| 词条 | Where There's Smoke... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Where There's Smoke... | type = Studio album | artist = Smokey Robinson | cover = Smokey Robinson - Where There's Smoke.jpg | alt = | released = May 22, 1979 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Soul, disco | length = 35:06 | label = Tamla | producer = Smokey Robinson, Jerry Butler, Stevie Wonder, Homer Alexander Talbert III | prev_title = Smokin' | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Warm Thoughts | next_year = 1980 }} Where There's Smoke... is a 1979 album by Smokey Robinson, released on Motown Records' Tamla label. It contains his Billboard Top ten pop hit single "Cruisin'". Critical reception{{album ratings|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide |rev2Score = A–[1] }} Reviewing for The Village Voice in 1980, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album an "A–" and called it Robinson's best solo album. He said that, despite potential "cavils" from novice Motown purists about the disco version of "Get Ready", the songs on side one especially update Robinson's "concise, smoldering romanticism with a flair that seemed lost to him years ago".[2] Stereo Review magazine's Phil Garland commended him for remaining an unadorned composer and producer, and cleverly underplaying several tracks' "disco flavor". He found the songs pleasurable and consistent, and remarked that, although it may not be a milestone in Robinson's career, Where There's Smoke is "solid, ingratiating music that should wear well."[3] Dave Marsh did view it as a turning point and "genuine creative breakthrough" for Robinson, who finally modernizes his style of soul music without "being compromised." Marsh also felt that he has matured as a vocalist, because of how he immerses his voice around rhythms and tries phrasings that were less evident in his early music.[4] Red Starr, writing in Smash Hits, gave the album a mixed review and described it as "pleasant if tame and unremarkable stuff".[5] In a retrospective review, Allmusic's William Ruhlmann gave it three out of five stars and said that it may be inconsistent and slightly too "disco-ish in places," even though it restored Robinson's commercial viability.[6] The Mojo Collection (2007) was more enthusiastic and wrote that Robinson had "hit a new vein of excellence" with Where There's Smoke..., "the most vibrant album he'd yet made, climaxing with the gorgeous hit, 'Cruisin'{{'}}."[7] Track listingAll tracks composed by Smokey Robinson, except where noted.
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References1. ^{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|accessdate=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}} 2. ^{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=February 25, 1980|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv2-80.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|accessdate=August 7, 2013}} 3. ^{{cite journal|journal=Stereo Review|page=516|volume=43|title=Smokey Robinson: Where There's Smoke...|date=July 1979|last=Garland|first=Phil}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Marsh|first=Dave|authorlink=Dave Marsh|year=1985|page=284|title=Fortunate Son: Criticism and Journalism by America's Best-Known Rock Writer|publisher=Random House|isbn=0394721195}} 5. ^{{cite journal|last=Starr|first=Red|title=Albums|journal=Smash Hits|issue=Sept 6–19 1979|page=25}} 6. ^{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/where-theres-smoke-mw0000198670|title=Where There's Smoke... – Smokey Robinson|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=August 7, 2013}} 7. ^{{cite book|last1=Agarwal|first1=Manish|last2=Alexander|first2=Phil|last3=Aston|first3=Martin|last4=Barnes|first4=Mike|last5=Batey|first5=Agnus|last6=Black|first6=Johnny|last7=Bradley|first7=Lloyd|title=The Mojo Collection|edition=4th|publisher=Canongate Books|year=2007|isbn=184767643X|display-authors=1|page=443}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5289/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Smokey Robinson US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-30}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5289/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Smokey Robinson US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-30}} External links
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