Pure Smokey

Pure Smokey
Studio album by
Smokey Robinson
ReleasedMarch 15, 1974
RecordedSeptember–December 1973
GenresSoul, funk
Length39:29
LabelTamla
ProducerSmokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson chronology
Smokey
(1973)		 Pure Smokey
(1974)		 A Quiet Storm
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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CreemC+

Pure Smokey is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson. It was released on March 15, 1974, by Tamla Records. 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.

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.

  1. "It's Her Turn to Live" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin) - 3:15
  2. "The Love Between Me and My Kids" (Robinson) - 2:52
  3. "Asleep on My Love" (Robinson, Tarplin) - 3:58
  4. "I Am I Am" (Robinson) - 3:53
  5. "Just Passing Through" (Tarplin, Janie Bradford, Al Cleveland) - 3:17
  6. "Virgin Man" (Robinson, Rose Ella Jones) - 5:07
  7. "She's Only a Baby Herself" (Robinson) - 2:47
  8. "Fulfill Your Need" (Robinson, Tarplin, Pamela Moffett) - 2:50
  9. "A Tattoo" (Robinson) - 4:30

"I Am, I Am" arranged by Smokey Robinson and Gene Page

"A Tattoo" produced and arranged by Smokey Robinson and Willie Hutch

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (July 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved February 10, 2017.