Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - What Love Has ....
A stunning concept album by Smokey Robinson the Miracles that should have fared better. Notables wrote the six songs, all love ballads: Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy, Frank Wilson, Bacharach David, Lennon McCartney, and Smokey himself. Every selection is a wedding song, and Smokey caresses the lyrics like they were newborns. The heavenly harmonies of the Miracles -- Ronald White, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore, and Claudette Robinson -- touch the soul. When they sing Brenda Holloway's 'You Made Me So Very Happy,' you don't just hear the words; for five minutes and four seconds you experience what lovers feel. The harmonies on 'What Love Has...' are overwhelming, almost overkill. Smokey drenches more soul onto Marvin Gaye's 'If This World Was Mine' then the master himself. The lush arrangements by Smokey and Jerry Long will make you dizzy. Motown didn't release any singles from What Love Has.
01 What Love Has Joined Together
02 My Cherie Amour
03 If This World Were Mine
04 You've Made Me So Very Happy
05 This Guy's In Love With You
06 And I Love Her
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