- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Miracles album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Type = Greatest hits
Artist =Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Released =February 26 1968
Recorded = 1965-67
Genre = Soul
Length = 32:30
Label = Tamla
TS-280
Producer =Smokey Robinson
Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
Frank Wilson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5pklu3u5anxk link]
Last album = "Make It Happen"
(1967)
This album = "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2"
(1968)
Next album = "Special Occasion"
(1968)"Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" is the second
greatest hits album forSmokey Robinson & the Miracles , released in 1968 onMotown 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 1965-67 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 theBillboard 200 albums chart, peaking at #7.Track listing
ide one
# "
Going to a Go-Go " (Smokey Robinson , Warren Moore, Robert Rogers,Marvin Tarplin )
# "The Tracks of My Tears " (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin)
# "I Second That Emotion " (Robinson,Al Cleveland )
# "Ooo Baby Baby " (Robinson, Moore)
# "My Girl Has Gone " (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin,Ronald White )
# "Come On Do the Jerk" (Robinson, Moore, White, ROgers)ide two
# "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)" (Frank Wilson
# "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage " (Robinson, Tarplin)
# "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need " (Holland-Dozier-Holland )
# "More Love " (Robinson)
# "Choosey Beggar" (Robinson, Moore)
# "Save Me" (Robinson, Rogers, Moore)Personnel:
The Miracles *
Smokey Robinson : lead vocals
*Ronnie White ,Bobby Rogers ,Warren "Pete" Moore ,Claudette Robinson : background vocals
* Marv Tarplin: guitaristOther Instruments
*
The Funk Brothers : instrumentationProducers
*
Smokey Robinson , producer, Album executive producer
*Brian Holland andLamont Dozier , producer
* Frank Wilson, producer
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