A Quiet Storm

This article is about the Smokey Robinson album. For other uses, see Quiet storm (disambiguation).
A Quiet Storm
Studio album by Smokey Robinson
Released March 26, 1975
Recorded 1974
Genre Soul, quiet storm
Length 36:01
Label Tamla
T6-337S1
Producer Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson chronology
Pure Smokey
(1974)		 A Quiet Storm
(1975)		 Smokey's Family Robinson
(1976)

A Quiet Storm is a 1975 third album by Motown legend Smokey Robinson.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

This is one of the most highly acclaimed soul albums of the 1970s.[2][3][4][5][6][7] A longtime innovator at Motown, Robinson responded to the Funk revolution in black music (Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green) with an effective counterpoint: the stylish and mature album A Quiet Storm. This landmark album spawned and lent its name to the "Quiet Storm" musical programming format, a format still adopted by radio stations across America 40 years later. It spawned 3 hit singles including his first disco hit "Baby That's Backatcha" that went to number 7 on the Billboard Disco chart (Top 10 R&B), and this album re-established Robinson's reputation as a master songwriter and producer and solidified his solo success after leaving his legendary group, The Miracles.

Track listing

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

  1. "Quiet Storm" 7:47 (Robinson, Rose Ella Jones {Robinson's real-life sister})[8]
  2. "The Agony and the Ecstasy" 4:43
  3. "Baby That's Backatcha" 3:36
  4. "Wedding Song" 3:20
  5. "Happy" – Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues (Robinson, Michel Legrand) 7:05
  6. "Love Letters" 4:04
  7. "Coincidentally" 4:22

Personnel

Charts

Year Album Chart positions[9]
US US
R&B
1975 A Quiet Storm 36 7

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[10]
US US
R&B		 US
Dance
1975 "Baby That's Backatcha" 26 1 7
"The Agony and the Ecstasy" 36 7 —
1976 "Quiet Storm" 61 25 —

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