Dancin' and Lovin'

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Dancin' and Lovin'
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Studio album by
the Spinners
ReleasedOctober 1979 (1979-10)
Studio
  • Blue Rock, New York City, New York, United States (rhythm tracks for "Body Language" and "Working My Way Back to You"/"Forgive Me Girl")
  • Columbia Recording Studios (30th Street), New York City, New York, United States (strings and horns for "Disco Ride", "Let's Boogie, Let's Dance", and "With My Eyes")
  • Columbia Recording Studios (B), New York City, New York, United States (strings and vocals for "Disco Ride", "Let's Boogie, Let's Dance", and "With My Eyes")
  • Secret Sound Studios, New York City, New York, United States (rhythm tracks and vocals for "Disco Ride", "Let's Boogie, Let's Dance", and "With My Eyes"; horns for "Body Language" and "Working My Way Back to You"/"Forgive Me Girl")
  • Superdisc, Inc.; East Detroit, Michigan, United States ("One, One, Two, Two, Boogie Woogie Avenue (Home of the Boogie, House of the Funk)")
Genre Disco
Length36:38
LanguageEnglish
Label Atlantic
Producer
The Spinners chronology
From Here to Eternally
(1979)		Dancin' and Lovin'
(1979)		 Love Trippin'
(1980)

Dancin' and Lovin' is a 1979 studio album from Philly soul vocal group the Spinners, released on Atlantic Records. This album comes after a long-time association with producer Thom Bell and marks a shift to disco, resulting in a commercial success after a short string of decline.

Contents

Recording and release

The Spinners had a series of certified gold albums produced by Thom Bell for Atlantic Records in the 1970s. [1] By 1977, vocalist Philippé Wynne had left the group for a solo career and to work in the music business, [2] leading to a commercial decline for the group and a pair of less successful albums in 1977, followed by a greatest hits album to buoy their profile. After From Here to Eternally and a few songs on the soundtrack to Bell's film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh , [3] the group changed their sound to disco and enlisted a different production technique for this release in 1979. [4] For the first time, the group produced their own music, collaborating with Will Hatcher and Michael Zager. [5]

Reception

A review in Billboard upon release recommended the album to retailers and noted that the group still retained its "vocal punch" with the addition of John Edwards replacing Philippé Wynne. [6] The editors of AllMusic Guide scored this release three out of five stars, with reviewer Ron Wynn noting that the band's reinvention worked commercially and allowed them to briefly retire a worn-out formula of soul music, which they returned to with a fresh approach in the 1980s. [7] In a year-end round-up for Billboard , the Spinners were 76th in the Number One Pop Album Artists for this album and 22nd in Number One Soul Album Artists for both Dancin' and Lovin' and its follow-up Love Trippin' . [8]

Track listing

  1. "Disco Ride" (Jolyon Skinner, Eltesa Weathersby, and Michael Zager) – 6:24
  2. "Body Language" (Ed Fox, Frank Fuchs, and Alan Roy Scott) – 6:26
  3. "Let's Boogie, Let's Dance" (Doug Frank, Ed Fox, and Doug James) – 5:56
  4. Medley: "Working My Way Back to You" (Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell) / "Forgive Me Girl" (Michael Zager) – 6:04
  5. "With My Eyes" (Tray Christopher and Doug James) – 6:43
  6. "One, One, Two, Two, Boogie Woogie Avenue (Home of the Boogie, House of the Funk)" (William Hatcher and Rickie Ross) – 5:05

Personnel

The Spinners

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Chart performance

Dancin' and Lovin' was the most commercially successful Spinners album in several years, reaching 11 on the R&B chart and peaking at 32 on the Billboard 200. [9] Additionally, they made their only appearance on Australian charts, topping out at 87. [10] Furthermore, the single releases of "Working My Way Back to You" and "Forgive Me Girl" reached two on the pop charts and six on the R&B charts respectively. [7] Jet included Dancin' and Lovin' in their Soul Brothers Top 20 Albums three times in 1980, reaching 18 on March 20, [11] 20 on April 3, [12] and finally 13 on April 10. [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Burgess, A. Ace (March 25, 1976). "The Spinners Celebrate 20th Anniversary". Jet . Vol. XLIX, no. 26. Johnson Publishing, Company, Inc. p. 60. ISSN   0021-5996.
  2. ↑ Williams, Jean (April 2, 1977). "Vocalist Wynn Is Learning Finances". General News. Billboard . Vol. 90, no. 11. p. 35. ISSN   0006-2510.
  3. ↑ Grein, Paul (November 10, 1979). "Wonder-ful Party Plugs New Album". Soul Sauce. Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 45. p. 54. ISSN   0006-2510.
  4. ↑ Grein, Paul (November 17, 1979). "Spinners Spinning to Belated Dance Beat on New LP". Talent. Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 46. pp. 34, 40. ISSN   0006-2510.
  5. ↑ Williams, Jean (July 7, 1979). "Spinners to Try a New LP Concept". Soul Sauce. Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 26. p. 34. ISSN   0006-2510.
  6. ↑ "Soul". Billboard's Top Album Picks. Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 43. October 27, 1979. p. 86. ISSN   0006-2510.
  7. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. "The Spinners – Dancin' and Lovin'". AllMusic Guide . Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  8. ↑ Grein, Paul (December 20, 1980). "Billboard's 1980 Talent in Action". Billboard . Vol. 92, no. 51. pp. TA-15, TA-34. ISSN   0006-2510.
  9. ↑ "US Albums Charts > The Spinners". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  10. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  11. ↑ "Soul Brothers Top 20 Albums". Jet . Vol. 58, no. 1. Johnson Publishing, Company, Inc. March 20, 1980. p. 63. ISSN   0021-5996.
  12. ↑ "Soul Brothers Top 20 Albums". Jet . Vol. 58, no. 3. Johnson Publishing, Company, Inc. April 3, 1980. p. 62. ISSN   0021-5996.
  13. ↑ "Soul Brothers Top 20 Albums". Jet . Vol. 58, no. 4. Johnson Publishing, Company, Inc. April 10, 1980. p. 56. ISSN   0021-5996.
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