Pure Smokey is Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...

's second post- Miracles

The Miracles

The Miracles are an American rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Record Corporation . Their single "Shop Around" was Motown's first million-selling hit record, and the group went on to become one of Motown's signature...

 album, released in 1974. This release contains the unique and emotionally compelling hit single "Virgin Man." Several songs were written by Robinson and co- written by fellow Miracle Marv Tarplin

Marv Tarplin

Marvin "Marv" Tarplin was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for The Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their biggest hits, including the 2007 Grammy Hall Of Fame inducted "The Tracks...

, who left the group a year after Smokey's departure to join him in California and assist him in his solo projects.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Smokey Robinson; except where indicated

1. "It's Her Turn to Live" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin)
2. "The Love Between Me and My Kids"
3. "Asleep on My Love" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin)
4. "I Am I Am"
5. "Just Passing Through" (Janie Bradford
   Janie Bradford
   Janie Bradford is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown. With Berry Gordy, she co-wrote "Money ", originally recorded by Barrett Strong and used by The Beatles on their second album With The Beatles...
   
   )
6. "Virgin Man"
7. "She's Only a Baby Herself"
8. "Fulfill Your Need" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin)
9. "A Tattoo"

Personnel

• Smokey Robinson - vocals
• Gene Page
  Gene Page
  Eugene Edgar "Gene" Page, Jr. was an influential conductor, composer, arranger and record producer most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s....
  
   - arranger
• Bobbye Hall
  Bobbye Hall
  Bobbye Jean Hall Porter is an American percussionist who has recorded with a variety of rock, soul, blues and jazz artists, and has appeared on 22 songs that reached the top ten in the Billboard Hot 100, six of those reaching #1.-Early career:...
  
   - percussion
• Henry Davis - bass
• Jeffrey Osborne
  Jeffrey Osborne
  Jeffrey Linton Osborne is an American funk and R&B musician, songwriter, lyricist, and former lead singer of the band, L.T.D.-Early life and career:...
  
   - drums
• Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin - guitar
• Russ Turner - keyboards
• Marvin Tarplin - guitar