The Power of Music (The Miracles album)

The Power of Music
Studio album by The Miracles
Released	September 1976 (1976-09)
Genre	Soul
Length	40:04
Language	English
Label	Tamla
Producer	Warren "Pete" Moore, Billy Griffin, Donald Griffin, John Barnes, Kevin Beamish, Wade Marcus
The Miracles chronology
City of Angels (1975) The Power of Music (1976) Love Crazy (1977)

The Power of Music is a 1976 studio album by American soul vocal group The Miracles. This was their final studio album with Motown after being with the label since the beginning when Smokey Robinson was the lead singer.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic Guide rated this album two out of five stars, with critic Ed Hogan writing that Warren "Pete" Moore's production was "somewhat muddled", but pointed out several stand-out tracks. ^[1] In the 1983 edition of The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, this album was scored two out of five stars. ^[2] In 2011's The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, this album received two out of five stars. ^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by William Griffin and Warren "Pete" Moore

1. "The Power of Music" – 5:39
2. "Love to Make Love" – 4:59
3. "Can I Pretend" – 5:29
4. "Let the Children Play (Overture)" – 3:55
5. "Gossip" – 6:20
6. "Let the Children Play" – 4:13
7. "The Street of Love" – 3:00
8. "You Need a Miracle" – 6:16

Personnel

The Miracles

• Billy Griffin  – vocals, guitar, co-production
• Donald Griffin  – vocals, guitar, co-production
• Warren "Pete" Moore  – vocals, production
• Bobby Rogers  – vocals
• Ronnie White  – vocals

Additional personnel

• Jack Ashford  – percussion
• John Barnes – keyboards, synthesizer, rhythm section arrangement, co-producer, horn arrangement, string arrangements
• Kevin Beamish – recording engineering, mixing, co-production
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown  – bongos, congas
• Ollie E. Brown  – drums, timbales
• Scott Edwards – bass guitar
• Willie Weeks  – bass guitar
• James Gadson  – drums, timbales
• Jimmy Johnson – gong
• Wade Marcus – horn arrangement, string arrangement, co-production
• Frank Mulvey – art direction
• Jeff Sanders – mastering
• Lenni Groves – vocals
• Julia Tillman – vocals
• Maxine Willard – vocals

Chart performance

In Billboard magazine, The Power of Music reached No. 35 on the Top Soul LPs chart and No. 178 on the Top LPs & Tape chart. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Hogan, Ed. "The Miracles – The Power of Music". AllMusic Guide . Retrieved May 7, 2023.
2. Dave Marsh; John Swenson, eds. (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 337. ISBN   9780394721071.
3. Colin Larkin, ed. (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958.
4. "The Miracles Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard . October 23, 1976. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
5. "The Miracles Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard . October 30, 1976. Retrieved February 12, 2025.

External links

• The Power of Music at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Power of Music at MusicBrainz (list of releases)