Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Miracles album)

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Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 cover
Greatest hits by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Released February 26, 1968
Recorded 1965-67
Genre Soul
Length 32:30
Label Tamla
TS-280
Producer Smokey Robinson
Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
Frank Wilson
Professional reviews
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles chronology
Make It Happen
(1967)
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
(1968)
Special Occasion
(1968)

Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 is the second greatest hits album for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, released in 1968 on Motown Records' Tamla label. It contained the most popular singles from the successful Going To A Go-Go, Away We A Go-Go and Make It Happen albums of the 1965-67 period. It also featured the 1964 non-album single "Come On Do The Jerk", and two B-sides, "Choosey Beggar" and "Save Me". The hit single "I Second That Emotion" was new to album. This album reached the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at #7.

Contents

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[edit] Side one

  1. "Going to a Go Go" (Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, Marvin Tarplin)
  2. "The Tracks of My Tears" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin)
  3. "I Second That Emotion" (Robinson, Al Cleveland)
  4. "Ooo Baby Baby" (Robinson, Moore)
  5. "My Girl Has Gone" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin, Ronald White)
  6. "Come On Do the Jerk" (Robinson, Moore, White, ROgers)

[edit] Side two

  1. "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)" (Frank Wilson
  2. "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (Robinson, Tarplin)
  3. "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  4. "More Love" (Robinson)
  5. "Choosey Beggar" (Robinson, Moore)
  6. "Save Me" (Robinson, Rogers, Moore)

[edit] Personnel