Love Breeze

The Bay State Banner determined that "Smokey is content to master today's wah-wah-ing and orchestral perfumery, as his production stretches the music so thin it nearly breaks: soloists' one-notes stand as alone as Smokey's voice."[4] In 2011, The New Yorker wrote: "The record has uncomfortable duds, like 'Shoe Soul', which takes a pedestrian pun to absurd lengths, but also songs like 'Daylight and Darkness', which poses a number of increasingly pointed questions about a lover's mood swings. The music is smooth, easy listening unless you're really listening."[5]

• Smokey Robinson – lead and backing vocals
• John Barnes – keyboards
• James Bradford – bass piano
• Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards, arrangements (1, 2, 4-8)
• Ronnie McNeir – Fender Rhodes
• Sylvester Rivers – keyboards
• Fred Ross – organ
• Michael Sutton – keyboards, clavinet
• Marlo Henderson – guitars
• Rick Littlefield – guitars
• Marvin Tarplin – guitars
• Wah-Wah Watson – guitars
• David T. Walker – guitars
• Scott Edwards – bass guitar
• James Jamerson – bass guitar
• Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
• David Shields – bass guitar
• Wayne Tweed – bass guitar
• James Gadson – drums
• Ed Greene – drums
• Scotty Harris – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• James Sledge – congas, backing vocals
• Bob Zimmitti – percussion, vibraphone
• Fred Smith – flutes, reeds, solos
• Michael Jacobsen – cello
• Bob "Boogie" Bowles – arrangements (3)
• Kim Richmond – horn arrangements (5)
• Arthur G. Wright – rhythm and string arrangements (5)
• Melba Bradford – backing vocals
• Cheryl Cooper – backing vocals
• Ivory Davis – backing vocals
• Patricia Henley – backing vocals
• Jesse Richardson – backing vocals
• Claudette Robinson – backing vocals
• Brenda Sutton – backing vocals

• Producers – Smokey Robinson (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 & 8); Jerry Butler and Homer Talbert (Track 3); Mike and Brenda Sutton (Track 5)
• Engineers – Don Boehret, Michael Lizzio, Barney Perkins, Bob Robitaille, Michael Schuman, Art Stewart and Art White.
• Assistant Engineer – James Warmack
• Recorded at Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA); ABC Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Kendun Recorders (Burbank, CA).
• Mixed by Russ Terrana
• Mastered by Jack Andrews
• Mixed and Mastered at Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction and Design – Wriston Jones
• Illustration – Brian Zick