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Essar (album)

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Reception
Track listing
Side A Side B
Personnel
Essar to Emgee
References
External links

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| genre = R&B, soul
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| next_title = Smoke Signals
| next_year = 1986
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Essar is a 1984 album by American singer Smokey Robinson. For the most part it was produced and arranged by Robinson with Reginald "Sonny" Burke. The album was released on the Motown sub-label Tamla.

Reception

The album only peaked at #141 on Billboard pop charts, and at #35 on R&B charts. "And I Don't Love You" peaked at #106 Billboard and #33 R&B charts, and "I Can't Find" at #109 Billboard and #41 R&B charts.

Although the 12" B-Side of "And I Don't Love You" Larry Levan's Instrumental (Dub) became a House Music Disco classic in the late 2000s.^[1]

William Ruhlmann gave 2 out of 5 stars on AllMusic, addressing it as "the low point" in Robinson's career and holding Sonny Burke's dominating synthesiser play responsible.^[2] Where Robert Christgau rated it as B+, acknowledging that there are "fillers", but concluding with "one thing you can say about Smokey's filler that you can't say about anybody else's--Smokey's singing it".^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by William "Smokey" Robinson; except where indicated

Side A

"And I Don't Love You" – 5:20
"Train of Thought" – 4:55
"I Can't Find" – 6:15
"Why Are You Running From My Love" (Scott V. Smith, Stephen Tavani) – 4:20

Side B

"Gone Forever (Theme from the motion picture Cry of the City" (Mark Kevin Davis) – 3:10
"Close Encounters of the First Kind" – 4:35
"Little Girl Little Girl" – 5:12
"Girl I'm Standing There" – 4:25
"Driving Thru Life in the Fast Lane" (Milton Brown, Snuff Garrett, Steve Dorff) – 3:32

Personnel

Vocals – William "Smokey" Robinson
Backing Vocals – Ivory Davis, Patricia Henley Talbert, Smokey Robinson
Guitars – Charles Fearing, Wah Wah Watson, David T. Walker
Bass – "Ready" Freddie Washington
Drums, Keyboards – Reginald "Sonny" Burke
Producers – William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. and Reginald "Sonny" Burke
Arranged by Reginald "Sonny" Burke
Assistant Mixing Engineers – William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. and Reginald "Sonny" Burke
Recording Engineer – Mitchel Delevie
Mixing & Editing Engineer – Barney Perkins at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California
Editing Assistant – Phillip Walters
Second Engineers – Fred Law, Jeff DeMorris
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California
Contractor – George Annis
Copyist – Andres Victorin, Music Suite
Cover Concept – William "Smokey" Robinson
Photography By – Aaron Rapoport
Art Direction – Johnny Lee

Additional credits:

"And I Don't Love You"

Yamaha DX7 Programming – Clark Spangler
Assistant Editor – Bob Robitaille

"I Can't Find"

Cello – Michael "Jake" Jacobsen
Concertmaster – Harry Bluestone

"Why Are You Running From My Love" – Recorded at Mama Jo's, North Hollywood, with:

Backing Vocals – Howard McCrary, Howard Smith, Ivory Davis
Guitar – James Harrah
Keyboards – Michael Ruff
Synthesizer Programming – Rhett Lawrence
LinnDrum Programming – Davis Lynn Coulter, Scott V. Smith
Engineers – Chris Banninger, Frank Wolf, Win Kutz
Second Engineers – Steve Ford, Todd Van Etten
Producers - Scott V. Smith, Stephen Tavani

"Gone Forever" – Recorded at Golden Sound Studios, Inc., Hollywood with:

Backing Vocals – Allan Rich, Carmen Grillio, Mindy Sterling
Bass – Lequeint "Duke" Jobe
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Mark Davis
Oboe – William Green
Vocal Engineer – Mitchel Delevie
Rhythm Engineer – Karen Siegel
Assistant Engineer– Michael Dotson
Producer – Mark Davis and William "Smokey" Robinson

"Girl I'm Standing There"

Cello – Michael "Jake" Jacobsen
Concertmaster – Harry Bluestone
Rhythm Engineer – Mitchel Delevie, Paul Ring

"Driving Thru Life In The Fast Lane"

Backing Vocals – Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Smokey Robinson
Bass – Joe Chemay
Drums – John E. Robinson
Guitars – Dann Huff, Paul M. Jackson Jr.
Keyboards – John Hobbs
Percussion – Paulinho da Costa
Trombones – Dick Hyde, Richard Noel
Trumpets – Gary Grant, Warren Luening, Jerry Hey
Horns Arrangements – Larry Herbstritt
Rhythm Arrangements – Steve Dorff
Session Coordinator – Dave Pell
Engineer – Ed Barton, Gary Singleman, Marv Clamme
Producer – Randy Dunlap, Steve Dorff

Essar to Emgee

The cover backside contains a handwritten message: "A note to Emgee: We're really gonna miss you, Essar" – obviously from Smokey Robinson (S.R.) to his colleague Marvin Gaye (M.G.) who was murdered on April 1, 1984.^[4]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-Horse-Meat-Disco/master/176581|title=also included on "Horse Meat Disco" compilation, 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/essar-mw0000874711|title=William Ruhlmann, AllMusic on Essar}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Smokey+Robinson|title=Robert Christgau on Essar}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Smokey-Robinson-Essar/release/1641963#images/15222950|title=Cover backside scan}} on Discogs

External links

Essar on Discogs

3 : Smokey Robinson albums|1984 albums|Motown albums

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