Smokey's Family Robinson

Smokey's Family Robinson is Smokey Robinson's fourth solo album, released in 1976. The title is a pun on Swiss Family Robinson.

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Smokey's Family Robinson
Studio album by
Smokey Robinson
ReleasedFebruary 10, 1976
Recorded1975
GenreSoul
LabelTamla
T6-341S1
ProducerSmokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson chronology
A Quiet Storm
(1975)		 Smokey's Family Robinson
(1976)		 Deep in My Soul
(1977)

Track listing

All tracks composed by Smokey Robinson; except where indicated.

  1. "When You Came" - 5:24
  2. "Get Out of Town" (Smokey Robinson, Rose Ella Jones) - 4:43
  3. "Do Like I Do" (Smokey Robinson, Rose Ella Jones) - 4:40
  4. "Open" (Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin, Pamela Moffett) - 3:50
  5. "So in Love" - 4:40
  6. "Like Nobody Can" - 4:10
  7. "Castles Made of Sand" - 4:49

Personnel
  • Smokey Robinson – lead vocals, rhythm arrangements
  • Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards, rhythm arrangements
  • Marvin Tarplin – guitar
  • Scott Edwards – bass guitar
  • Wayne Tweed – bass guitar
  • Joseph A. Brown, Jr. – drums
  • James "Alibe" Sledge – percussion
  • Michael Jacobsen – electric cello, saxophone
  • Fred Smith – horns, horn arrangements
  • Ivory Stone Davis – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Dennis – backing vocals
  • Patricia Henley – backing vocals
  • Melba Joyce – backing vocals

Production
  • Producer – Smokey Robinson
  • Engineers – Guy Costa and Smokey Robinson
  • Art Direction – Frank Mulvey
  • Photography – Sam Emerson
  • Graphics – Gribbit!
  • Personal Assistant – Barbara Ramsey
  • Management – Don Foster
  • Road Manager – Randy Dunlap
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