| Cookin' with the Miracles | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | The Miracles |
| Cover: | Miracles cookin with the miracles.jpg |
| Released: | November 13, 1961 |
| Studio: | Hitsville USA, Detroit RCA Studios, Chicago |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Label: | Tamla |
| Producer: | Berry Gordy, Jr. |
| Prev Title: | Hi... We're the Miracles |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | I'll Try Something New |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
Cookin' with the Miracles is the second Tamla album by American soul vocal group The Miracles, and their second of 1961. Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson co-wrote most of the songs, including the two charting singles "Ain't It Baby" (#49 US, #15 R&B) and "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues" (#52 US, #11 R&B). Another single, "Mighty Good Lovin’" (#51 US, #21 R&B) b/w "Broken Hearted" (#97 US), was issued in between those two. However, only "Broken Hearted" appears on the album, featuring a different vocal take to the single version.[1] The album is composed mostly of upbeat R&B tunes with steady string riffs, like "Determination" and "Broken Hearted". A cover of the jazz standard "Embraceable You" by George & Ira Gershwin is also included. "That's The Way I Feel", also from this album, was chosen for the soundtrack of the award-winning 1964 Ivan Dixon film Nothing But a Man.
Cookin' with the Miracles is one of only two Miracles albums to feature on its cover the complete original six-member group lineup: Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Marv Tarplin.