One Dozen Roses

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One Dozen Roses
One Dozen Roses cover
Studio album by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Released August 1971
Recorded 1966, 1970-1971
Genre Soul
Label Tamla
TS 312L
Producer Smokey Robinson
Henry Cosby
Professional reviews
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles chronology
The Season for Miracles
(1970)		 One Dozen Roses
(1971)		 Flying High Together
(1972)

One Dozen Roses is a 1971 album by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, issued on Motown Records' Tamla label. The penultimate album before lead singer Smokey Robinson departed the group for a solo career, One Dozen Roses features the Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 single "I Don't Blame You At All". Also included is the group's number-one hit "The Tears of a Clown", which was also made available through the reissue of the 1967 Miracles LP Make It Happen as The Tears of a Clown.

Other tracks on One Dozen Roses include the charting singles "Satisfaction" and "Crazy About The La La La", both of which peaked below number 40 on the Hot 100. The album cover features Miracles background vocalist Claudette Rogers Robinson, wife of Smokey Robinson. Although Claudette Robinson had never really left The Miracles, this was the first Miracles album to feature her on the cover since 1963's The Fabulous Miracles.

Contents

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[edit] Side one

  1. "When Sundown Comes"
  2. "No Wonder Love's a Wonder"
  3. "The Tears of a Clown"
  4. "Satisfaction"
  5. "Crazy About The La La La"
  6. "Cecilia"

[edit] Side two

  1. "I Don't Blame You At All"
  2. "That Girl"
  3. "Faces"
  4. "I Love You Dear"
  5. "Oh Baby Baby I Love You"
  6. "The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game"

[edit] Personnel