Warm Thoughts | ||||
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Studio album by Smokey Robinson | ||||
Released | February 25, 1980 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | Smokey Robinson | |||
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Warm Thoughts is a 1980 album by Smokey Robinson. It features the top 40 hit, "Let Me Be the Clock". The album was arranged by Reginald "Sonny" Burke.This album also featured the semi-autobiographical tune "Wine, Women and Song", which proved to be the closest thing to a Miracles reunion that occurred in the 1980s...with Smokey doing a duet with his then wife, former Miracle Claudette Robinson,and Miracle Marv Tarplin, with whom he shared songwriting credits, on guitar.The song "Travellin' Thru'" was written by Smokey's real-life sister,Rose Ella Jones, and two songs written by Robinson with fellow Motown artist, Stevie Wonder, and singer, songwriter, and former Starsky and Hutch star, David Soul.This album was a huge success, reaching the Top 20 of The Billboard 200 Pop Album chart,peaking at #14, and the Top 10 of Billboard's R&B Album Chart, peaking at #4.
All tracks composed by Smokey Robinson, except where indicated.