Hi... We're The Miracles

Hi... We're The Miracles is the first album by the Motown soul group The Miracles and the first for the Tamla label. It comprises compositions that played an important role in defining The Motown Sound and establishing songwriters Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy. The Miracles' debut LP shifts from the late doo-wop sound of "Who's Lovin' You" (later covered by The Temptations, the Jackson 5 as well as Terence Trent D'Arby) or "(You Can) Depend On Me" to the fast R&B of "Way Over There" and the rendition of Motown's first hit single Barret Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)". But the album's biggest hit is the bluesy advice song "Shop Around" which was released as a single in 1960 and made to #1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart and #2 on the Pop singles chart. It's historic as both the group's and the label's first #1.

Hi... We're The Miracles was the first album for the group featuring its classic lineup: Smokey Robinson, Ronald White, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin and Claudette Rogers, then wife of Smokey.