The Best of Spinners (1978 album)

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The Best of Spinners
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Greatest hits album by
The Spinners
Released1978 (1978)
RecordedVarious sessions from 1970 to 1977
Studio
Genre Soul
LanguageEnglish
Label Atlantic
Producer Thom Bell
The Spinners chronology
8
(1977)		The Best of Spinners
(1978)		 From Here to Eternally
(1979)
The Spinners compilations chronology
Smash Hits
(1977)		The Best of Spinners
(1978)

The Best of Spinners is a 1978 greatest hits album from Philly soul vocal group The Spinners, released on Atlantic Records.

Contents

Recording and release

This is the second domestic Spinners compilation (after a 1977 British compilation, Smash Hits ) and includes recordings from a series of successful albums produced by Thom Bell for Atlantic Records in the 1970s. [1] A previous compilation by the same name from 1973 collects the group's first singles and tracks from their two Motown albums. [2] By 1977, vocalist Philippé Wynne left the group for a solo career and to work in the music business, [3] leading to a commercial decline for the group and a pair of less successful albums in 1977. This compilation came at the end of their collaboration with Bell: they would record the 1979 release From Here to Eternally with him, as well as a few tracks for his film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh , [4] but the group enlisted a different producer for their disco release Dancin' and Lovin' later that year. [5]

Reception

The editors of AllMusic Guide scored this compilation 4.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Ron Wynn calling this "a definitive work" until Atlantic released a two-disc set in the compact disc era. [6]

Track listing

  1. "I'll Be Around" – 3:10
  2. "How Could I Let You Get Away" – 3:45
  3. "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" – 3:19
  4. "Mighty Love" – 4:56
  5. "Ghetto Child" – 3:47
  6. "Then Came You" – 3:57
  7. "Sadie" – 3:30
  8. "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" – 4:12
  9. "They Just Can't Stop It The (Games People Play)" – 3:28
  10. "The Rubberband Man" – 3:32

Chart performance

The Best of Spinners reached 56 on the R&B chart and peaked at 115 on the Billboard 200. [7]

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. ↑ "The Spinners – Classic Motown". Motown . Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ Williams, Jean (April 2, 1977). "Vocalist Wynn Is Learning Finances". General News. Billboard . Vol. 90, no. 11. p. 35. ISSN   0006-2510.
  4. ↑ Grein, Paul (November 10, 1979). "Wonder-ful Party Plugs New Album". Soul Sauce. Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 45. p. 54. ISSN   0006-2510.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Wynn, Ron. "The Spinners – The Best of Spinners". AllMusic Guide . Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ "US Albums Charts > The Spinners". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
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