20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Smokey Robinson

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No less an authority than Bob Dylan called Smokey Robinson "America's greatest living poet." Robinson wrote or cowrote numerous Motown classics for other artists, and songs with complex, emotional lyrics such as "The Tears of a Clown," "The Tracks of My Tears," and "I Second That Emotion," that became major hits for his own group, the Miracles. A cursory knowledge of Robinson's work is essential for any fan of pop music, and that's about what you'll get from this set. It doesn't get too deep into the Miracles' incredible run of 29 Top 40 hits recorded between 1960 and 1975, but it does include the bare essentials, plus two from the early days of Robinson's solo career, and one--"Love Machine"--that the Miracles took to the top of the charts without him. --Daniel Durchholz

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20th Century Masters - Millennium Collection: Best of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Eco-Friendly Packaging) Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000NA200K Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

1. Tears of a Clown
2. Shop Around
3. Tracks of My Tears
4. I Second That Emotion
5. Mickey's Monkey
6. You've Really Got a Hold on Me
7. More Love
8. Ooo Baby Baby
9. Cruisin'
10. Just to See Her
11. Love Machine [Long Version] - Billy Griffin, The Miracles

Album Description

The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®.

Average customer rating: It's Got all the songs I wanted OOOOOOOOOOO, No Baby Baby Like all the 20th Century Masters cds, it's very short An ample sample. Original recordings in brilliant sound. Buyer beware!!

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Tracks:

1. Cruisin'
2. Baby Come Close
3. Baby That's Backatcha
4. Quiet Storm (Long Version)
5. Let Me Be The Clock
6. There Will Come A Day (I'm Gonna Happen To You)
7. Being With You/Aqui Con Tigo (English/Spanish Version)
8. Tell Me Tomorrow (Part 1)
9. I've Made Love To You A Thousand Times
10. One Heartbeat
11. Ooo Baby Baby (Live)

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No less an authority than Bob Dylan called Smokey Robinson "America's greatest living poet." Robinson wrote or cowrote numerous Motown classics for other artists, and songs with complex, emotional lyrics such as "The Tears of a Clown," "The Tracks of My Tears," and "I Second That Emotion," that became major hits for his own group, the Miracles. A cursory knowledge of Robinson's work is essential for any fan of pop music, and that's about what you'll get from this set. It doesn't get too deep into the Miracles' incredible run of 29 Top 40 hits recorded between 1960 and 1975, but it does include the bare essentials, plus two from the early days of Robinson's solo career, and one--"Love Machine"--that the Miracles took to the top of the charts without him. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

It's Got all the songs I wanted.......2007-07-13

Tracks of my Tears, You've Really Got a Hold On Me, Ooh Baby Baby, I Second That Emotion. All easily worth the $6 total I paid with shipping for this CD. Who hasn't heard Smokey Robinson? No need to review the songs, we all know they are all time classics. The 20th century masters sets don't always have the best songs of an artist or group, but this one did.

OOOOOOOOOOO, No Baby Baby.......2007-05-21

With the past several years, more of the R&B industry, has really seemed to miss out a whole lot when it absolutely comes to great music. Although it has been more Hip Hop and Rap, I really haven't heard a whole lot when it traditionally comes to contemporary R&B. There are so many classic acts, especially from the Motown era that are not really getting any attention other than minor releases these days, which is very unfortunate. Acts like Diana Ross ans The Commodores don't seem to have that attention anymore, and that also is happening with Smokey Robinson as well. He has spent five decades as a seductive crooner on his own, and with The Miracles, but there hasn't been a definitive hits record that has shown that right now. Even a budget one like this seems to be a hit, but most likely could be a miss.

The 2000 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Smokey Robinson, is a budget-priced single disc retrospective on his own solo hits, and not with his era with the Miracles from the 1960's. The songs here have all been collected well, but could've been remastered a bit better. The collection isn't really isn't a definitive reflection of his career, but works better for those who haven't heard his music yet. The collection includes classic tracks like Being With You, One Heartbeat, and Let Me Be The Clock. The album does try to bring the classic soul style back out, but misses out like most of the hits records from the 20th Century Masters series. This one overlooks his era with The Miracles, which was highlighted on another album, as well as classic tracks from Smokey including Ebony Eyes with the late Rick James from Superfreak fame, as well as his adult contemporary hits Just To See Her and Everything You Touch.

