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Intro by Dusty Groove Review by Abid Rip, posting and adittional info’s by Nikos Incredible work – a record that should be in every household! Smokey breaks free of the group sound of the Miracles albums – hitting a whole new mode, and inventing the “Quiet Storm” radio format along the way! The title cut – “Quiet Storm” – is a majestic long-building track that’s as important to mellow soul as Larry Mizell’s work was to jazz funk at the same time, and it’s got a similar layering effect that has sounds building and spinning, with a bit of sound effects, great keyboards, and cool moogy touches that recall some of Bobbi Humphrey’s best work for Blue Note, but filtered through a mellow ballad style. Tracks A1 Quiet Storm 7:47 A2 The Agony And The Ecstasy 4:43 A3 Baby That’s Backatcha 3:36 A4 Wedding Song 3:20 B1 Happy (Love Theme From “Lady Sings The Blues”) 7:05 B2 Love Letters 4:04 B3 Coincidentally 4:22. The year was 1975, soul music had ventured into the collective social consciousness of America with Motown legends Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder among those at the forefront. The crossover success of making music that was heavily content driven while also being technically sensational caused a paradigm shift.
All this had spawned some questions about the direction of a veteran who was just trying to further himself from his old pack The Miracles. Was he going to sing about love again? The answer was a resounding yes; Smokey Robinson would do what he does best. He would revert so far into the extreme that he created a little mini-genre in R&B music and all of this came from “A Quiet Storm”. I’m not sure how many times I have played the title track since I first heard it, the number may be embarrassingly high.
It is a masterful ballad that incorporates many subtle and explicit sounds. If ever there was a song that could make you imagine a nice warm place when you close your eyes it would be this. Everything between the backup choir, the soothing whistle in the background, the flute interlude, the groovy bassline, and Smokey’s lead vocals are just perfect.
I always joke that if Cupid could sing, he would sound like Smokey Robinson. That rang true whether he was crooning with The Miracles or on any solo endeavor. “ Love Letters” is a high point in terms of tempo, and it displays how masterful Smokey is in leading an uptempo track.
Songs Written By Smokey Robinson
He never misses a beat, and his cadence is virtually unmatched when in form. The case is the same in “ Baby That’s Backatcha”, which is actually a dive into Disco that some artists were forced to do in the mid to late 70’s because of the Disco movement. But this is far from forced, the song is very controlled and easily pulled off.
Smokey Robinson My World
“A Quiet Storm” could be a metaphor for musical style, or it could be a metaphor for the elusive thing that is love. Soul had managed to engulf Funk into its scope, and as these two styles collided evidently a mini-revolution occurred in the early 70’s. Smokey offered a soft alternative to that; it had all those new fusion elements, but it was also fuelled by that classic Soul music of the early 60’s. The music isn’t the antithesis to the high-octane rhythms being produced then, but rather a compliment to them.
As he sings in “ The Agony And The Ecstasy”; “our two worlds intertwine”. It was a match made in musical heaven.
That particular song also highlights the love metaphor very clearly. Trying to find a balance between two worlds, both of which are essential. “We got to have the agony, before we have the ecstasy”. Both are excessive, but somehow blend seamlessly.