Smokey Robinson
Time Flies When You're Having Fun
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AMG Review of Time Flies When You're Having Fun
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideThe time that has flown is Smokey's 50 years in the business, but it could just as well refer to the number of years since Robinson has released a smooth soul album: almost 20 full years! Smokey, of course, has stayed active during the interim, both on-stage and on record, but Time Flies When You're Having Fun marks a return to the coolly simmering quiet storm that was his stock in trade during the '70s and '80s. Apart from production techniques, not much has changed in Smokey's music during the time off, either: this is still smooth, unhurried soul that vacillates between elegance and supper-club classiness. Of course, since these are two sides of the same coin, they fit together seamlessly, with the only question being whether the immaculately polished music veers toward the corny, but whenever it does, Smokey's impeccably tailored vocals steer it back to toward the sweetly romantic. After all these years, Smokey still makes it all seem easy -- so easy that it's puzzling why he hasn't made a record like this in so long, because as this comforting, velvety album proves, nobody does it better than he.
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Video: Smokey Robinson "Don't Know Why"
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[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYCE7IVsaAM 500x405]Some 50 plus years later, Smokey Robinson is still killin' it with the vocals. I don't know if this man sleeps in a hyperbaric chamber or something, but that voice is still as captivating and fresh as ever. On Tuesday he will be releasing his latest album, Time Flies When You're Having Fun. Here is the video for his first single, a cover...
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Video: Smokey Robinson x The Roots on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
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When we posted Smokey Robinson's new video recently, we mentioned that he had a new album coming out, Time Flies When You're Having Fun (in stores now!). Well what better way to usher in a new project than to do a live performance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon with The Roots backing you up? In this web exclusive video, Smokey performs the 1967 hit "The Tears of A Clown" (originally performed ...
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Audio: Smokey Robinson "Please Don't Take Your Love" feat. Carlos Santana
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Smokey Robinson's new album, Time Flies When You're Having Fun, is out now. The LP features Joss Stone, India.Arie, and Carlos Santana. To give y'all another look at the LP, here is his track with Santana, "Please Don't Take Your Love." A mix of Smokey's silky voice and the deep funk groove of Carlos and his guitar. Tonight, Smokey will perform his song with Joss [...]
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