Love Machine Remixed Hits

• Artist: The Miracles
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• Release Date: May 15, 2001
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

An interesting seven track CD featuring adventuresome remixes of four Miracles' hits, the numbers don't equate because "Tears Of A Clown" is made over twice and "Love Machine" three times. Fred Coury, Julian Beeston, and Julian Synne provide the surgery with the only miscue being the title track "Love Machine," which already benefited from a slammin' original mix; redoing it is akin to asking for a mulligan after you placed a golf shot a foot from the hole. Coury performs two of the "Love Machine" mixes, name thusly Fred Coury Classic Rendition remix (my fav, cause it sticks closer to the paradigm) and Fred Coury Groover mix respectively; the other attempt at re-energizing the song is Julian Beeston's Funky House mix. The tinkering excels on Synne's "Tracks Of My Tears" Interface mix, but Smokey Robinson sounds stoned on Coury's Fredco mix of "Tears Of A Clown" because of the way Coury drags the miracle man's voice; he redeems himself, however, with a lightening quick Star Mix of the same song, turning Smokey into a charming stuttered, and Beeston's Smokin' Mix on "I Second That Emotion" is a serious bender. At well under $10 the price is right, people who like to take things apart to see how they work will find these most interesting. ~ Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Love Machine [Classic Rendition]	Billy Griffin, Warren "Pete" Moore	The Miracles	(3:04)
Love Machine [Groover Mix]	Billy Griffin, Warren "Pete" Moore	The Miracles	(4:34)
Love Machine [Funky House Mix]	Billy Griffin, Warren "Pete" Moore	The Miracles	(4:56)
The Tracks of My Tears [Interface Mix]	Smokey Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, Marvin Tarplin	The Miracles	(4:11)
Tears of a Clown [Fredco Mix]	Smokey Robinson, Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder	The Miracles	(3:59)
I Second That Emotion [Smokin' Mix]	Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland	The Miracles	(4:57)
Tears of a Clown [Star Mix]	Smokey Robinson, Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder	The Miracles	(4:51)

Credits

Julian Beeston (Remixing), Julian Synne (Remixing), Julian Beeston (Mixing), Fred Coury (Mixing), Fred Coury (Remixing), Billy Griffin (Vocals), Julian Synne (Mixing)