Cookin' with the Miracles


Cookin' with the Miracles is the second Tamla album by The Miracles, and their second of 1961. Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson co-wrote most of the songs, including the two charting singles "Ain't It Baby" and "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues". Another single, “Mighty Good Lovin’” b/w “Broken Hearted”, was issued in between those two. However, only “Broken Hearted” appears on the album, featuring a different vocal take to the single version. The album is composed mostly of upbeat R&B tunes with steady string riffs, like "Determination" and "Broken Hearted". A cover of the jazz standard "Embraceable You" by George & Ira Gershwin is also included. “That's The Way I Feel”, also from this album, was chosen for the soundtrack of the award-winning 1964 Ivan Dixon film Nothing But a Man.
Cookin' with the Miracles is one of only two classic Miracles albums to feature on its cover the complete original six-member group lineup: Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Marv Tarplin.

Track listing

All selections produced by Berry Gordy, Jr..

Side one

  1. "That's The Way I Feel"
  2. "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues"
  3. "Mama"
  4. "Ain't It Baby"
  5. "Determination"

    Side two

  6. "You Never Miss A Good Thing"
  7. "Embraceable You"
  8. "The Only One I Love"
  9. "Broken Hearted"
  10. "I Can't Believe"

    1994 CD reissue bonus track

The Miracles