Anthology (The Miracles album)

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Anthology
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Compilation album by
The Miracles
Released1974 (1974)
Recorded1958-1972 at Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit
GenreR&B/soul
LabelMotown Record Corporation
ProducerSmokey Robinson, Berry Gordy, Johnny Bristol, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Pete Moore, Ashford & Simpson, Al Cleveland, Bobby Rogers

Anthology is the first compilation album by American rhythm and blues group The Miracles. It was released in 1974 by Motown Records.

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Tom HullA– (1995 CD)[1]

Music critic Robert Christgau included the album in his basic rock library of records before 1980, published in Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990).[2]

Track listing[]

Side One[]

  1. "Got a Job" (Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy, Tyrone Carlo) - 2:40
  2. "Bad Girl" (Robinson, Gordy) - 2:41
  3. "Way Over There" (Robinson, Gordy) - 2:48
  4. "(You Can) Depend on Me" (Robinson, Gordy) - 3:08
  5. "Shop Around" (Robinson, Gordy) - 2:47
  6. "Who's Lovin' You" (Robinson) - 2:52
  7. "What's So Good About Goodbye" (Robinson) - 2:20

Side Two[]

  1. "I'll Try Something New" (Robinson) - 2:33
  2. "I've Been Good To You" (Robinson) - 2:35
  3. "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (Robinson) - 2:49
  4. "A Love She Can Count On" (Robinson) - 2:39
  5. "Mickey's Monkey" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) - 2:39
  6. "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) - 2:39
  7. "I Like It Like That" (Robinson, Marv Tarplin) - 2:44

Side Three[]

  1. "That's What Love Is Made Of" (Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore) - 2:48
  2. "Come On Do The Jerk" (Robinson, Rogers, Moore, Ronnie White) - 2:47
  3. "Ooo Baby Baby" (Robinson, Moore) - 2:42
  4. "Tracks of My Tears" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin) - 2:53
  5. "My Girl Has Gone" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin, White) - 2:43
  6. "Choosey Beggar" (Robinson, Moore) - 2:30
  7. "Going to a Go-Go" (Robinson, Moore, Rogers, Tarplin) - 2:48

Side Four[]

  1. "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) - 2:33
  2. "Save Me" (Robinson, Moore, Rogers) - 2:21
  3. "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (Robinson, Tarplin) - 2:59
  4. "More Love" (Robinson) - 2:39
  5. "I Second That Emotion" (Robinson, Al Cleveland) - 2:39
  6. "If You Can Want" (Robinson) - 2:42
  7. "Yester Love" (Robinson, Cleveland) - 2:16

Side Five[]

  1. "Special Occasion" (Robinson, Cleveland) - 2:17
  2. "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" (Robinson, Cleveland, Terry Johnson) - 3:29
  3. "Doggone Right" (Robinson, Cleveland, Tarplin) - 2:56
  4. "Here I Go Again" (Robinson, Johnson, Cleveland, Moore) - 2:56
  5. "Abraham, Martin and John" (Dick Holler) - 2:59
  6. "Darling Dear" (George Gordy, Allen Story, Rosemary Gordy) - 3:07
  7. "Point It Out" (Robinson, Cleveland, Tarplin) - 2:54

Side Six[]

  1. "Who's Gonna Take the Blame" (Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:34
  2. "The Tears of a Clown" (Robinson, Hank Cosby, Stevie Wonder) - 2:59
  3. "I Don't Blame You At All" (Robinson) - 2:57
  4. "Satisfaction" (Robinson) - 3:20
  5. "Crazy About the La La La" (Robinson) - 2:59
  6. "We've Come Too Far to End It Now" (Wade Brown, David Jones, Johnny Bristol) - 3:25
  7. "I Can't Stand to See You Cry" (Brown, Jones, Bristol) - 3:28

References[]

  1. ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "CG Book '70s: R". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved March 12, 2019.


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