Smokey Robinson - Essar (1984) FLAC

Tracklist:

[5:20] 01. Smokey Robinson - And I Don't Love You
[4:52] 02. Smokey Robinson - Train Of Thought
[6:17] 03. Smokey Robinson - I Can't Find
[4:26] 04. Smokey Robinson - Why Are You Running From My Love
[3:10] 05. Smokey Robinson - Gone Forever (Theme From Cry Of The City)
[4:34] 06. Smokey Robinson - Close Encounters Of The First Kind
[5:10] 07. Smokey Robinson - Little Girl, Little Girl
[4:28] 08. Smokey Robinson - Girl I'm Standing There
[3:33] 09. Smokey Robinson - Driving Thru Life In The Fast Lane


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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disque(s) - 9 piste(s)
Durée totale : 00:41:35
Artiste principal : Smokey Robinson
Compositeur : Various Composers
Label : UNI / MOTOWN
Genre : Soul/Funk/R&B, R&B
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
© 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.


Essar marks the low point of Smokey Robinson's solo career. Co-producer and arranger Sonny Burke, a long-time Robinson recording partner, provides nearly all the tracks, dominating the sound with his synthesized keyboards. On songs like "And I Don't Love You" (#33 R&B), it's hard to identify the result as a Smokey Robinson record. This may help explain why Essar, Robinson's second straight album not to generate a Hot 100 Pop chart entry, was his lowest charting studio album on the Pop LPs list (#141). But it also flopped with R&B fans, peaking at #35 and becoming his first album not to generate at least one Top 10 R&B hit.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo



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