I would imagine it to not be an overstatement to say Smokey may be the top guy at the MoTown totumpoll. Wow.ДЄnybody have a list of all the songs Smokey wrote or was the main contributer in the writing of? RobinsonвЂ™s hit follow up A Quiet Storm, released launched three singles the number-one R&B hit 'Baby Thats Backatcha', 'The Agony & The Ecstasy' and 'Quiet Storm'. A musical and social history of the effortlessly smooth, radio-bred style typified by the likes of Smokey Robinson, Luther Vandross, Anita Baker, and Sade. Wiki states over 4000 songs that he wrote or co-wrote/produced. The Top of lyrics of this CD are the songs Quiet Storm - Being With You - Aint That Peculiar - The Tracks of My Tears - You Really Got a Hold On Me. I have been looking around the net to find a list of all songs credited to Smokey. Kind of over the top but I think I know what he is saying. Smokey Robinson creates that paradise every time he opens his mouth to sing.' But in this man's art, sex isn't a fast roll in the hay, it's sweet manna shared during a leisurely stroll into paradise. Don't think, however, that Robinson's songs aren't filled with sex. In Robinson's musical world, sexual happiness isn't the product of spiritual equilibrium but its source. Smokey Robinson's faith in the redemptive power of erotic love continues unabated.

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We can look forward to many more delights from him if success were going to spoil him, it would have done so long ago.Stephen Holden summed up the reason for the immense popularity of Robinson's music in Rolling Stone: 'Smokey Robinson is that rare pop singer whose rhapsodic lyricism hasn't diminished with approaching middle age. Smokey Robinson Ebony Eyes Cruisin Pops, We Love You Make It Better (feat. A Quiet Storm playlist of soulful R&B hits from the '70s and '80s rotated through songs on our car stereo: Smokey Robinson to Teena Marie to the Gap Band. It may not represent a very promising direction, but the languid intimacy of вЂњQuiet Storm,вЂќ the intricate instrumental arrangements on вЂњBackatchaвЂќ and вЂњLove Letters,вЂќ and the prominence given to TarplinвЂ™s classy guitar throughout the album are evidence that one of black musicвЂ™s brightest lights is still a dynamic creative force. Even вЂњHappy,вЂќ a Robinson/Michel Legrand opus from Lady Sings the Blues that fairly oozes sentimentality, succeeds as believable pop because of a soulful, crying vocal and a careful, varied arrangement. People all over the world recognize Smokey Robinsons sweet voice within a bar or two. His production and singing carry the album. Rockin u in the 20 Memories of nights in the attic window chillin. Top songs Smokey Robinson 23, Smokey Robinson - Yes Its You Lady, 256 24, Smokey Robinson - You Dont Know What Its Like, 256 25, Smokey Robinson - You. In fact, RobinsonвЂ™s much touted abilities as a poetic lyricist arenвЂ™t very important here, the sexy directness of вЂњStormвЂќ and вЂњBackatchaвЂќ notwithstanding. Quiet Storm is my favorite Smokey Robinson song. вЂњWedding SongвЂќ is burdened by the sappiest words Robinson has written (вЂњOh what a beautiful day to take a vow on/Pray that the things we say will last from now onвЂќ), but a recurring guitar riff, performed with great sensitivity by Marv Tarplin, redeems it. On вЂњLove Letters,вЂќ a hesitating fuzz-tone bass pattern is repeatedly undercut by an atempo flute/synthesizer unison. The album offers irrepressibly upbeat lyrics, mellow and jazz-tinged instrumental passages, bouquets of sweetness and restrained funk flavorings. Ironically Storm and the first single excerpted from it, вЂњBaby ThatвЂ™s Backatcha,вЂќ took off immediately. There were no seven-minute songs on Pure Smokey, an album of brilliant singles which produced no hits.

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