Going to Go-Go / Away We Go-Go
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Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Part III 201-300
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Most mid-'60s pop and R&B albums are like Hamburger Helper: a little meat and a lot of filler. But Smokey Robinson and the Miracles gratifyingly confound that notion on the first half of this two-album collection. Not surprisingly, it's also the first album to give vocalist-writer-producer Robinson star billing in his veteran band. Cut in the midst of producing chores for the Temptations and Marvin Gaye (Robinson was also a Motown label VP), Going to a Go-Go was something of a minor tour de force for Robinson, who cowrote all but one of the album's songs. Although its name refers to a partying dance craze (the origins of the
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Manufacturer: Motown
Release date: 26 March 2002
EAN: 0044001722721 UPC: 044001722721
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Release date: 26 March 2002
EAN: 0044001722721 UPC: 044001722721