Smokey Robinson - Touch The Sky

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Released: 1983 - Germany

Utgitt på / Label: Motown - #260-15-048

Genre: Funk / Soul

Style: Disco

Vinyl EX+, omslag VG

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Wikipedia

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director. He was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. He led the group from its 1955 origins as "the Five Chimes" until 1972, when he announced his retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president. However, Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year. Robinson left Motown Records in 1990, following the sale of the company two years earlier.

Touch the Sky is a 1983 album by American singer Smokey Robinson. It was produced and arranged by Robinson with Reginald "Sonny" Burke, and recorded and mixed at Golden Sound Studios, Inc., Hollywood, California. The album was released on the Motown sub-label Tamla.

Side A

"Touch the Sky" (William "Smokey" Robinson) - 5:45

"Gimme What You Want" (Marvin Tarplin, William "Smokey" Robinson) - 4:00

"Even Tho'" (Forest Hairston) - 3:47

"Gone Again" (William "Smokey" Robinson) - 3:40

Side B

"All My Life's a Lie" (William "Smokey" Robinson) - 3:58

"Sad Time" (Scott D. Getlin, Stephen D. Tavani) - 4:21

"Dynamite" (Berry Gordy, William "Smokey" Robinson) - 4:37

"I've Made Love to You A Thousand Times" (Marvin Tarplin, William "Smokey" Robinson) - 5:38

Personnel

Fellow Miracles members Claudette Robinson, then Smokey's wife, joins for background vocals on the title track, Marv Tarplin is featured on rhythm guitar and songwriting. Also featured are Robinson regulars Fred Smith and Michael Jacobsen (since A Quiet Storm – 1975), and Sonny Burke (since Smokey's Family Robinson – 1976). On "Dynamite" Robinson shares songwriting-credits with Berry Gordy, founder of Motown records (besides everything else).

Smokey Robinson - lead vocals

Brenda L. Eager, Claudette Robinson, Ivory Davis, James Sledge, James Gadson, Leon Ware, Patricia Henley, Smokey Robinson - backing vocals

Reginald "Sonny" Burke - keyboards, synthesizers

Michael Boddicker, Paul Fox - synthesizer programming

Marvin Tarplin, Charles J. Fearing, David T. Walker, Paul Jackson, Jr. - guitar

Scott Edwards, Nathan East, James Jamerson, Jr. - bass

James Gadson, Reginald "Sonny" Burke - drums

Paulinho da Costa - percussion

Ernie Watts - flute, saxophone

Fred Smith - flute

Charles Berghofer, David Schwartz, Gareth Nuttycombe, Michael Jacobsen - strings

Harry Bluestone - concertmaster