| Pure Smokey | ||||
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| Released | March 15, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | September–December 1973 | |||
| Genre | Soul, funk | |||
| Length | 39:29 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Producer | Smokey Robinson | |||
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Pure Smokey is Smokey Robinson's second post-Miracles album, released in 1974. It features the single "Virgin Man." Several songs were written by Robinson with fellow Miracle Marv Tarplin, who left the group a year after Robinson's departure to join him in California and assist him in his solo projects.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Creem | C+[2] |
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (July 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved February 10, 2017.