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1978 studio album by Smokey Robinson
Love Breeze is an album by the American musician Smokey Robinson , released in 1978. It was arranged by Sonny Burke . It peaked at No. 75 on the Billboard 200 .[1]
Critical reception [ edit ]
The Bay State Banner determined that "Smokey is content to master today's wah-wah-ing and orchestral perfumery, as his production stretches the music so thin it nearly breaks: soloists' one-notes stand as alone as Smokey's voice."[4] In 2011, The New Yorker wrote: "The record has uncomfortable duds, like 'Shoe Soul', which takes a pedestrian pun to absurd lengths, but also songs like 'Daylight and Darkness', which poses a number of increasingly pointed questions about a lover's mood swings. The music is smooth, easy listening unless you're really listening."[5]
Track listing [ edit ]
Side one [ edit ]
"Why You Wanna See My Bad Side" (Smokey Robinson, Janie Bradford ) - (3:45)
"Love So Fine" (Smokey Robinson) - (4:34)
"Feeling You, Feeling Me" (Homer Talbert, Jerry Butler ) - (3:52)
"Madam X" (words: Smokey Robinson; music: Marv Tarplin ) - (6:28)
Side two [ edit ]
"Shoe Soul" (words: Smokey Robinson; music: Mike Sutton, Brenda Sutton ) - (4:41)
"Trying It Again" (Smokey Robinson, Richard Williams) - (4:53)
"Daylight and Darkness" (Smokey Robinson, Rose Ella Jones) - (4:00)
"I'm Loving You Softly" (Kennis Jones) - (4:29)
Personnel [ edit ]
Production [ edit ]
Producers – Smokey Robinson (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 & 8); Jerry Butler and Homer Talbert (Track 3); Mike and Brenda Sutton (Track 5)
Engineers – Don Boehret, Michael Lizzio, Barney Perkins, Bob Robitaille, 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
References [ edit ]
^ "Smokey Robinson" . Billboard . Retrieved 26 February 2024 .
^ "Love Breeze Review by Andrew Hamilton" . AllMusic . Retrieved 26 February 2024 .
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. p. 595.
^ Freedberg, Mike (9 Mar 1978). "Smokey Robinson Love Breeze". Bay State Banner . No. 22. p. 17.
^ Greenman, Ben (Feb 14, 2011). "Miracle Man". The New Yorker . Vol. 87, no. 1. p. 26.
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