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The Best of the Spinners
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Greatest hits album by
The Spinners
Released1973 (1973)
RecordedVarious sessions from 1961 to 1970
GenreSoul
LanguageEnglish
LabelMotown
ProducerJohnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Berry Gordy, George Gordy, Robert Gordy, Ivy Jo Hunter, Clay McMurray, Smokey Robinson, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Allen Story, and Stevie Wonder
The Spinners chronology
Spinners
(1973) 		The Best of the Spinners
(1973) 		Mighty Love
(1974)
The Spinners compilations chronology
The Best of the Spinners
(1973) 		Smash Hits
(1977)

The Best of the Spinners is a 1973 greatest hits album from American Philly soul vocal group The Spinners, released on Motown.

Recording and release

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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 G. C. Cameron had married Gwen Gordy and had a different contract than the rest of the performers, so he departed the Spinners and encouraged them to add Philippé Wynne;[1] the renewed line-up recorded a string of successful albums produced by Thom Bell for Atlantic Records for the next six years.[2]

Reception

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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

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  1. "Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music" – 3:04
  2. "It's a Shame" – 3:10
  3. "I've Got to Find Myself a Brand New Baby" – 2:33
  4. "I'll Always Love You" – 2:43
  5. "We'll Have It Made" – 3:26
  6. "Bad, Bad Weather (Till You Come Home)" – 2:26
  7. "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" – 3:35
  8. "Truly Yours" – 3:00
  9. "Sweet Thing" – 2:40
  10. "O-o-h Child" – 3:13

Chart performance

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The Best of the Spinners reached 37 on the R&B chart and peaked at 124 on the Billboard 200.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Spinners – Classic Motown". Motown. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  2. ^ Burgess, A. Ace (1976-03-25). "The Spinners Celebrate 20th Anniversary". Jet. Vol. XLIX, no. 26. Johnson Publishing, Company, Inc. p. 60. ISSN 0021-5996.
  3. ^ "Pop Picks". Radio Action & Pick Singles. Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 17. 1973-04-28. p. 50. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ^ "US Albums Charts > The Spinners". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
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