- Calvin Davis – alto saxophone (5)
- Michael Jacobsen – tenor saxophone (5)
- Fred Smith – tenor saxophone (5)
- Herb Alpert – trumpet solo (5)
- Mark Davis – arrangements (3, 5)
- Stevie Wonder – arrangements (6)
- David Bryant – arrangements (9)
- Michael Lovesmith – backing vocals (1, 2, 10), BGV arrangements (1)
- Maureen Steele – backing vocals (1, 2)
- Richard Carpenter – backing vocals (2, 10), BGV arrangements (2, 10), additional keyboards (10)
- Brenda Eager – backing vocals (3, 5, 6), additional backing vocals (4)
- Patricia Henley – backing vocals (3, 5, 6), additional backing vocals (4)
- Ivory Stone – backing vocals (3, 5, 6, 9), additional backing vocals (4)
- The Temptations – backing vocals (4)
- Bunny DeBarge – backing vocals (6)
- Mark DeBarge – backing vocals (6)
- Howard Smith – backing vocals (6)
- Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (7, 8)
- Dennis Lambert – backing vocals (7, 8)
- Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals (7, 8)
- Oren Waters – backing vocals (7, 8)
- Julie Waters – backing vocals (9)
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals (9)
Production
- Producers – Steve Barri (Tracks 1-10); Tony Peluso (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Mark Davis (Track 5); Smokey Robinson (Track 5); Dennis Lambert (Tracks 7 & 8).
- Co-Producer on Tracks 7 & 8 – Robbie Buchanan
- Executive Producer – Steve Barri
- Engineers – Tony Peluso (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Dennis McKay and Jack Joseph Puig (Tracks 7 & 8).
- Second Engineers – Sabrina Buchanek (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Bino Espinoza (1-10); Toni Greene (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Karen Siegel (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Steve Ford (Tracks 7 & 8).
- Recorded at Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA); Monkey Dust Studio (Granada Hills, CA); Soundcastle Studio Center (Los Angeles, CA).
- Mixing – Tony Peluso (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Jack Joseph Puig (Tracks 7 & 8).
- Mixed at Mama Jo’s Recording Studio (Hollywood, CA).
- Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA).
- Album Coordinator – Gail Pierson
- Art Direction – Johnny Lee
- Design – Janet Levinson
- Photography – Ron Slenzak
References
- The Complete Encyclopedia of African American History Jessie Carney Smith, Lean'tin Bracks, Linda T Wynn - 1578595835 2015 - Page 386 "Between 1986 and 1991 Robinson released five more albums, including Smoke Signals, One Heartbeat, and Love, Smokey."
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