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Smokey Robinson - Pure Smokey (1974) [1992, Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 12 Oct 2019 18:49:58

"Pure Smokey" is Smokey Robinson's 2nd 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.

~Wikipedia

Pure Smokey consolidates Smokey Robinson’s progressions on Smokey, retaining the adventurous maturity of subject matter in particular, Robinson remains fixated on family, paying tribute to the sister who raised him on “It’s Her Turn to Live,” noting the passing generations on “She’s Only a Baby Herself,” and expressing “The Love Between Me and My Kids” but moving firmly into the present with his music. Apart from the closing “A Tattoo,” which was co-produced by Willie Hutch, Pure Smokey is helmed by Smokey himself and he creates a seamless blend of smoothed-out disco and gorgeous soft soul, the former firmly within the commercial realm of 1974 and the latter creating the sound he would coin Quiet Storm on his next LP. Here, Smokey favors lively beats over slow sways even the midtempo numbers carry a bounce to their rhythm yet these insistent, danceable rhythms convey an element of seduction thanks to Smokey’s velvet delivery, a smoothness that’s undeniable in his vocals and arrangements. So smooth is Pure Smokey that it’s easy to overlook its subtle innovations in subject and music, but that’s what makes it a rich, enduring LP: it goes down easy but pays back greater dividends upon close listening.

~Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Release of the album: 1974, March, 15 [LP Tamla, Cat.# T 331V1, USA]
Release of this CD: 1992, April, 13 [CD Motown Record Company (USA), Cat.# 3746351682 (B0009277-02) / UPC: 602517372597]
©Ⓟ 1974 Motown Record Company, L.P.
Manufactured and Marketed by Motown Record Company, L.P.
Printed/Made in U.S.A.

Note: AAD, Reissue

Credits:

Arranged By – Gene Page, Russ Turner (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B4), Smokey Robinson (tracks: 1 to 8), Willie Hutch (tracks: 9)
Bass – Henry Davis
Design – Bob Gleason
Drums – Jeff Osborne
Engineer [Mixing] – Russ Terrana
Engineer [Recording] – Bruce Ellison, Jim Hilton, Larry Miles, Russ Terrana, Tom Knox
Guitar – Marv Tarplin, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin
Keyboards – Russ Turner
Percussion – Bobbye Hall
Photography By – Jim Britt
Producer – Smokey Robinson, Willie Hutch (tracks: 9)

Tracklist:

01. It's Her Turn To Live (03:17)
(Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin)
02. The Love Between Me And My Kids (02:55)
(Smokey Robinson)
03. Asleep On My Love (04:00)
(Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin)
04. I Am I Am (03:54)
(Smokey Robinson)
05. Just Passing Through (03:23)
(Marvin Tarplin, Janie Bradford)
06. Virgin Man (05:10)
(Smokey Robinson)
07. She's Only A Baby Herself (03:55)
(Smokey Robinson)
08. Fulfill Your Need (02:50)
(Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin)
09. A Tattoo (04:29)
(Smokey Robinson)

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Smokey Robinson / Pure Smokey

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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.32 dB -15.40 dB 2:55 02-The Love Between Me And My Kids
DR13 -0.92 dB -16.63 dB 4:00 03-Asleep On My Love
DR13 0.00 dB -14.36 dB 3:54 04-I Am I Am
DR13 0.00 dB -15.29 dB 3:23 05-Just Passing Through
DR13 -0.15 dB -14.38 dB 5:10 06-Virgin Man
DR13 0.00 dB -15.04 dB 3:55 07-She's Only A Baby Herself
DR13 0.00 dB -15.97 dB 2:50 08-Fulfill Your Need
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Official DR value: DR13

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Channels: 2
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