Being with You is a 1981 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...

. It's one of the few Smokey Robinson solo albums that have been released in the CD format. It features the Billboard Top 10 title track "Being with You", which just missed the #1 Pop position, peaking at #2, making it Robinson's highest-charting solo hit after leaving The Miracles

The Miracles

The Miracles are an American rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Record Corporation . Their single "Shop Around" was Motown's first million-selling hit record, and the group went on to become one of Motown's signature...

. His first wife, fellow Miracles member Claudette Robinson, contributed background vocals to this album. This album has been Certified Gold by the RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database

Track listing

All tracks composed by Smokey Robinson; except where indicated

1. "Being with You"
2. "Food For Thought"
3. "If You Wanna Make Love (Come 'Round Here)"
4. "Who's Sad" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo)
5. "Can't Fight Love" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo)
6. "You Are Forever"
7. "As You Do" (Peter Kingsbery)
8. "I Hear The Children Singing" (Forest Hairston)

Personnel

• Vocals - Smokey Robinson
• Art Direction - Johnny Lee
• Artwork Design - Ginny Livingston
• Backing Vocals - Claudette Robinson, Ivory Davis, Julia Waters Tillman, Maxine Waters Willard, Patricia Henley, Robert John, Smokey Robinson
• Bass - Scott Edwards
• Drums - Ed Greene
  Ed Greene (musician)
  Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician.An early recording in 1971 has him as a member of the Donald Byrd Group, together with Thurman Green Harold Land Bobby Hutcherson Joe Sample and Wilton Felder , among others....
  
  
• Engineer - Howard Lee Wolen
• Keyboards - Bill Cuomo
• Mastering - John Lemay
• Photography - Gary Heery
• Producer - George Tobin (Tracks 1-6, 8)
• Associate Producer - Mike Piccirillo for George Tobin Productions, Inc. (Tracks 1-6, 8)
• Producer - Smokey Robinson and Michael Lizzio (Track 7)