Warm Thoughts

Warm Thoughts is a 1980 album by Smokey Robinson. It features the top 40 hit, "Let Me Be the Clock". The album was arranged by Reginald "Sonny" Burke. This album also featured the semi-autobiographical tune "Wine, Women and Song", which proved to be the closest thing to a Miracles reunion that occurred in the 1980s...with Smokey doing a duet with his then wife, former Miracle Claudette Robinson, and Miracle Marv Tarplin, with whom he shared songwriting credits, on guitar. The song "Travellin' Thru'" was written by Smokey's real-life sister, Rose Ella Jones, and two songs written by Robinson with fellow Motown artist, Stevie Wonder, and singer, songwriter, and former Starsky and Hutch star, David Soul. This album was a huge success, reaching the Top 20 of The Billboard 200 Pop Album chart, peaking at #14, and the Top 10 of Billboard's R&B Album Chart, peaking at #4.

Warm Thoughts
Studio album by
Smokey Robinson
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1980
GenreR&B
LabelMotown
ProducerSmokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder
Smokey Robinson chronology
Where There's Smoke...
(1979)		 Warm Thoughts
(1980)		 Being with You
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Billboard(unrated)[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Smokey Robinson, except where indicated.

  1. "Let Me Be the Clock" - 5:10
  2. "Heavy on Pride" - 4:07
  3. "Into Each Rain Some Life Must Fall" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) - 4:34
  4. "Wine, Women and Song" (Robinson, Marv Tarplin, Pamela Moffett) - 4:45
  5. "Melody Man" (Robinson, Stevie Wonder) - 4:53
  6. "What's in Your Life for Me" (Robinson, David Soul) - 4:43
  7. "I Want to Be Your Love" - 3:57
  8. "Travellin' Thru'" (Rose Ella Jones) - 4:22

Personnel
  • Smokey Robinson – lead and backing vocals
  • Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards, arrangements (1-4, 6, 7, 8)
  • Ron Rancifer – keyboards
  • Marlo Henderson – guitar
  • Melvin Ragin – guitar
  • Marv Tarplin – guitar
  • Phil Upchurch – guitar
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Keni Burke – bass
  • Scott Edwards – bass
  • Wayne Tweed – bass
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Scotty Harris – drums
  • James Sledge – congas, backing vocals
  • Fred Smith – flute, reeds, solos
  • Michael Jacobson – cello
  • Stevie Wonder – arrangements (5)
  • Cheryl Cooper – backing vocals
  • Ivory Davis – backing vocals
  • Patricia Henley Talbert – backing vocals
  • Claudette Robinson – backing vocals, lead vocals (4)

Production
  • Producer – Smokey Robinson
  • Co-Producer on Track 5 – Stevie Wonder
  • Production Assistant – Randy Dunlap
  • Engineer – Michael Lizzio
  • Assistant Engineers – Ernestine Madison and Ginny Pallante
  • Mixing – Michael Lizzio and Smokey Robinson
  • Mix Assistants – Randy Dunlap and Ginny Pallante
  • Mastered by John Matousek
  • Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA).
  • Recording Coordinator – Barbara Ramsey
  • Talent Coordinator – Simone Sheffield
  • Art Direction and Design – Ginny Livingston
  • Cover Photo – Ron Slenzak
  • Lettering – Vigon/Nahas/Vigon
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References
  1. Ruhlmann, William. Warm Thoughts at AllMusic
  2. "Review: Smokey Robinson – Warm Thoughts" (PDF). Billboard. 85 (10). 8 March 1980. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
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