Smokey's Family Robinson
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| Released | February 10, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Label | Tamla T6-341S1 | |||
| Producer | Smokey Robinson | |||
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Smokey's Family Robinson is Smokey Robinson's fourth solo album, released in 1976. The title is a pun on Swiss Family Robinson.
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Smokey Robinson; except where indicated.
- "When You Came" - 5:24
- "Get Out of Town" (Smokey Robinson, Rose Ella Jones) - 4:43
- "Do Like I Do" (Smokey Robinson, Rose Ella Jones) - 4:40
- "Open" (Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin, Pamela Moffett) - 3:50
- "So in Love" - 4:40
- "Like Nobody Can" - 4:10
- "Castles Made of Sand" - 4:49
Personnel
- Smokey Robinson – lead vocals, rhythm arrangements
- Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards, rhythm arrangements
- Marvin Tarplin – guitar
- Scott Edwards – bass guitar
- Wayne Tweed – bass guitar
- Joseph A. Brown, Jr. – drums
- James "Alibe" Sledge – percussion
- Michael Jacobsen – electric cello, saxophone
- Fred Smith – horns, horn arrangements
- Ivory Stone Davis – backing vocals
- Carolyn Dennis – backing vocals
- Patricia Henley – backing vocals
- Melba Joyce – backing vocals
Production
- Producer – Smokey Robinson
- Engineers – Guy Costa and Smokey Robinson
- Art Direction – Frank Mulvey
- Photography – Sam Emerson
- Graphics – Gribbit!
- Personal Assistant – Barbara Ramsey
- Management – Don Foster
- Road Manager – Randy Dunlap