SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES-OOO BABY BABY:ANTHOLOGY-2CD
(Motown, Soul, Pop-Soul)

Ooo Baby Baby: The Anthology has all 28 of their Top 40 hits, so someone looking for the essentials, garnished by a good amount of other material that isn't as familiar, will undoubtedly be satisfied. Ooo Baby Baby: The Anthology does have a small but significant edge in the inclusion of the exquisite mid-'60s mid-tempo ballad "Would I Love You," a great 1964 B-side that somehow escaped inclusion on the CD iteration of Anthology. As far as other minor differences that will probably escape detection by the great majority of listeners, there are first-ever stereo mixes of "Whatever Makes You Happy," "I Can Take a Hint," and "Baby Don't You Go"; the first CD appearance of both "I Can Take a Hint" (from the 1963 LP The Fabulous Miracles) and a live "I've Been Good to You" (also from a 1963 LP); and new, extended stereo mixes of "You've Really Got a Hold on Me," "Would I Love You," and "I'll Try Something New." However you slice it, it's great soul music.

Label:      Motown/Chronicles/UMe/Tamla – 4400644812
Format:     2 x CD, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo, Mono
Country:    Canada
Released:   2002
Genre:      Funk / Soul
Style:      Motown, Soul, Pop-Soul

TRACKLIST:
Disc: 1
1     Got a job
2     Bad girl
3     Way over there
4     You can depend on me
5     Who's lovin' you
6     Shop around
7     Ain't it baby
8     Mighty good lovin'
9     Everybody gotta pay some dues
10    What's so good about goodbye
11    I'll try something new
12    You've really got a hold on me
13    Love she can count on
14    I can take a hint
15    I've been good to you (live)
16    Mickey's monkey
17    Whatever makes you happy
18    I gotta dance to keep from crying
19    You can't let the boy overpower the man in you
20    I like it like that
21    That's what love is made of
22    Would I love you
23    Come on do the jerk
24    Baby don't you go
25    Ooo baby baby
26    Tracks of my tears
27    My girl has gone

Disc: 2
1     Going to a go go
2     Choosey beggar
3     Whole lotta shakin' in my heart (since I met you)
4     Come 'round here I'm the one you need
5     Love I saw in you was just a mirage
6     More love
7     I second that emotion
8     If you can want
9     Yester love
10    Special occasion
11    Give her up
12    Baby baby don't cry
13    Doggone right
14    Here I go again
15    Abraham Martin and John
16    Point it out
17    Darling dear
18    Who's gonna take the blame
19    Tears of a clown
20    I don't blame you at all
21    Crazy about the la la la
22    Satisfaction
23    When sundown comes
24    We've come too far to end it now
25    I can't stand to see you cry