Title: Risky business move that paid off well
Product review: After his acceptable but unspectacular 1990 offering "Love Smokey," Smokey Robinson decided to leave the Motown label, his "home" for 30 years, signing to SBK Records, a fairly obscure label with few (if any) noteworthy talents on its roster. This album, while considered atypical by some, is actually quite good. Smokey's vocalization on this album is some of his best in several years, and some of the songs are nicely accented with guitars, harmonicas, and honky-tonk pianos that give them a sort of "barroom/blues club" atmosphere. On the other hand, there isn't really anything on here as strongly endearing as some of his classic Motown material, but overall it's a pleasant and unusual surprise from Smokey, because at this point, his solo output (while always respectable) was starting to become somewhat tired by this time.
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