A Quiet Storm
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A Quiet Storm is a 1975 third album by Motown legend Smokey Robinson.
Reception
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This is one of the most highly acclaimed soul albums of the 1970s.[2][3][4][5][6][7] A longtime innovator at Motown, Robinson responded to the Funk revolution in black music (Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green) with an effective counterpoint: the stylish and mature album A Quiet Storm. This landmark album spawned and lent its name to the "Quiet Storm" musical programming format, a format still adopted by radio stations across America 40 years later. It spawned 3 hit singles including his first disco hit "Baby That's Backatcha" that went to number 7 on the Billboard Disco chart (Top 10 R&B), and this album re-established Robinson's reputation as a master songwriter and producer and solidified his solo success after leaving his legendary group, The Miracles.
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Smokey Robinson; except where indicated.
- "Quiet Storm" 7:47 (Robinson, Rose Ella Jones {Robinson's real-life sister})[8]
- "The Agony and the Ecstasy" 4:43
- "Baby That's Backatcha" 3:36
- "Wedding Song" 3:20
- "Happy" – Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues (Robinson, Michel Legrand) 7:05
- "Love Letters" 4:04
- "Coincidentally" 4:22
- The "Wedding Song" was originally composed for the wedding of Jermaine and Hazel Joy Jackson December 15, 1973.
Personnel
- Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
- Melba Bradford – background vocals
- Joseph A. Brown – drums, percussion
- Carmen Bryant – background vocals
- Gary Coleman – percussion
- Shawn Furlong – sound effects, sopranino
- Michael Jacobsen – electric cello
- Gene Pello – drums
- James Alibe Sledge – bongos, conga, background vocals
- Fred Smith – horns, woodwind
- Russ Turner – musical arrangements, keyboards, background vocals
- Marv Tarplin – guitar
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions[9] | |
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| US | US R&B | ||
| 1975 | A Quiet Storm | 36 | 7 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions[10] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
US Dance | ||
| 1975 | "Baby That's Backatcha" | 26 | 1 | 7 |
| "The Agony and the Ecstasy" | 36 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | "Quiet Storm" | 61 | 25 | — |
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r16689/review
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-quiet-storm-mw0000200082
- ^ http://megadiversities.com/biographies/176-smokey-robinson-a-portrait.html
- ^ http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Smokey%20Robinson.html
- ^ dereksmusicblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/smokey-robinson-quiet-storm/
- ^ http://www.funkmysoul.gr/?p=9713
- ^ http://fab.com/product/a-quiet-storm-314602
- ^ http://www.eurweb.com/2010/04/smokey-robinson-mourns-death-of-sister/
- ^ "Smokey Robinson US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
- ^ "Smokey Robinson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-30.