Pure Smokey is Smokey Robinson's second post-Miracles album, released in 1974. It features the single "Virgin Man." Several songs were written by Robinson with fellow Miracle Marv Tarplin, who left the group a year after Robinson's departure to join him in California and assist him in his solo projects.

Pure Smokey
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 15, 1974
RecordedSeptember–December 1973
GenreSoul, funk
Length39:29
LabelTamla
ProducerSmokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson chronology
Smokey
(1973)
Pure Smokey
(1974)
A Quiet Storm
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
CreemC+[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are produced by Smokey Robinson; except "A Tattoo".

All tracks arranged by Russ Turner, Gene Page and Smokey Robinson; except where indicated.

  1. "It's Her Turn to Live" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin) - 3:15
  2. "The Love Between Me and My Kids" (Robinson) - 2:52
  3. "Asleep on My Love" (Robinson, Tarplin) - 3:58
  4. "I Am I Am" (Robinson) - 3:53
  5. "Just Passing Through" (Tarplin, Janie Bradford, Al Cleveland) - 3:17
  6. "Virgin Man" (Robinson, Rose Ella Jones) - 5:07
  7. "She's Only a Baby Herself" (Robinson) - 2:47
  8. "Fulfill Your Need" (Robinson, Tarplin, Pamela Moffett) - 2:50
  9. "A Tattoo" (Robinson) - 4:30

"I Am, I Am" arranged by Smokey Robinson and Gene Page

"A Tattoo" produced and arranged by Smokey Robinson and Willie Hutch

Personnel

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Technical
  • Bruce Ellison, Jim Hilton, Larry Miles, Russ Terrana, Tom Knox - recording engineers
  • Russ Terrana - mixing engineer
  • Robert Gleason - design
  • Jim Britt - photography

References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (July 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved February 10, 2017.