Release Date: 1/01/1979
Recording Date: 5/1979
Tracks: 7
Length: 00:35:06 Hrs
Label: Motown
Type: CD,LP
- Genre/Styles
- Soul, Early R&B, Urban, Motown, Quiet Storm, Smooth Soul
Album Tracks (7)
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What the Critics Say
This album was a considerable return to form, Smokey Robinson's most commercially successful solo LP up to this point (and highest-charting record in 11 years), entirely due to the single "Cruisin'" (number four pop and R&B), his biggest pop hit since "The Tears of a Clown." Motown doesn't seem to have recognized that track's potency, leading off with the flop "Get Ready" (a disco treatment of the old Temptations hit) before turning to "Cruisin'" as a second single several months after the LP's release. Where There's Smoke... then took off and peaked at number 17, more than six months after first appearing. Although the LP is divided into "Smoke" and "Fire" sides, both sides start out with rhythmic songs and gradually slow down to near-ballad speed, with the sensuous "Cruisin'" the final "Fire" track. In retrospect, the album may be uneven and a touch too disco-ish in places, but in 1979-1980, Where's There's Smoke... brought Smokey Robinson back into the limelight. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
