The Spinners - The Very Best of the Spinners
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Free Music Notes for The Very Best of the Spinners
Free Music Review: Tight Old School R&B cd
Hit: 4 Stars
This is an awesome collection of hits from the Spinners! My favorite song on here is Working My Way Back To You, but the other songs I like on here include It's A Shame, Cupid, I'll Be Around, How Could I Let You Get Away, Love Don't Love Nobody, Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, and They Just Can't Stop It. This is a must-have for those who enjoy classic old-school R&B! Check it out!Free Music Review: Hot Philly Magic Spun on this set
Hit: 5 Stars
The Spinners are indeed one of the most underestimated R&B groups of the seventies music era. Their soulful pop grooves compete heavily with those of that other famous Motown group, the Temptations. The Spinners were something different tough, with a bigger batch of low key slow jams that really click like the dramatic tale of a mother called "Sadie". While the group isn't really a Motown act, smash with those catchy hooks "It's A Shame" and "I'll Be Around" are timeless. Also, the combo of the group with female voices on most notably "Then Came You" with Dionne Warwick really is beautiful and fun. Experiments with elements like hot funk with "Rubberband Man", disco on "Working My Way Back To You" and playful pop "Cupid" click very well with their lush ballads that conquer this album. This set is full of big hits that are a greatly loving and play like funky little soap operas, without the dumb clichés. These guys are just a great solid group of singers that cranked out some very important hits during the seventies. Too bad it didn't last longer, because tracks like "Cupid" might have been great potential of that time period. If you want a great intro to some golden oldies that jam today, get this now! They hooked me into being a big fan.
Free Music Review: Their best is the best
Hit: 5 Stars
More kudos to Rhino Records. These guys (the Spinners, not Rhino) were around for so long, and made so much good music over twenty some years. Most of it is here.Sorry about the bad luck of Music Fan, but my copy had "Mighty Love", "Love Don't Love Nobody" and "Then Came You". Also included were some of their earlier smooth songs like "I'll Be Around" and "Its a Shame". We even get the Spinners foray into disco, the remake of the Four Season's Working My Way Back To You" is happily included.
They were so polished, and if you have gone a few decades (like I did) withoug hearing these songs, they return like a good old friend. My only complaint? I would prefer the full versions of "Mighty Love", "Love Don't Love Nobody" and "Rubberband Man". But not enough of a problem to dog this one out.
Free Music Review: Old School.
Hit: 4 Stars
My bias towards soul music is that I prefer the older sound to today's sound. Hip hop is, to me, more beat than soul. With that bias said, "The Very Best Of The Spinners" has plenty of the old school soul that has influenced so many of today's artists. The only drawback I found with this compilation is that most of the songs are ballads--which isn't to say that that's a bad thing, but when you listen to the entire cd, straight, it's a bit too mellow. For a one disc collection, most of The Spinners best known hits are here. The one thing I like most about this band is their ability to harmonize and make the listener feel what they are singing about--something most of today's soul music lacks the ability to do. The Spinners weren't about vocal acrobatics or slick production values, and that's what sets their brand of soul apart from today's artists. However, they do sound like many of their contemporaries, most notably The Temptations, The O'Jays and even The Four Tops. This cd nicely summarizes The Spinners' career on one disc.Free Music Review: Spinners Ruled
Hit: 4 Stars
The Spinners hit full stride long before Games People Play as the critic fails to realize.I'll Be Around and Could It Be I'm Falling In Love are two earlier hits that ignited the Spinners run up both the pop and r&b charts.
Arranger and producer Thom Bell is at his best as a jockey working these vocal racehorses.