Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 is the second greatest hits album for The Miracles (a.k.a. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles), released in 1968 on Motown Records' Tamla label. It contained the most popular singles from the successful Going to a Go-Go, Away We A Go-Go and Make It Happen albums of the 1965–1967 period. It also featured the 1964 non-album single "Come On Do The Jerk", and two B-sides, "Choosey Beggar" and "Save Me". The hit single "I Second That Emotion" was new to the album. This album reached the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at #7, and peaked at #2 on Billboard's R&B album chart.[1] Ten of the albums' 12 songs were written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin, Bobby Rogers, and Ronnie White.
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| Released | January 26, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1965–1967 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 32:30 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Producer | Smokey Robinson Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Frank Wilson | |||
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| Singles from Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | ||||
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Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 was voted the 166th best album of all time in Paul Gambaccini's 1978 poll of 50 prominent American and English rock critics.[2] The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[3]
Track listing edit
Side one edit
- "Going to a Go-Go" (Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, Marv Tarplin) 2:45
- "The Tracks of My Tears" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin) 2:54
- "I Second That Emotion" (Robinson, Al Cleveland) 2:44
- "Ooo Baby Baby" (Robinson, Moore) 2:45
- "My Girl Has Gone" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin, Ronald White) 2:50
- "Come On Do The Jerk" (Robinson, Moore, White, Rogers) 2:45
Side two edit
- "Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You)" (Frank Wilson) 2:41
- "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (Robinson, Tarplin) 2:58
- "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) 2:30
- "More Love" (Robinson) 2:44
- "Choosey Beggar" (Robinson, Moore) 2:32
- "Save Me" (Robinson, Rogers, Moore) 2:22
Personnel edit
The Miracles edit
- Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
- Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Warren "Pete" Moore, Claudette Robinson – background vocals
- Marv Tarplin – guitarist
Other Instruments edit
- The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
Producers edit
- Smokey Robinson, producer, Album executive producer
- Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, producer
- Frank Wilson, producer
References edit
- ^ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: The 35th Anniversary Collection-Miracles Billboard Album chart stats, Pg 63
- ^ Gambaccini, Paul (1978). Rock Critic's Choice: The Top 200 Albums. Omnibus. pp. 83–4. ISBN 0860014940.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.