One Dozen Roses


One Dozen Roses is a 1971 album by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, issued on Motown Records' Tamla label. The penultimate album before lead singer Smokey Robinson departed the group for a solo career, One Dozen Roses features the Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hit single "I Don't Blame You at All". Also included is the group's number-one smash hit "The Tears of a Clown", which was also made available through the reissue of the 1967 Miracles LP Make It Happen (Smokey Robinson & [The Miracles album)|Make It Happen] as The Tears of a Clown. Both of these songs were also huge hits in the UK, reaching #11 and #1 respectively.
The album's cover depicts Robinson,, picking a solitary rose for his wife, Miracles member Claudette Robinson, who is pictured on the cover holding the rose given her by her husband.
Other tracks on One Dozen Roses include the charting singles "Satisfaction" and "Crazy About The La La La", both of which peaked below number 40 on the Hot 100, the ballad "That Girl", which served as the "b" side to I Don't Blame You at All, "When Sundown Comes", which was actually earmarked as a single "A" side release.
As of 2019, this album has not been released on CD.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "When Sundown Comes"
  2. "No Wonder Love's a Wonder"
  3. "The Tears of a Clown"
  4. "Satisfaction"
  5. "Crazy About The La La La"
  6. "Cecilia"
Side two
  1. "I Don't Blame You at All"
  2. "That Girl"
  3. "Faces"
  4. "I Love You Dear"
  5. "Oh Baby Baby I Love You"
  6. "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"

Personnel

The Miracles
Additional musicians and production