I Like It Like That (album)


I Like It Like That is an album by Motown group the Miracles, compiled for the UK market and released on the UK Tamla-Motown label as one of its initial group of six albums in March 1965. Known as the Miracles' "forgotten album", few people, outside of Motown insiders, hard-core Miracles fans, and collectors, remember that it had even existed. This album featured a combination of several new-for-1964 songs along with previously-issued material from the group's album from the year before, The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey. New for 1964 songs included "I Like It Like That", the Bobby Rogers-led flip side "You're So Fine and Sweet,", "That's What Love Is Made Of", another 1964 hit that the group performed on the American International Pictures release, the T.A.M.I. Show that year, and "Would I Love You", a song that became a popular regional hit tune for the group in Pennsylvania and The Midwest. The album also featured a Claudette Robinson-led cover version of the Orlons' #2 Pop smash, "The Wah-Watusi"., and the group's 1963 Top 40 Hit, "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying". Several of the group's other 1964 songs, including the chart hits " The Man in You", "Come On Do the Jerk", and its "B" side, "Baby Don't You Go", were not included. The new 1964 recordings "I Like It Like That", "Would I love You" and "That's What Love Is Made Of" were included on the only US Miracles 1964 album release "Miracles Greatest Hits From The Beginning" which was the first double album released by Motown Records.
As of 2018, The Miracles' "I Like It Like That" album has yet to see an official CD release.

Track listing

Side one

All lead vocals by Smokey Robinson except where noted
  1. "I Like It Like That"
  2. "Dance What You Wanna
  3. "The Wah-Watusi"
  4. "Such Is Love, Such Is Life"
  5. "The Groovy Thing"
  6. "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying"

    Side two

  7. "That's What Love Is Made Of"
  8. "The Monkey Time"
  9. "You're So Fine and Sweet"
  10. "Would I Love You"
  11. "Dancin' Holiday"
  12. "Twist and Shout"

    Personnel

The Miracles