What Love Has...Joined Together (album)
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What Love Has...Joined Together is a 1970 album by R&B group
This Guy's in Love With You"), Marvin Gaye ("If This World Were Mine"), The Beatles' John Lennon & Paul McCartney, ("And I Love Her"), and Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers ("What Love Has Joined Together
").
The Miracles performed a medley of this album's songs on a 1970 telecast of
Claudette Robinson on the back cover. Miracles member Marv Tarplin
played guitar on this album, but was not featured on its cover.
Release
What Love Has....Joined Together was released on CD in 1992.
In 2013, Motown released this album as a digital download on
Reception
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Allmusic |   link |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[3] |
Allmusic Guide called it "A stunning concept album that should have fared better".[4] The New Yorker, in an article dated April 16, 2013, referred to this album as "A standout", and as "one of the rare jewels in the (Motown) label's crown".[2]
Track listing
Side one
- "What Love Has Joined Together" (Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers) 5:50
- "Hank Cosby, Sylvia Moy) 4:16
- "If This World Were Mine" (Marvin Gaye) 4:30
Side two
- "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Frank Wilson, Patrice Holloway, Berry Gordy, Brenda Holloway) 5:04
- "This Guy's in Love With You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) 5:19
- "And I Love Her" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 2:37
Personnel
The Miracles
- Smokey Robinson – lead vocals, production
- Claudette Robinson– lead vocals, backing vocals
- Bobby Rogers – backing vocals
- Pete Moore – backing vocals
- Ronnie White – backing vocals
- Marv Tarplin – guitar
Other instrumentation
References
- ^ "The Andy Williams Show (1969): March 7, 1970". TV.com.
- ^ a b "Up in Smoke: Record Rereleases in the Virtual Era". The New Yorker. April 16, 2013.
- ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ AllMusic