The Power of Music (The Miracles album)
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| Released | September 1976 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 40:04 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Producer | Warren "Pete" Moore, Billy Griffin, Donald Griffin, John Barnes, Kevin Beamish, Wade Marcus | |||
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The Power of Music is a 1976 studio album by American soul vocal group The Miracles. This was their final studio album with Motown after being with the label since the beginning when Smokey Robinson was the lead singer.
Reception
[edit]Editors at AllMusic Guide rated this album two out of five stars, with critic Ed Hogan writing that Warren "Pete" Moore's production was "somewhat muddled", but pointed out several stand-out tracks.[1] In the 1983 edition of The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, this album was scored two out of five stars.[2] In 2011's The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, this album received two out of five stars.[3]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by William Griffin and Warren "Pete" Moore
- "The Power of Music" – 5:39
- "Love to Make Love" – 4:59
- "Can I Pretend" – 5:29
- "Let the Children Play (Overture)" – 3:55
- "Gossip" – 6:20
- "Let the Children Play" – 4:13
- "The Street of Love" – 3:00
- "You Need a Miracle" – 6:16
Personnel
[edit]The Miracles
- Billy Griffin – vocals, guitar, co-production
- Donald Griffin – vocals, guitar, co-production
- Warren "Pete" Moore – vocals, production
- Bobby Rogers – vocals
- Ronnie White – vocals
Additional personnel
- Jack Ashford – percussion
- John Barnes – keyboards, synthesizer, rhythm section arrangement, co-producer, horn arrangement, string arrangements
- Kevin Beamish – recording engineering, mixing, co-production
- Eddie "Bongo" Brown – bongos, congas
- Ollie E. Brown – drums, timbales
- Scott Edwards – bass guitar
- Willie Weeks – bass guitar
- James Gadson – drums, timbales
- Jimmy Johnson – gong
- Wade Marcus – horn arrangement, string arrangement, co-production
- Frank Mulvey – art direction
- Jeff Sanders – mastering
- Lenni Groves – vocals
- Julia Tillman – vocals
- Maxine Willard – vocals
Chart performance
[edit]The Power of Music reached 35 on the Top R&B Albums and peaked at 178 on the Billboard 200.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Hogan, Ed. "The Miracles – The Power of Music". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ Dave Marsh; John Swenson, eds. (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 337. ISBN 9780394721071.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ "The Miracles – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
External links
[edit]- The Power of Music at Discogs (list of releases)
- The Power of Music at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
