Deep in My Soul
| Deep in My Soul | ||||
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Producer | Lawrence Brown, Michael B. Sutton, Elliot Willensky, Hal Davis, Jeffrey Bowen, Bobby Belle | |||
| Smokey Robinson chronology | ||||
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Deep in My Soul is Smokey Robinson's fifth solo album.[1] It was released in 1977.
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [1] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul | [4] |
The Los Angeles Times wrote that "Robinson's singing is excellent, but he needs his own first-rate tunes to restore the Miracles sheen."[5] Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote:
"Smokey has a right to the romanticism that has saturated his solo career—ick with kick has always been his specialty—but I get more from the Big Time soundtrack than from Smokey's Family Robinson. And then there's this, in which various Motown hacks attempt to approximate the bright, direct style of a less mature Smokey and come up with four songs (two of which begin each four-cut side) that actually do so. Whereupon Smokey, pro that he is, sings them as if he wrote them himself."[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Vitamin U" (Lawrence Brown, Terri McFaddin) – 4:30
- "There Will Come a Day (I'm Gonna Happen to You)" (Michael B. Sutton, Brenda Sutton, Kathy Wakefield) – 3:54
- "It's Been a Long Time (Since I Been in Love)" (Elliot Willensky) – 3:43
- "Let's Do The Dance of Life Together" (Elliot Willensky) – 3:46
- "If You Want My Love" (Donald Charles Baldwin, Jeffrey Bowen) – 3:45
- "You Cannot Laugh Alone" (Donald Charles Baldwin, Jeffrey Bowen) – 4:43
- "In My Corner" (Victor Orsborn, Eric Robinson) – 4:43
- "The Humming Song (Lost for Words)" (Bobby Belle, Art Posey, Josef Powell) – 3:29
Personnel
[edit]- Smokey Robinson – vocals
- Technical
- Berry Gordy - executive producer
- Antonín Kratochvíl - photography
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 595.
- ^ "Deep in My Soul Review by Andrew Hamilton". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 285.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (Mar 27, 1977). "Pop Music". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 74.
External links
[edit]- Deep in My Soul at Discogs (list of releases)