35th Anniversary Collection
7/13/2005, AMG
This four-CD boxed set covers every essential track that Smokey Robinson and the Miracles ever recorded, and then some -- at least a dozen never previously anthologized...
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A Quiet Storm
7/13/2005, AMG
The genius of William "Smokey" Robinson is immeasurable. As many of his prior songs had shaped R&B and pop music, this album would have a similar effect. The title track...
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Anthology
8/4/2007, AMG
Detroit vocal group the Miracles were a fixture at Motown from day one. Driven by Robinson's superior writing and smooth, silky falsetto, the Miracles placed a stunning 48...
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Away We A-Go-Go
7/13/2005, AMG
The follow-up to Going to a Go-Go probably disappointed the teenagers, offering only a few up-tempo dance songs and mostly consisting of odds and ends. It boasted only one...
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Being With You/Where There's Smoke
7/13/2005, AMG
In the early days of the CD age, Motown released an astonishing number of CDs, including a whole line of single-disc sets that contained two original records on one CD....
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Being With You
7/13/2005, AMG
Smokey Robinson landed his first big album of the 1980s with this release. The title track soared to the top of the R&B charts and stayed there, while it just missed topping...
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Blame It On Love & All The Great Hits
7/13/2005, AMG
A fine compilation covering recent Smokey Robinson love songs and hits. While some of these lack the staying power and integrity of The Miracles' hits, they were certainly...
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Christmas With The Miracles
7/13/2005, AMG
This was recorded in October 1963, when the Miracles still included Claudette Robinson, Smokey's wife, in the lineup; she sings lead on "Let It Snow." Smokey contributes one...
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Doin' Mickey's Monkey/Away We A-Go-Go
7/13/2005, AMG
In the early days of the CD age, Motown released an astonishing number of CDs, including a whole line of single-disc sets that contained two original records on one CD....
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Doin' Mickey's Monkey
7/13/2005, AMG
Motown attempts to cash in on the Miracles hit "Mickey's Monkey" by releasing an album of dance tunes, resulting in a fair to middling collection. "I Gotta Dance to Keep...
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Going To A Go-Go/Tears Of A Clown
7/13/2005, AMG
In the early days of the CD age, Motown released an astonishing number of CDs, including a whole line of single-disc sets that contained two original records on one CD....
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Going To A Go-Go
7/13/2005, AMG
Though its title track ignited a nationwide fad for go-go music, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' Going to a Go-Go LP certainly wasn't just a cash-in effort. It's one of the...
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Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
7/13/2005, AMG
Scrumptious! All hits, except for two excellent B-sides: the exquisite "Choosey Beggar," a marvelous ballad with an Asiatic feel, and the poignant "Save Me," which rode...
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Great Songs & Performances That...
7/13/2005, AMG
This budget reissue shines the spotlight on eight of Smokey and the Miracles' biggest hits, with two of Smokey's later solo hits ("Cruisin'" and "Being With You") tacked on....
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Greatest Hits From The Beginning
7/13/2005, AMG
A double-LP of 22 of their best early songs that would rank higher if there weren't other far more comprehensive greatest-hits collections available. This one only covers...
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Hi We're The Miracles
7/13/2005, AMG
The Miracles' first album is a magnificent debut, filled with impeccable vocal performances, inventive and occasionally brilliant songwriting, and an aching romantic aura....
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Love, Smokey
7/13/2005, AMG
This is another Smokey Robinson album (executive produced by Iris Gordy, Berry's daughter) and, well, it's definitely one of those discs you can put on for background, or...
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Motown Superstars Series, Vol 18
7/13/2005, AMG
For the budget minded who want a taste of early Smokey, this nine-track collection should suffice. You get his heartfelt tribute to the Miracles' sweet harmony; "Quiet...
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Motown Legends
7/13/2005, AMG
Collectables' Motown Legends: Being With You is a good budget-priced, ten-track collection containing some of Smokey Robinson's most popular songs from the late '70s and...
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One Heartbeat
7/13/2005, AMG
Another superb Robinson album. He continued scoring hit singles throughout the 1980s, and this time out, the song "Just To See Her" was another huge pop and R&B smash, and...
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Pure Smokey - Smokey
7/13/2005, AMG
During his solo career, many of Smokey Robinson's best solo efforts are when he writes his own material, which is more personally involved and reflective than his earlier...
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Smokey/A Quiet Storm
7/13/2005, AMG
In the early days of the CD age, Motown released an astonishing number of CDs, including a whole line of single-disc sets that contained two original records on one CD....
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Smokey
7/13/2005, AMG
Smokey Robinson's first album after splitting with the Miracles remains one of his best, yet it has never received the acclaim it deserves. "Holly" shows the genius of the...
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Special Occasion
7/13/2005, AMG
Another strong LP from Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' late-'60s renaissance, Special Occasion was driven by an opening trio of Top 40 hits ("If You Can Want," "Yester...
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The Tears Of A Clown
7/13/2005, AMG
The title track revisited the arena of heartache and confessional soul that few have ever exploited more skillfully and memorably than Smokey Robinson. This album was...
