The Fabulous Miracles

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The Fabulous Miracles
Studio album by
The Miracles
ReleasedFebruary 28, 1963
RecordedHitsville USA, Detroit
GenreSoul
LabelTamla
ProducerSmokey Robinson
Berry Gordy, Jr.
The Miracles chronology
I'll Try Something New
(1962) 		The Fabulous Miracles
(1963) 		The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage
(1963)
Singles from The Fabulous Miracles
  1. "Happy Landing" / "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"
    Released: November 9, 1962
  2. "A Love She Can Count On"
    Released: March 11, 1963
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

The Fabulous Miracles is a 1963 album by The Miracles featuring the million-selling Grammy Hall of Fame hit, "You've Really Got a Hold on Me", one of the group's most popular singles. It also features the chart hits "A Love She Can Count On" and "I've Been Good To You", which The Beatles' John Lennon has identified as his favorite Miracles song.[2] Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson was the principal writer on all tracks, while Miracles members Ronnie White and Bobby Rogers co-wrote with him on several of the album's songs. Although two of the album’s songs, "Won’t You Take Me Back" and "Your Love", were taken from their debut album Hi... We're the Miracles, all eight new songs were released as either singles or B-sides.

The album also features "I Can Take a Hint", which charted on the Billboard pop & R&B listings after being issued as the B-side of "A Love She Can Count On".

"Happy Landing", the flip side of "You Really Got a Hold On Me", while never charting nationally, did become a hit on several regional charts, and was performed by the group on their first live album, The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage. It was also the original A-side of “You've Really Got A Hold On Me”, but fell into obscurity as the nation's disc jockeys discovered and played the record's more successful flip side.[3] The Fabulous Miracles is only one of three Miracles albums to feature Miracles guitarist and original group member Marv Tarplin on its cover. The Miracles' bass singer Pete Moore is not featured on the album or the cover, as he was serving in the U.S. Armed Services and was stationed in Germany at the time this album was recorded (Moore is shown in a separate photograph on the back cover).[4] While Tarplin remained a member of the Miracles through 1973, he was not featured on any more of the group's classic album covers, except for 1961's Cookin' with The Miracles, 1962's I'll Try Something New, and this album. Tarplin does, however, appear on the cover of the group's 2009 Motown CD release, "The Miracles – Depend On Me: The Early Albums."

Release[edit]

The Fabulous Miracles and, in particular, the album version of "A Love She Can Count On," was released on CD as part of the 2009 Motown limited edition CD release "The Miracles – Depend On Me: The Early Albums."[5][6]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Smokey Robinson, except where noted.

Side one:

  1. "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" – 2:58
  2. "I've Been Good to You" – 2:42
  3. "Such Is Love, Such Is Life" – 2:42
  4. "I Can Take a Hint" (Robinson, Janie Bradford, Stanley Ossman, Bobby Rogers) – 2:45
  5. "Won't You Take Me Back" – 2:39 (previously appeared on Hi... We're The Miracles)

Side two:

  1. "A Love She Can Count On" – 2:52 (different version than the single)
  2. "Whatever Makes You Happy" (Robinson, Ronald White) – 2:33
  3. "Heartbreak Road" (Robinson, White) – 2:46
  4. "Happy Landing" (Robinson, White) – 2:46
  5. "Your Love" – 2:50 (previously appeared on Hi... We're The Miracles)

Personnel[edit]

The Miracles[edit]

Other credits[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Pollock, Bruce (1 October 2011). If You Like the Beatles...: Here Are Over 200 Bands, Films, Records and Other Oddities That You Will Love. Backbeat Books. ISBN 9781617130700. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. ^ Nixon, The (9 October 2010). "241. The Miracles: "Happy Landing" « Motown Junkies". Motownjunkies.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  4. ^ http://ring.cdandlp.com/jetrecords/photo_grande/114681900-2.jpg [bare URL image file]
  5. ^ "Miracles, Motown, And Memories". soul sides. 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  6. ^ "HIPO". Hip-oselect.com. Retrieved 2012-01-10.

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