“I don't like you but I love you, See that I'm always thinking of you, Oh, oh, oh, you treat me badly, I love you madly, You've really got a hold on me” - The Miracles
Title: Greatest Hits From the Beginning
Artist: The Miracles
Release Year: 1964
Genre: R&B
Status: N/A
Number of Tracks:22 ( 5 Side One, 5 Side Two, 6 Side Three, 6 Side Four)
Record Label: Tamla
Number Album Released: N/A
What I Think
I got this album for $1 and this is a great album of the Miracles’ early work. My favorite track on this album is “You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me”. The 1st track on this album is “Got A Job”. The group’s singing is strong and smooth. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a fast tempo with a saxophone solo. The message is about a guy who finally got a job. The 2nd track is “I Cry”. The group’s singing is strong and smooth. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a girl who always puts the blame on the guy for everything in the relationship. The 3rd track is “Mama Done Told Me”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about a guy’s mother telling him about the dangers of dating. The 4th track is “I Need Some Money”. The group’s singing is strong and smooth. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a fast tempo. The message is about a girl telling her guy that she needs some money and he tells her that money isn't everything. The 5th song is “Bad Girl”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is a guy singing about how his girl is bad because she wants to leave him. The 6th track is “I Love Your Baby”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a fast tempo. The message is about a guy telling the girl he likes father that he loves her. The 7th track is “I Need A Change”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about a guy who needs a change in his life from his girlfriend. The 8th track is “All I Want is You”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a guy telling a girl that she is the only thing he wants in the world. The 9th track is “Depend on Me”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a guy telling a girl that no matter what she can depend on him. The 10th track is “Who’s Loving You”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a guy who lost his girl and now he is wondering who she is with now. The 11th track is “That’s What Love is Made of”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a Somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about what love is made of metaphorically. The 12th track is “Mickey’s Monkey”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a fast tempo with a saxophone solo. The message is about dancing to the dance Mickey’s monkey. The 13th track is “I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat complicated beat and rhythm at a fast tempo. The message is about a guy who has to dance to keep from crying. The 14th track is “You’ve Really Got A Hold on Me”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about a guy who doesn't like a girl but he loves her. The 15th track is “I Like it Like That”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about things that people like in a certain way. The 16th track is “A Love She Can Count On”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat complicated beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about a guy telling how he can give a girl a love she can count on. The 17th track is “Shop Around”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a somewhat complicated beat and rhythm at a fast tempo with a saxophone solo. The message is about a mother telling her son to look around more before getting married. The 18th track is “Way Over There”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a somewhat complicated beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about a girl who is calling for her guy. The 19th track is “I’ve Been Good to You”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a guy asking his girl why she has been bad to him since he has been good to her. The 20th track is “Would I Love You”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a guy questioning if he would love a girl he likes. The 21st track is “I’ll Try Something New”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat complicated beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about a guy that tries different things to make his girl happy. The 22nd track is “What’s so Good About Goodbye”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a simple beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about a guy questioning what is good about goodbye when his girl leaves him.
Scoring (Out of 7)
- How well the album did (Diamond 10/10, Platinum 8/10, Gold 6/10): N/A
- How well is the singing: 5.6/7
- How well is the band: 3.88/7
- How impactful the messages of the songs are: 3.12/7
- How appealing is the cover: 3.5/7
- How creative is the cover: 2.8/7
- How relevant is the album after 10+ years since release: N/A
- How much did it revolutionize its genre of music: N/A
- How creative are the instruments: 1.4/7
- How creative are the lyrics: 5.22/7
Total Score: 3.65/7
Percentage: 52.1%
My Favorite Songs
- You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
- Shop Around
- Got A Job
- Mickey’s Monkey
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- I Need Some Money
- I Cry
- Depend On Me
- I Like it Like That
- That’s What Love is Made of
- All I Want is You
- Would I Love You
- What’s so Good About Goodbye
- I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying
- Bad Girl
- Way Over There
- Mama Done Told Me
- I’ve Been Good to You
- I’ll Try Something New
- A Love She Can Count On
- I Need Change
- I Love Your Baby
Videos of The Miracles performing songs from the album
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKQtWMETbfo “Smokey Robinson & The miracles live - You really got a hold on me”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA5509mcQd8 “Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 1960 /Shop Around/スモーキー・ロビンソン”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwlGn7uORYg “Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Mickey's Monkey”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY6naeP7PRo “SMOKEY ROBINSON LIVE WHO'S LOVING YOU MIX”
Comment what you think of this album and if you agree with me or not and stay tuned for my next record review which will be “Where Did Our Love Go” by The Supremes
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