Pure Smokey
Pure Smokey is Smokey Robinson's second post-Miracles album, released in 1974. It features the single "Virgin Man." Several songs were written by Robinson with fellow Miracle Marv Tarplin, who left the group a year after Robinson's departure to join him in California and assist him in his solo projects.
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Creem | C+[2] |
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Released | March 15, 1974 | |||
Recorded | September - December 1973 | |||
Genre | Soul, funk | |||
Length | 39:29 | |||
Label | Tamla | |||
Producer | Smokey Robinson | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are produced by Smokey Robinson; except "A Tattoo".
All tracks arranged by Russ Turner, Gene Page and Smokey Robinson, except where indicated.
- "It's Her Turn to Live" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin)
- "The Love Between Me and My Kids" (Robinson)
- "Asleep on My Love" (Robinson, Tarplin)
- "I Am I Am" (Robinson)
- "Just Passing Through" (Tarplin, Janie Bradford, Al Cleveland)
- "Virgin Man" (Robinson, Rose Ella Jones)
- "She's Only a Baby Herself" (Robinson)
- "Fulfill Your Need" (Robinson, Tarplin, Pamela Moffett)
- "A Tattoo" (Robinson)
"I Am, I Am" arranged by Smokey Robinson and Gene Page
"A Tattoo" produced and arranged by Smokey Robinson and Willie Hutch
Personnel
- Smokey Robinson – vocals
- Gene Page – arranger
- Bobbye Hall – percussion
- Henry Davis – bass guitar
- Jeffrey Osborne – drums
- Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin – guitar
- Russ Turner – keyboards
- Marvin Tarplin – guitar
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References
- AllMusic review
- Christgau, Robert (July 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
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