Love Breeze

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Love Breeze
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 21, 1978
LabelMotown
ProducerSmokey Robinson, Jerry Butler, Homer Talbert III, Mike & Brenda Sutton
Smokey Robinson chronology
Big Time
(1977)
Love Breeze
(1978)
Smokin'
(1978)

Love Breeze is a Smokey Robinson album released in 1978. It was arranged by Sonny Burke.

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Track listing[]

Side one[]

  1. "Why You Wanna See My Bad Side" (Smokey Robinson, James Bradford) - (3:45)
  2. "Love So Fine" (Smokey Robinson) - (4:34)
  3. "Feeling You, Feeling Me" (Homer Talbert, Jerry Butler) - (3:52)
  4. "Madam X" (Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin) - (6:28)

Side two[]

  1. "Shoe Soul" (Smokey Robinson, Mike Sutton, Brenda Sutton) - (4:41)
  2. "Trying It Again" (Smokey Robinson, Richard Williams) - (4:53)
  3. "Daylight and Darkness" (Smokey Robinson, Rose Ella Jones) - (4:00)
  4. "I'm Loving You Softly" (Kennis Jones) - (4:29)

Personnel[]

  • Smokey Robinson – lead and backing vocals
  • John Barnes – keyboards
  • James Bradford – bass piano
  • Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards, arrangements (1, 2, 4-8)
  • Ronnie McNeir – Fender Rhodes
  • Sylvester Rivers – keyboards
  • Frederick Roche – organ
  • Michael Sutton – keyboards, clavinet
  • Marlo Hendersonguitar
  • Rick Littlefield – guitar
  • Marvin Tarplin – guitar
  • Wah-Wah Watson – guitar
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Scott Edwards – bass guitar
  • James Jamerson – bass guitar
  • Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
  • David Shields – bass guitar
  • Wayne Tweed – bass guitar
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • Scotty Harris – drums
  • Paulinho da Costapercussion
  • James Sledge – congas, backing vocals
  • Bob Zimmitti – percussion, vibraphone
  • Fred Smith – flutes, reeds, solos
  • Michael Jacobsen – cello
  • Robert Bowels – arrangements (3)
  • Kim Richmond – horn arrangements (5)
  • Art Wright – rhythm and string arrangements (5)
  • Melba Bradford – backing vocals
  • Cheryl Cooper – backing vocals
  • Ivory Davis – backing vocals
  • Patricia Henley – backing vocals
  • Jessie Richardson – backing vocals
  • Claudette Robinson – backing vocals
  • Brenda Sutton – backing vocals

Production[]

  • Producers – Smokey Robinson (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 & 8); Jerry Butler and Homer Talbert III (Track 3); Mike and Brenda Sutton (Track 5)
  • Engineers – Don Boehret, Mike Lizzio, Barney Perkins, Bob Robataille, Michael Schuman, Art Stewart and Art White.
  • Assistant Engineer – James Warmack
  • Recorded at Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA); ABC Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Kendun Recorders (Burbank, CA).
  • Mixed by Russ Terrana
  • Mastered by Jack Andrews
  • Mixed and Mastered at Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA).
  • Art Direction and Design – Wriston Jones
  • Illustration – Brian Zick



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