Smoke Signals is a studio album by American R&B singer Smokey Robinson, released in 1986 by Motown.[1]

Smoke Signals
Studio album by Smokey Robinson
Released	1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	42:53
Label	Motown
Producer	Smokey Robinson, Reginald "Sonny" Burke
Smokey Robinson chronology
Essar (1984) Smoke Signals (1986) One Heartbeat (1987)

Track listing

All tracks composed by Smokey Robinson; except where indicated

1. "Some People (Will Do Anything for Love)" (Bobby Sandstrom, Michael Price) - 4:22
2. "Sleepless Nights" (Alan Gorrie, Michael Mugrage) - 4:07
3. "Because of You (It's The Best It's Ever Been)" - 4:12
4. "Be Kind to the Growing Mind" (featuring the Temptations) - 4:45
5. "Te Quiero Como Si No Hubiera Un Mañana (I'm Gonna Love You Like There's No Tomorrow)" (Smokey Robinson, Ivory Stone, Mark Davis) - 4:21
6. "Hold On to Your Love" (Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder) - 5:12
7. "Photograph in My Mind" (J.C. Crowley, Tom Campbell) - 3:51
8. "No Time to Stop Believing" (Don Black, Simon Climie) - 4:11
9. "Wishful Thinking" (Bobby Sandstrom, Michael Price, David Paul Bryant) - 4:05
10. "Hanging On by a Thread" (Smokey Robinson, Mark Davis) - 3:45

Personnel

• Smokey Robinson – lead vocals
• Bobby Sandstrom – synthesizers (1, 9), bass (1), drum programming (1, 9), backing vocals (1), BGV arrangements (1), keyboards (9), arrangements (9)
• John Hobbs – keyboards (2, 10), synthesizers (2, 10), arrangements (2, 10), acoustic piano (4, 5)
• Jim Lang – keyboards (3, 6), synthesizers (3), arrangements (3, 6), bass (6), drum programming (6)
• Michael Boddicker – arrangements (4), synthesizers (5)
• Michael Omartian – arrangements (4), additional keyboards (6), additional synthesizer (6)
• Tony Peluso – arrangements (2, 3, 4), additional synthesizer (5), guitar solo (9, 10)
• Robbie Buchanan – synthesizer solo (5), synthesizers (7, 8), bass (7, 8), drum programming (7, 8), arrangements (7, 8)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1-9)
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar (2, 4, 5, 9, 10)
• Mike Baird – drums (2, 6, 10)
• John Robinson – drums (3, 4, 5)
• Freddy Alwag – drum programming (3)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (7, 8)
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 5, 9)
• Steve Barri – additional percussion (2, 5), percussion (4)
• Greg Adams – horn arrangements (1, 9)
• Tower of Power Horns (Emilio Castillo, Greg Adams, Mike Cichowicz, Richard Elliot, Stephen Kupka) – horns (1, 9)
• Richard Elliot – lyricon solo (2, 3), saxophone (8)
• Calvin Davis – alto saxophone (5)
• Michael Jacobsen – tenor saxophone (5)
• Fred Smith – tenor saxophone (5)
• Herb Alpert – trumpet solo (5)
• Mark Davis – arrangements (3, 5)
• Stevie Wonder – arrangements (6)
• David Bryant – arrangements (9)
• Michael Lovesmith – backing vocals (1, 2, 10), BGV arrangements (1)
• Maureen Steele – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Richard Carpenter – backing vocals (2, 10), BGV arrangements (2, 10), additional keyboards (10)
• Brenda Eager – backing vocals (3, 5, 6), additional backing vocals (4)
• Patricia Henley – backing vocals (3, 5, 6), additional backing vocals (4)
• Ivory Stone – backing vocals (3, 5, 6, 9), additional backing vocals (4)
• The Temptations – backing vocals (4)
• Bunny DeBarge – backing vocals (6)
• Mark DeBarge – backing vocals (6)
• Howard Smith – backing vocals (6)
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (7, 8)
• Dennis Lambert – backing vocals (7, 8)
• Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals (7, 8)
• Oren Waters – backing vocals (7, 8)
• Julie Waters – backing vocals (9)
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Producers – Steve Barri (Tracks 1-10); Tony Peluso (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Mark Davis (Track 5); Smokey Robinson (Track 5); Dennis Lambert (Tracks 7 & 8).
• Co-Producer on Tracks 7 & 8 – Robbie Buchanan
• Executive Producer – Steve Barri
• Engineers – Tony Peluso (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Dennis McKay and Jack Joseph Puig (Tracks 7 & 8).
• Second Engineers – Sabrina Buchanek (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Bino Espinoza (1-10); Toni Greene (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Karen Siegel (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Steve Ford (Tracks 7 & 8).
• Recorded at Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA); Monkey Dust Studio (Granada Hills, CA); Soundcastle Studio Center (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mixing – Tony Peluso (Tracks 1-6, 9 & 10); Jack Joseph Puig (Tracks 7 & 8).
• Mixed at Mama Jo’s Recording Studio (Hollywood, CA).
• Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA).
• Album Coordinator – Gail Pierson
• Art Direction – Johnny Lee
• Design – Janet Levinson
• Photography – Ron Slenzak

References