I'll Try Something New
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Berry Gordy, Jr. Smokey Robinson | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
I'll Try Something New is the third album by
I've Got You Under My Skin" written by Cole Porter, "On the Street Where You Live" from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady, and "Speak Low" by Ogden Nash and Kurt Weill, on which both Smokey and Claudette Robinson sing lead. I'll Try Something New also features a rare lead by Miracles baritone Ronnie White
on "A Love That Can Never Be", and a lead by Claudette Robinson on "He Don't Care About Me".
This album is one of the few Miracles albums to feature the complete original six-member group lineup on its cover: Marv Tarplin, Claudette Rogers Robinson, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, and Pete Moore.
Release
I'll Try Something New was released as a
The Miracles – Depend On Me: The Early Albums.[2]
In 2013 I'll Try Something New was given a standalone CD release.[3]
Track listing
All lead vocals by Smokey Robinson except where indicated.
Side one
- "I'll Try Something New" (Smokey Robinson)
- "What's So Good About Goodbye" (Robinson)
- "He Don't Care About Me" (Robinson) (lead: Claudette Robinson)
- "A Love That Can Never Be" (Robert Bateman, Popcorn Wylie) (lead: Ronnie White)
- "I've Been Good to You" (Robinson)
Side two
- "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Nash Ogden) (lead: Smokey & Claudette Robinson)
- "On the Street Where You Live" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner)
- "If Your Mother Only Knew" (Robinson, Mickey Stevenson)
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter)
- "This I Swear, I Promise" (Robinson, Bradford)
Personnel
The Miracles
- Claudette Robinson– lead vocals
- Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Smokey Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, Claudette Robinson – background vocals
- Marv Tarplin – guitar
Other credits
- The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
Producers
- Berry Gordy, Jr., producer
- Smokey Robinson, producer
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ [1] [2]
- ^ "I'll Try Something New". 25 February 2013 – via Amazon.
Amazon Customer Review The Miracles "I'll Try Something New" CD