The Best of the Spinners (1973 album)
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The Best of the Spinners is a 1973
Recording and release
This is the first Spinners compilation and represents the string of recordings that the group made for Motown from 1964 to 1970. The group had persistent difficulties recording with the label on a consistent schedule, spending over a year signed to Motown before their first recording session and only producing two studio albums in that time. The group's contract expired in 1972 and most of the band members decided to leave Motown, but vocalist
Reception
A review for Billboard calls this collection "smoothly stimulating tunes" and recommended that retailers bought the record due to the band's shift to Atlantic and current hits upon release.[3]
Track listing
- "Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music" – 3:04
- "It's a Shame" – 3:10
- "I've Got to Find Myself a Brand New Baby" – 2:33
- "I'll Always Love You" – 2:43
- "We'll Have It Made" – 3:26
- "Bad, Bad Weather (Till You Come Home)" – 2:26
- "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" – 3:35
- "Truly Yours" – 3:00
- "Sweet Thing" – 2:40
- "O-o-h Child" – 3:13
Chart performance
The Best of the Spinners reached 37 on the R&B chart and peaked at 124 on the Billboard 200.[4]
See also
- List of 1973 albums
References
- ^ "The Spinners – Classic Motown". Motown. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ISSN 0021-5996.
- ISSN 0006-2510.
- AllMusic Guide. Archived from the originalon 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
External links
- The Best of the Spinners at Discogs (list of releases)