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The Power of Music
A photo of the group standing together, with their bodies cut out to reveal a photograph of a crowd in the silhouette of their torsos and limbs
Studio album by
The Miracles
ReleasedSeptember 1976 (1976-09)
Genre Soul
Length40:04
LanguageEnglish
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.

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

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 Brown – bongos, congas
  • Ollie E. Brown – drums, timbales
  • Scott Edwards – bass guitar
  • James Gadson – drums, timbales
  • Lenni Groves – vocals
  • Jimmy Johnson – gong
  • Wade Marcus – horn arrangement, string arrangement, co-production
  • Frank Mulvey – art direction
  • Jeff Sanders – mastering
  • Julia Tillman – vocals
  • Willie Weeks – bass guitar
  • Maxine Willard – vocals

Chart performance

The Power of Music reached 35 on the Top R&B Albums and peaked at 178 on the Billboard 200. [4]

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 – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2022.

External links

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