Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (The Miracles album)
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Released | January 26, 1968 | |||
Recorded | 1965–1967 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 32:30 | |||
Label | Tamla | |||
Producer | Smokey Robinson Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Frank Wilson | |||
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles chronology | ||||
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Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 is the second greatest hits album for The Miracles (a.k.a. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles), released in 1968 on Motown Records' Tamla label. It contained the most popular singles from the successful Going to a Go-Go, Away We A Go-Go and Make It Happen albums of the 1965–1967 period. It also featured the 1964 non-album single "Come On Do The Jerk", and two B-sides, "Choosey Beggar" and "Save Me". The hit single "I Second That Emotion" was new to album. This album reached the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at #7, and peaked at #2 on Billboard's R&B album chart.[1] Ten of the albums' 12 songs were written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin, Bobby Rogers, and Ronnie White.
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 was voted the 166th best album of all time in Paul Gambaccini's 1978 poll of 50 prominent American and English rock critics.[2] The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[3]
Track listing[]
Side one[]
- "Going to a Go-Go" (Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, Marv Tarplin) 2:45
- "The Tracks of My Tears" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin) 2:54
- "I Second That Emotion" (Robinson, Al Cleveland) 2:44
- "Ooo Baby Baby" (Robinson, Moore) 2:45
- "My Girl Has Gone" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin, Ronald White) 2:50
- "Come On Do The Jerk" (Robinson, Moore, White, Rogers) 2:45
Side two[]
- "Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You)" (Frank Wilson) 2:41
- "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (Robinson, Tarplin) 2:58
- "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) 2:30
- "More Love" (Robinson) 2:44
- "Choosey Beggar" (Robinson, Moore) 2:32
- "Save Me" (Robinson, Rogers, Moore) 2:22
Personnel[]
The Miracles[]
- Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
- Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Warren "Pete" Moore, Claudette Robinson – background vocals
- Marv Tarplin – guitarist
Other Instruments[]
- The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
Producers[]
- Smokey Robinson, producer, Album executive producer
- Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, producer
- Frank Wilson, producer
References[]
- ^ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: The 35th Anniversary Collection-Miracles Billboard Album chart stats, Pg 63
- ^ Gambaccini, Paul (1978). Rock Critic's Choice: The Top 200 Albums. Omnibus. pp. 83–4. ISBN 0860014940.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- 1968 greatest hits albums
- The Miracles compilation albums
- Albums produced by Smokey Robinson
- Albums produced by Brian Holland
- Albums produced by Lamont Dozier
- Albums produced by Frank Wilson (musician)
- Tamla Records compilation albums
- Albums recorded at Hitsville U.S.A.