Smokey (album)

Smokey
Studio album by Smokey Robinson
Released June 19, 1973
Recorded 1972-1973
Genre Soul
Length 39:29
Label Tamla
T-328L
Producer Smokey Robinson
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Smokey Robinson chronology
Smokey
(1973)		 Pure Smokey
(1974)

Smokey is the first solo album by Motown legend Smokey Robinson after his departure from The Miracles. It was released on Motown Records' Tamla subsidiary label (T328L) in 1973.It featured the single "Sweet Harmony" which was his tribute to his former singing partners in The Miracles, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore and Ronnie White. The album was arranged by Dave Blumberg, Gene Page and Willie Hutch. It also featured the song "Baby Come Close", his first solo hit single, and the single "Just My Soul Responding", a protest song dealing with ghetto life in America, and the plight of the American Indian.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Holly"
  2. "Medley: Never My Love / Never Can Say Goodbye"
  3. "A Silent Partner In A Three-Way Love Affair"
  4. "Just My Soul Responding"
  5. "Sweet Harmony"
  6. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
  7. "Wanna Know My Mind"
  8. "The Family Song"
  9. "Baby Come Close"
Smokey Robinson
Tamla/Motown albums

Smokey (1973) · Pure Smokey (1974) · A Quiet Storm (1975) · Smokey's Family Robinson (1976) · Deep in My Soul (1977) · Big Time (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1977) · Smokin' (1978) · Where There's Smoke... (1979) · Warm Thoughts (1980) · Being with You (1981) · Yes It's You Lady (1982) · Touch the Sky (1983) · Essar {1984) · Smoke Signals (1986) · One Heartbeat (1987) · Love, Smokey (1990) · Intimate (1999)
Other albums

Double Good Everything (1991) · Our Very Best Christmas (1999) · Food for the Spirit (2004) · Timeless Love (2006) · Time Flies When You're Having Fun (2009)
Singles
(US/UK Top Ten singles)

"Cruisin'" (1979) · "Being with You" (1981) · "Just to See Her" (1987) · "One Heartbeat" (1987)
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