That’s The Way I Feel/Everybody’s Got To Pay Some Dues/Mama/Ain’t It Baby/Determination/You Never Miss A Good Thing/Embraceable You/The Only One I Love/Broken Hearted/I Can’t Believe
Quick follow up album from The Miracles, their second of 1961. Cookin’ is a mixture of doo-wop harmony, ballads and more up tempo material, many from the pen of Smokey Robinson
“Cookin’ is a rockin' good time and represents a great time in rock & roll and R & B music. Smokey Robinson is a master songwriter and crafts some memorable songs here. I was not alive during the doo-wop era but really love this style of music, and Smokey and The Miracles are one of my favourite doo-wop acts. Mama is an upbeat rocker where Smokey sings about addressing his mother and telling her that he found a wonderful woman, and though they will struggle financially, they will make it. Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues is a rich string laden number about what everyone will have to endure in relationships: pain and loss.”
“Cookin' With The Miracles is the group's second album, made during a time when singles, not albums seemed to be a higher priority for Motown. Classic early Motown dance numbers such as Ain't It Baby, Everybody's Got To Pay Some Dues and Mama are songs not commonly found on the big anthology sets.”
“Their second album shows Smokey and Motown starting to 'uptownize' with energetic strings, although it's still one of The Miracles' most uptempo and R & B-oriented efforts. A solid set, with virtually all the material coming from the pens of Robinson and Berry Gordy.”
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