Английская Википедия:Double Good Everything
Шаблон:Infobox album Double Good Everything is an album by the American R&B musician Smokey Robinson, released in 1991.[1][2] It was his first album to be released by a label other than Motown.[3]
The album peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.[4] Its first single was "Double Good Everything", which failed to make the R&B Top 20.[5][4]
Production
Nine of Double Good Everything's 10 tracks were written or cowritten by Robinson, who also produced the album.[6][7] "When a Woman Cries" was written by Joshua Kadison.[8] Robinson worked with his longtime friend, guitar player Marv Tarplin.[9]
Critical reception
Шаблон:Album ratings Entertainment Weekly called the album "no watershed, just sweet, warm Smokey doing his bit for romantic drive-time inspiration, more courtly than salacious, and slightly teenage in his depictions of love."[10] Stereo Review concluded that "the unifying thread is Robinson's singular voice—almost delicate but unmistakably masculine in its high register, marked by an eternal edge of youthful anticipation."[11] The Kitchener-Waterloo Record opined that "except for 'Skid Row' and 'When a Woman Cries', Robinson sounds almost uninterested."[12] The Buffalo News wrote that "though the peaks of his voice may be gone, the gentle emotive stirring is still there."[13]
The Indianapolis Star thought that Robinson's "excellent vocals are underscored by superb instrumentals, particularly on the intimate 'I Love Your Face' and the sashaying 'Rewind' and 'Be Who You Are'."[6] The New Pittsburgh Courier deemed the album "10 new pop/soul gems that are remarkable for retaining the 'Smokey' touch while feeling perfectly contemporary."[14] The Philadelphia Daily News labeled it Robinson's "strongest in years."[15] The Commercial Appeal considered that "Robinson's falsetto is as sweet as ever, as he mixes in a bit of reggae in 'Why', joyously assays the uptempo pop-soul of the title track or croons 'Be Who You Are', a love song that hearkens back to his classic Motown days."[16]
AllMusic wrote: "Though pleasant and inoffensive, this will disappoint even diehard Smokey Robinson fans and won't win him many new ones."[17]
Track listing
Personnel
- Smokey Robinson – vocals
- Christopher Ho – keyboards
- Reginald "Sonny" Burke – acoustic piano, percussion
- Larry Ball – synthesizers, computers, sequencing, bass guitar
- Bob "Boogie" Bowles – acoustic guitars, electric guitars
- Marvin Tarplin – electric guitars
- Torrell Ruffin – guitars (3)
- Robert Palmer – guitar solo (4)
- Tony Lewis – drums, percussion
- David Li – saxophones, electronic wind instrument
- Chris Mostert – baritone saxophone (6), tenor saxophone (9)
- Michael Fell – harmonica (7)
- Ivory Stone – backing vocals
- Patricia Henley – backing vocals
- Robert Henley – backing vocals
- Ronald Henley – backing vocals
Strings (Tracks 5 & 8)
- Reginald "Sonny" Burke – arrangements and conductor
- Ron Clark – concertmaster
- Suzie Katayama, David Low and Nancy K. Masaki-Hathaway – cello
- Elizabeth Erman – harp (5)
- Rollice Dale and Robin Ross – viola
- Nicole Bush, Mark Cargill, Pam Gates, Ed Green, Davida Johnson, Gina Kronstadt, Maria Newman, Donald Palmer, Barbra Porter and Marcella Schants – violin
Production
- Smokey Robinson – producer, basic arrangements, cover design
- Dan Bates – associate producer, recording, mixing
- Allan Kaufman – associate producer, recording, mixing
- Guy DeFazio – recording assistant
- Chris Fogel – recording assistant, mix assistant
- Jesse Kanner – recording assistant
- Ed Korengo – recording assistant
- Chad Munsey – recording assistant
- Tom Perez – recording assistant
- Mark Hagen – mix assistant
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Lynn Robb – photography processing
- Bonnie Schiffman – photography
References
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