A Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson (1975)

The title track would be the namesake of a popular radio format of music that sounds like this: sophisticated, jazzy, smooth R&B and soul.

Smokey himself was an accomplished artist by this point. The Miracles (or Smokey and the Miracles) had been a foundational band for Motown Records. This was an early album on his own. He downplayed the r&b jam sounds of Motown and the Funk Brothers and concentrated on softer and more sultry side of his music.

Tracks I Liked

Quiet Storm - a classic

Baby That’s Backatcha - fantastic laid-back funk

1970s music r&b soul pop sophisticated-ass grown-up music

Analog Worms Attack
Mr Oizo

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