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Time Out For Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
7/13/2005, AMG
Largely produced by Smokey Robinson, Time out for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles pushed four songs into the pop Top 40, but its wide variety of styles made for an album that...
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What Love Has Joined Together
7/13/2005, AMG
A stunning concept album by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles that should have fared better. Notables wrote the six songs, all love ballads: Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Berry...
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Whatever Makes You Happy:...(1961-1971)
7/13/2005, AMG
Solid compilation of 18 of the most interesting non-hits from Smokey's (and Motown's) golden era. Culled from 11 albums, this is an intelligent and consistent overview of...
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Where There's Smoke
7/13/2005, AMG
This album was a considerable return to form, Smokey Robinson's most commercially successful solo LP up to this point (and highest-charting record in 11 years), entirely due...
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Cookin' With The Miracles
7/13/2005, AMG
Their second album shows Smokey and Motown starting to "uptownize" with energetic strings, although it's still one of the Miracles' most uptempo and R&B-oriented efforts. A...
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Motown Legends: The Ballad Album
7/13/2005, AMG
What could be finer than a whole CD of Smokey Robinson ballads? You may quibble with some selections, but the 11 songs are a good cross-section of his career. Three of the...
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The Ultimate Collection
7/13/2005, AMG
While Robinson's solo work pales in comparison to his hits with the Miracles, this 17-track collection of Motown singles uncovers such gems as "Baby Come Close," "I Am I...
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The Ultimate Collection
7/13/2005, AMG
Motown Records is a bit like the Walt Disney Studios, in the sense that both organizations made a good deal more money in recent decades marketing their histories and...
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Motown Legends: Cruisin' - Being With You
7/13/2005, AMG
Smokey Robinson's two most popular albums from the early '80s, Cruisin' and Being with You, are combined on this fine single disc. Although both of the records suffer from...
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Intimate
9/28/1999, LAUNCH, Dan Leroy
It's ironic that, during much of his career, Smokey Robinson's biggest problem has been his legendary voice. The problem is, it's simply too pure and lovely....
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Intimate
7/13/2005, AMG
Intimate rarely shifts past first gear, but that's where you want Smokey anyway, as he's long past his "Mickey's Monkey" and "Whole Lot of Shakin'" days. Producer Michael...
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The Millennium Collection - 20th Century Masters
7/13/2005, AMG
Like any record company worth their salt, MCA knows a good gimmick when they see it, and when the millennium came around, the 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium...
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Lost & Found: Along Came Love (1958-1964)
7/13/2005, AMG
As part of Motown's Lost and Found series, this brings together 20 previously unreleased tracks and rarities of prime Smokey and the Miracles from various early time frames...
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Our Very Best Christmas
7/13/2005, AMG
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' Our Very Best Christmas adds a classic Motown twist to holiday songs like "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Let It Snow," "Noel," "Go Tell It...
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The Best Of Smokey Robinson: 20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection
7/13/2005, AMG
The Millennium Collection: The Best of Smokey Robinson collects the highlights of Robinson's career after the Miracles, including "Quiet Storm," "Being With You," "One...
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Going To A Go-Go/Away We A Go-Go
4/22/2005, AMG
Gathering the first two long-players credited to Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, this two-fer compiles the 1965 and 1967 releases Going to a Go-Go and Away We a Go-Go....
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The Solo Anthology
7/13/2005, AMG
There's little question that this double-disc, 32-track collection is too much for most fans -- whether they're fans of Robinson's solo efforts, or Miracles fans looking to...
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OOO Baby Baby: The Anthlogy
8/4/2007, AMG
There isn't much of a crucial difference between this and the previous Smokey Robinson & the Miracles collection entitled Anthology, originally issued in 1973 and then on CD...
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Motown Legends: I Second That Emotion
7/13/2005, AMG
As a budget sampler of the Miracles, this compilation works alright, containing two of the group's biggest hits, "Shop Around" and "I Second That Emotion," as well as the...
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Best Of Smokey Robinson: 20th Century Masters - Christmas Collection
7/13/2005, AMG
Christmas albums can be weak seasonal filler or they can be records that simply burst with good music; it simply depends on the artistry happening in the studio and the...
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Winning Combinations
7/13/2005, AMG
It may well be a winning combination to see Smokey Robinson and Aaron Neville, both fine singers and song stylists, together in concert, but having them alternate...
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Winning Combinations
7/13/2005, AMG
Add Diana Ross & the Supremes to the artist roster of this CD, they're singing with the Temptations on a remake of the Miracles' "I Second That Emotion." Other interesting...
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Food For The Spirit
7/13/2005, AMG
Food for the Spirit is Smokey Robinson's entry into the contemporary gospel music field. He wrote all nine tracks and enlisted the help of producer and arranger Michael...
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My World: The Definitive Collection
7/13/2005, AMG
Compiling a single-disc set of tracks from William "Smokey" Robinson's long career and calling it a "definitive collection" is a bit absurd, since Robinson -- as a writer,...
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Timeless Love
8/5/2007, AMG
Smokey Robinson hasn't had much use for making records since his records stopped selling in significant numbers, which happened as of the early '90s; after that, his only...
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