Yes It's You Lady

Yes It's You Lady is a 1982 album by American singer Smokey Robinson. As 1981's Being with You it was produced by George Tobin in association with Mike Piccirillo and recorded and mixed at Studio Sound Recorders, North Hollywood, California. It was released on the Motown sub-label Tamla.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

The album was peaking at #33 in Billboard pop charts, and at #6 on the R&B charts. The two follow-up singles to 1981's chart success' "Being with you" were strangely no Robinson compositions: "Tell Me Tomorrow" peaked at #33 Billboard and #3 R&B charts, "Old Fashioned Love" at #60 Billboard and #17 R&B charts. The third and final single, Robinson's "Yes It's You Lady" only peaked at #107 Billboard, without entering the R&B charts.

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave 2 out of 5 stars.^[1] Robert Christgau rated the album as B, praising Robinson's mature voice and singing, while complaining about the weakness of the "material". Concluding with "he almost gets away with it anyway".^[2]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Tell Me Tomorrow" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) - 6:25
2. "Yes It's You Lady" (William "Smokey" Robinson) - 4:43
3. "Old Fashioned Love" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) - 3:12
4. "Are You Still Here" (William "Smokey" Robinson) - 2:33

Side B

1. "The Only Game In Town" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) - 4:50
2. "International Baby" (William "Smokey" Robinson) - 4:07
3. "Merry Go Ride" (Richard Williams) - 5:31
4. "I'll Try Something New" (William "Smokey" Robinson) - 3:34
5. "Destiny" (Forest Hairston) - 3:48

Personnel

Fellow Miracles members Claudette Robinson, then Smokey's wife, contributed background vocals to this album, Marv Tarplin is featured on Rhythm guitar.

• Vocals - Smokey Robinson
• Backing Vocals - Claudette Robinson, Ivory Davis, Julia Waters Tillman, Maxine Waters Willard, Mike Piccirillo, Yvonne Wilkins, Smokey Robinson
• Guitar, Synthesizer, Bells - Mike Piccirillo
• Rhythm guitar - Marv Tarplin
• Bass - Scott Edwards
• Percussion - Howard Lee Wolen
• Drums - Ed Greene
• Keyboards - Bill Cuomo
• Saxophone - Joel Peskin
• Trombone - David Stout
• Trumpet - Harry Kim
• Violin - Bobby Bruce
• Arranged and mixed by George Tobin and Mike Piccirillo
• Engineer - Howard Lee Wolen, Mark Wolfson
• Assistant Engineer - Ira Rubnitz, John Volaitis, Richie Griffin
• Mastering - Ken Perry at Capitol Records
• Producer - George Tobin
• Associate Producer - Mike Piccirillo
• Produced for George Tobin Productions, Inc.
• Production Coordinator - Allan Rinde, Theresa Abrook
• Album Coordinator - Barbara Ramsey
• Art Direction - Johnny Lee
• Artwork Design - Ginny Livingston
• Photography - David Alexander

References

External links

• Yes It's You Lady on Discogs

Smokey Robinson
Tamla/Motown albums	Smokey (1973) Pure Smokey (1974) A Quiet Storm (1975) Smokey's Family Robinson (1976) Deep in My Soul (1977) Big Time (1977) Smokin' (1978) Where There's Smoke... (1979) Warm Thoughts (1980) Being with You (1981) Yes It's You Lady (1982) Touch the Sky (1983) Essar (1984) Smoke Signals (1986) One Heartbeat (1987) Love, Smokey (1990) Intimate (1999)
Other albums	Double Good Everything (1991) Food for the Spirit (2004) Timeless Love (2006) Time Flies When You're Having Fun (2009) Now and Then (2010)
Singles (US/UK Top Ten singles)	"Cruisin'" (1979) "Being with You" (1981) "Just to See Her" (1987) "One Heartbeat" (1987)
Related articles	Discography The Miracles The Miracles discography "Pure Smokey" "When Smokey Sings"
Book:Smokey Robinson