Flying High Together

1972 studio album by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Flying High Together

Studio album by

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Released| July 27, 1972
Recorded| 1972
Genre| Soul
Label| Tamla
T 318L
Producer| Johnny Bristol, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Ashford & Simpson
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles chronology
| One Dozen Roses
(1971)  | Flying High Together
(1972)  | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: 1957–1972
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Singles from  Flying High Together

1. "We've Come Too Far to End It Now"
Released: May 4, 1972
2. "I Can’t Stand To See You Cry"
Released: November 15, 1972

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Christgau's Record Guide| C+[2]

Flying High Together is an album by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label, released in 1972. It is noted as The Miracles' last studio album with original lead singer Smokey Robinson, who retired from the act to concentrate on his duties as vice president of Motown. The album charted at #46 on the Billboard Pop Album chart, and featured two singles: the appropriately named "We've Come Too Far to End It Now", which matched the parent album's chart position on the Billboard singles chart, charting at #46, and reached the Top 10 of the Billboard R&B singles chart, charting at #9, and "I Can't Stand to See You Cry", which charted at #45 Pop, and #21 R&B.

The album also featured a cover of The Stylistics' 1971 hit "Betcha By Golly Wow", the "Theme from Love Story" and covers of the Michael Jackson solo hit, "Got to Be There" (featuring guitar work by Miracle Marv Tarplin), and The Chi-Lites'#1 hit, "Oh Girl". The album also features songs composed by Ashford & Simpson, Stevie Wonder and Syretta Wright, Bobby Miller, who was responsible for The Dells' long string of hits, and Motown producer Johnny Bristol, but neither Smokey nor any of the other Miracles contributed to the writing on this album and Smokey himself produced only two tracks, the aforementioned "Got to Be There" and "Love Story".

The release of this album coincided with the group's final nationwide tour, before replacing Smokey with Billy Griffin. As of 2018, Flying High Together has yet to be issued on CD, but several of its songs have shown up on various Miracles foreign and domestic CD compilations. The Miracles' next studio album was 1973's Billy Griffin-led Renaissance.

## Track listing

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### Side one

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1. "I Can't Stand to See You Cry" (Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown, Jr., David Jones, Jr.)
2. "Theme from Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman)
3. "We've Come Too Far to End It Now" (Bristol, Brown, Jones)
4. "Flying High Together" (Bristol, Brown, Jones)
5. "With Your Love Came" (Bristol, Brown, Jones)
6. "It Will Be Alright" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright)

### Side two

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1. "Oh Girl" (Eugene Record)
2. "You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
3. "We Had a Love So Strong" (Wonder, Wright)
4. "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky)
5. "Betcha by Golly, Wow" (Linda Creed, Thom Bell)

## Personnel

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### The Miracles

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* Bill "Smokey" Robinson – lead vocals
* Claudette Rodgers Robinson – backing vocals (soprano)
* Robert "Bobby" Rodgers – backing vocals (tenor)
* Ronald "Ronnie" White – backing vocals (baritone)
* Warren "Pete" Moore – backing vocals (bass)
* Marvin "Marv" Tarplin – guitar

### Additional

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* The Funk Brothers – other instrumentation
* H.B. Barnum – arranger
* David Van De Pitte – arranger
* Eddie Nucilli – arranger

## References

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1. ^ Flying High Together at AllMusic
2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 - via robertchristgau.com.

## External links

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* Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Flying High Together (1972) album review by John Lowe, credits & releases at AllMusic
* Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Flying High Together (1972) album releases & credits at Discogs
* Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Flying High Together (1972) album to be listened as stream on Spotify

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The Miracles (1955–1964) / Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1965–1972) / The Miracles (1973–2011)

* Smokey Robinson
* Ronnie White
* Pete Moore
* Bobby Rogers
* Claudette Robinson
* Marv Tarplin
* Billy Griffin
* Donald Griffin
* Carl Cotton
* Mark Scott
* Dave Finley
* Sydney Justin
* Alphonse Franklin
* Tee Turner

Studio albums|

* Hi... We're the Miracles (1961)
* Cookin' with the Miracles (1961)
* I'll Try Something New (1962)
* The Fabulous Miracles (1963)
* Christmas with The Miracles (1963)
* The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey (1963)
* I Like It Like That (1964)
* Going to a Go-Go (1965)
* Away We a Go-Go (1966)
* Make It Happen (The Tears of a Clown) (1967)
* Special Occasion (1968)
* Time Out for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (1969)
* Four in Blue (1969)
* What Love Has Joined Together (1970)
* A Pocket Full of Miracles (1970)
* The Season for Miracles (1970)
* One Dozen Roses (1971)
* Flying High Together (1972)
* Renaissance (1973)
* Do It Baby (1974)
* Don't Cha Love It (1975)
* City of Angels (1975)
* The Power of Music (1976)
* Love Crazy (1977)
* The Miracles (1978)

Live albums|

* The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage (1963)
* Smokey Robinson & the Miracles LIVE! (1969)
* Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: 1957–1972 (1972)

Compilations|

* Greatest Hits: From the Beginning (1965)
* Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1968)
* Anthology (1974)
* Anthology '86 (1986)
* Anthology: The Best of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1995)
* The Ultimate Collection (1998)
* Ooo Baby Baby: The Anthology (2002)
* Depend On Me: The Early Albums (2009)

Singles|

* "Bad Girl"
* "Way Over There"
* "Shop Around"
* "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues"
* "What's So Good About Goodbye"
* "I've Been Good to You"
* "I'll Try Something New"
* "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"/"Happy Landing"
* "A Love She Can Count On"
* "Mickey's Monkey"
* "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying"
* "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You"
* "I Like It Like That"
* "That's What Love Is Made Of"
* "Come On Do the Jerk"
* "Ooo Baby Baby"
* "The Tracks of My Tears"
* "A Fork in the Road"
* "My Girl Has Gone"
* "Going to a Go-Go"
* "Choosey Beggar"
* "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)"
* "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need"
* "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage"
* "More Love"
* "I Second That Emotion"
* "If You Can Want"
* "Yester Love"
* "Special Occasion"
* "Baby, Baby Don't Cry"
* "Here I Go Again"
* "Doggone Right"
* "Abraham, Martin and John"
* "Point It Out"
* "The Tears of a Clown"
* "I Don't Blame You at All"
* "We've Come Too Far to End It Now"
* "Give Me Just Another Day"
* "Do It Baby"
* "Love Machine"

Videography|

* The Definitive Performances (1963–1987) (2006)

Related|

* Discography
* Cover versions of Miracles songs
* Awards and achievements
* The Miracles Sing Modern

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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