Hi... We're the Miracles


Hi... We're the Miracles is the first studio album by the American R&B group the Miracles. It was released in January1961 on Motown's Tamla label. The album features several songs that played an important role in defining The Motown Sound and establishing songwriters Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy.
The styles of the album tracks vary from the late doo-wop sound of "Who's Lovin' You" and " Depend on Me", to the upbeat R&B of "Way Over There". Also featured is a rendition of Motown's first hit single, Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)". The album's biggest hit was the bluesy "Shop Around", which was released as a single in 1960 and peaked at number 1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart and number 2 on the pop singles chart. "Shop Around" was the first R&B number 1 single for both the Miracles and Motown label. It was also the label's first million-selling hit single and a 2006 Grammy Hall of Fame-inducted song.
Hi... We're the Miracles features the Miracles' classic original lineup : Smokey Robinson, Ronald White, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin, and Robinson's wife, Claudette Rogers Robinson.

Release

Hi... We're the Miracles was released on CD by Motown Records in the early 1990s.
Hi... We're the Miracles and four other Miracles albums were re-released as part of the 2009 Motown 50th anniversary limited edition CD release The Miracles-Depend On Me: The Early Albums.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Who's Lovin' You" – 3:06
  2. "Depend on Me" – 3:08
  3. "Heart Like Mine" – 2:06
  4. "Shop Around" – 2:50
  5. "Won't You Take Me Back" – 2:40
  6. "Cause I Love You" – 2:25

    Side two

  7. "Your Love" – 2:51
  8. "After All" – 2:47
  9. "Way Over There" – 2:57
  10. "Money" – 3:48
  11. "Don't Leave Me" – 2:43

    Personnel

The Miracles

"Shop Around" has been covered by Captain & Tennille, Don Bryant, The Astronauts, The Spinners, Allusions, and Georgie Fame, among others. "After All" has been covered by The Supremes and The Marvelettes. "Way Over There" has been covered by Edwin Starr, The Temptations, The Marvelettes, The Royal Counts, New Man, and Eddie Adams Jr. " Depend on Me" has been covered by The Temptations, The Supremes, Mary Wells and Brenda Holloway. "Who's Loving You has been covered by The Temptations, The Supremes, The Jackson Five, Terence Trent-D'arby, Brenda and The Tabulations, John Farnham, Human Nature, and En Vogue.