Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Miracles album)
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Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | |||||
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Greatest hits by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | |||||
Released | February 26, 1968 | ||||
Recorded | 1965-67 | ||||
Genre | Soul | ||||
Length | 32:30 | ||||
Label | Tamla TS-280 |
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Producer | Smokey Robinson Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Frank Wilson |
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Professional reviews | |||||
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles chronology | |||||
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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 |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Going to a Go Go" (Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, Marvin Tarplin)
- "The Tracks of My Tears" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin)
- "I Second That Emotion" (Robinson, Al Cleveland)
- "Ooo Baby Baby" (Robinson, Moore)
- "My Girl Has Gone" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin, Ronald White)
- "Come On Do the Jerk" (Robinson, Moore, White, ROgers)
[edit] Side two
- "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)" (Frank Wilson
- "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (Robinson, Tarplin)
- "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- "More Love" (Robinson)
- "Choosey Beggar" (Robinson, Moore)
- "Save Me" (Robinson, Rogers, Moore)
[edit] Personnel
- Smokey Robinson: lead vocals
- Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Warren "Pete" Moore, Claudette Robinson: background vocals
- Marv Tarplin: guitarist
- The Funk Brothers: instrumentation