All in all, I really was expecting a whole lot better from this hits album from Smokey Robinson. It isn't really a bad record for those who haven't heard any great songs from the Motown era, but there are better single disc hits collections including the 1997 Ultimate Collection from Smokey Robinson, which is out of print, but available used, or the 2005 My World: The Definitive Collection which is currently a better bet at around this price. This one though misses the mark a bit from making love too, even more than a thousand times.

Album Cover: B

Songs: C 1/2-

Price: C

Remastering: C 1/2+

Overall: C

Like all the 20th Century Masters cds, it's very short.......2005-07-22

The 20th Century Masters Collection is clearly a budget collection. So generally it never exceeds 12 tracks. And of course you can't sum up Smokey Robinson's carreer in 11 tracks. Still, the music deserves much more than 5 stars. Smokey Robinson has invented Quiet Storm, even before the late Luther Vandross. All the tracks are pure gems.
The good thing with this kind of cds is that it never seems too lenghty, it's always perfect, and makes you want to put the cd in shuffle. But well, the Ultimate Collection contains 17 songs and even if you find it too lenghty, it's always better to have 17 songs than 11, because it's you who select the songs so if you want to listen to 11 songs from this cd, it's also possible.
I know what I say seems ridiculous but I admit I regret a lot to have bought this collection instead of the Ultimate one.
This is the only cd I own from Smokey so far and it leaves me wanting more.
I wouldn't recommend it, except if you're looking for a budget cd

TOP 5
1. Quiet Storm
2. Baby Come Close
3. Being With You (I prefer the English version though)
4. Tell Me Tomorrow
5. Baby That's Backatcha

An ample sample. Original recordings in brilliant sound. .......2005-03-02

This was the only Smokey Robinson & The Miracles I could find in my hometown and I was very pleased with it. It features 11 of Smokey & The Miracles's biggest hits in superlative sound. Smokey Robinson was one of the greatest songwriters in pop history and a major influence to Bob Dylan who referred to him in 1965 as "America's best poet". Whoever said the sound on this CD was bad must be listening it through a tin can because this was one of the best sounding Motown releases I've ever bought. Also these are the original recordings and some of his best, "Tracks Of My Tears" "Oooh Baby Baby" "Mickey's Monkey" "Tears Of A Clown" "I Second The Emotion" "Shop Around" "You Really Got A Hold On Me" "More Love"plus an extended studio verson of "Love Machine" from 1985 along with a couple of solo Smokey hits from the early 80's, "Cruisin" "Just To See Her". I admit that 11 classic Smokey songs may seem a bit skimpy, but if you don't have any CD's by him and you're on a budget, this is an excellent purchase. These would probably be your favorite 11 Smokey cuts even if you had 100 Smokey cuts in a deluxe boxed set. A good deal.

Buyer beware!!.......2004-12-22

I just bought this CD and am totally disgusted with it. Looks like a great line-up of songs, right? Songs that you may have to purchase two or three albums to have, right? That's what I thought too. The fact of the matter is that the titles contained on this disc are NOT the original version of the Smokey songs we all know and love. This kind of duping of the listening and buying public ought to be stopped. Curses to Motown for their attempts at passing off outakes as the originals. It may be awhile, if ever, that I purchase anything on the Motown label. Do yourself and your pocketbook a favor and stay away from this turkey and for that matter, any of Motown's Millenium Masters series. They are a sham!

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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Smokey Robinson (Eco-Friendly Packaging) Smokey Robinson Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000NJWT8Y Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

1. Cruisin'
2. Baby Come Close
3. Quiet That's Backatcha
4. Quiet Storm (Long Version)
5. Let Me Be The Clock
6. There Will Come A Day (I'm Gonna Happen To You)
7. Being With You (English Spanish Version)
8. Tell Me Tomorrow - Pt. 1
9. I've Made Love To You A Thousand Times
10. One Heartbeat
11. Ooo Baby Baby (Live)

Album Description

The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®.

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