The Miracles
Motown 50
Reviewed by Raoul Hernandez, Fri., Sept. 11, 2009
The Miracles
Depend on Me: The Early Albums (Hip-O Select)Smokey Robinson penned a Brill Building's worth of immortality, which makes Miracles albums Motown's best smash-n-grabs. The imprint's platinum debut, "Shop Around," introduces 1961's tremulous Hi, We're the Miracles, while Cookin' With the Miracles slumps on filler ("Embraceable You"). I'll Try Something New boasts "What's So Good About Good Bye," but dissolves into highball music. The Fabulous Miracles, plus live encores, bows fabulously on CD between "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" and "Happy Landing."
