''Love Breeze'' is a Smokey Robinson album released in 1978. It was arranged by Sonny Burke.

Track listing

Side one

#"Why You Wanna See My Bad Side" (Smokey Robinson,

Janie Bradford Janie Bradford (born June 2, 1939 in Charleston, Missouri, United States) is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown. With Berry Gordy, she co-wrote "Money (That's What I Want)", originally recorded by Barrett Strong, and ...

) - (3:45) #"Love So Fine" (Smokey Robinson) - (4:34) #"Feeling You, Feeling Me" (Homer Talbert,

Jerry Butler Jerry Butler Jr. (born December 8, 1939) is an American soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and retired politician. He was the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame i ...

) - (3:52) #"Madam X" (words: Smokey Robinson; music:

Marv Tarplin Marvin Tarplin (June 13, 1941 – September 30, 2011) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their bigges ...

) - (6:28)

Side two

#"Shoe Soul" (words: Smokey Robinson; music: Mike Sutton, Brenda Sutton) - (4:41) #"Trying It Again" (Smokey Robinson, Richard Williams) - (4:53) #"Daylight and Darkness" (Smokey Robinson, Rose Ella Jones) - (4:00) #"I'm Loving You Softly" (Kennis Jones) - (4:29)

Personnel

* Smokey Robinson – lead and backing vocals * John Barnes – keyboards * James Bradford – bass piano * Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards, arrangements (1, 2, 4-8) * Ronnie McNeir – Fender Rhodes * Sylvester Rivers – keyboards * Fred Ross – organ * Michael Sutton – keyboards, clavinet * Marlo Henderson – guitars * Rick Littlefield – guitars *

Marvin Tarplin Marvin Tarplin (June 13, 1941 – September 30, 2011) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their bigges ...

– guitars *

Wah-Wah Watson Melvin M. Ragin (December 8, 1950 – October 24, 2018), known professionally as "Wah Wah Watson", was an American guitarist who was a member of The Funk Brothers, the studio band for Motown Records. Career A native of Richmond, Virginia, Melvin ...

– guitars * David T. Walker – guitars * Scott Edwards – bass guitar *

James Jamerson James Lee Jamerson (January 29, 1936 – August 2, 1983) was an American bass player. He was the uncredited bassist on most of the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s (Motown did not list session musician credits on their releases ...

– bass guitar * Chuck Rainey – bass guitar * David Shields – bass guitar * Wayne Tweed – bass guitar *

James Gadson James Gadson ( James Edward Gadson; born June 17, 1939) is an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson has since become one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B. He is also a singer and ...

– drums *

Ed Greene Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician. In 1971 he recorded with Donald Byrd (''Ethiopian Knights'', 1972), together with Thurman Green, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample, Bobbye Porter Hall, David T. Walker, and W ...

– drums * Scotty Harris – drums * Paulinho da Costa – percussion * James Sledge – congas, backing vocals * Bob Zimmitti – percussion,

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...

* Fred Smith – flutes,

reed Reed or Reeds may refer to: Science, technology, biology, and medicine * Reed bird (disambiguation) * Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times * Reed (plant), one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales * ...

s, solos * Michael Jacobsen –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

* Bob "Boogie" Bowles – arrangements (3) * Kim Richmond – horn arrangements (5) * Arthur G. Wright – rhythm and string arrangements (5) * Melba Bradford – backing vocals * Cheryl Cooper – backing vocals * Ivory Davis – backing vocals * Patricia Henley – backing vocals * Jesse Richardson – backing vocals *

Claudette Robinson Claudette Annette Rogers Robinson ( Rogers; born June 20, 1938) is an American singer, best known as a member of the vocal group The Miracles from 1957 to 1972. Her brother Emerson "Sonny" Rogers was a founding member of the group, which befor ...

– backing vocals * Brenda Sutton – backing vocals

Production

* Producers – Smokey Robinson (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 & 8); Jerry Butler and Homer Talbert (Track 3); Mike and Brenda Sutton (Track 5) * Engineers – Don Boehret, Michael Lizzio, Barney Perkins, Bob Robitaille, Michael Schuman, Art Stewart and Art White. * Assistant Engineer – James Warmack * Recorded at Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA); ABC Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Kendun Recorders (Burbank, CA). * Mixed by Russ Terrana * Mastered by Jack Andrews * Mixed and Mastered at Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA). * Art Direction and Design – Wriston Jones * Illustration – Brian Zick {{Authority control Smokey Robinson albums 1978 albums Albums produced by Smokey Robinson Motown albums