One Dozen Roses

One Dozen Roses
Studio album by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Released	August 1971
Recorded	1966, 1970-1971
Genre	Soul
Label	Tamla TS 312L
Producer	Smokey Robinson Henry Cosby
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Smokey Robinson & the Miracles chronology
The Season for Miracles (1970) One Dozen Roses (1971) Flying High Together (1972)

One Dozen Roses is a 1971 album by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, issued on Motown Records' Tamla label. The penultimate album before lead singer Smokey Robinson departed the group for a solo career, One Dozen Roses features the Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hit single "I Don't Blame You At All". Also included is the group's number-one hit "The Tears of a Clown", which was also made available through the reissue of the 1967 Miracles LP Make It Happen as The Tears of a Clown.Both of these songs were also huge hits in England, reaching # 11 and # 1 respectively.

Other tracks on One Dozen Roses include the charting singles "Satisfaction" and "Crazy About The La La La", both of which peaked below number 40 on the Hot 100,the ballad "That Girl" ,which served as the "b" side to I Don't Blame You At All , "When Sundown Comes", which was actually earmarked as a single "A" side release (but was withdrawn in favor of "Satisfaction", and the topical spoken-word song "No Wonder Love's a Wonder". The album cover features Miracles background vocalist Claudette Rogers Robinson, wife of Smokey Robinson. Although Claudette Robinson had never really left The Miracles, this was the first Miracles album to feature her on the cover since 1963's The Fabulous Miracles (and the group's aborted 1964 album I Like It Like That).

Track listing

Side one

1. "When Sundown Comes"
2. "No Wonder Love's a Wonder"
3. "The Tears of a Clown"
4. "Satisfaction"
5. "Crazy About The La La La"
6. "Cecilia"

Side two

1. "I Don't Blame You At All"
2. "That Girl"
3. "Faces"
4. "I Love You Dear"
5. "Oh Baby Baby I Love You"
6. "The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game"

Personnel-The Miracles

• Smokey Robinson: lead vocals
• Marv Tarplin: guitarist
• Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Warren "Pete" Moore, Claudette Robinson: background vocals

• The Funk Brothers: instrumentation

Producers

• Smokey Robinson, producer, Album executive producer
• Henry Cosby, producer

Outside Links

• One Dozen Roses by The Miracles - All music Guide album review
• The Miracles' One Dozen Roses (1971) from the Soul and Funk Music website