2024 the best of spinners review

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Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 2.83 ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Wea/Atlantic/Rhino
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 27, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Wea/Atlantic/Rhino
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000003409
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
Reviewer: Lary Batiste
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I love the lead singer Phillipe Winn
Review: I love the lead singer Phillipe Winn. Unfortunately, he passed away in the early 80’s but has the best falsettos of any lead singer and the passion to make it work. Just watch some of their (The Spinners) performances on You Tube and see!

Reviewer: Gregory L. Lucas
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Ballads
Review: The first song I recall by the Spinners was "It's A Shame". I was an adolescent at the time. In my teen years, that's when the Spinners released those timeless ballads. The one song I didn't have by the group was "Easy Come, Easy Go". This completes my collection of Spinners music. This is a great CD by a great group.

Reviewer: George O'Leary
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Their Lesser Hits
Review: If you have Volume 1 in this 2-volume set from Rhino/WEA you have their first 12 hit singles with Atlantic, beginning with their initial # 1 R&B smash, I'll Be Around, which spent five weeks at the top spot in the fall of 1972, and crossed over to the Billboard Pop Hot 100 at # 3. This came after five earlier hits dating back to 1961 with, first, Tri-Phi where they registered their first single charter in the summer of 1961 with That's What Girls Are Made For which, with Harvey Fuqua singing lead, hit # 5 R&B/# 27 Hot 100. Two hits then followed during their stay with Motown in 1965/66, followed by two more in 1970/71 with V.I.P.One of those last two, It's A Shame, is in that first volume, as are The Rubberband Man from late 1976, Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl from late 1979/early 1980, and Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time from mid-1980. In including those three hits, that first volume jumped over the eight hits they registered from late 1975 to early 1979. They are in this Volume 2 which also includes eight of their better album cuts, primarily from 1973 to 1975 (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9), but also including one (track 1) from a 1991 LP. There are also two failed singles (tracks 2 and 6).The sound quality is excellent and you get 11 pages of liner notes written by David Gorman, sprinkled with great shots of the group, as well as a complete discography of the contents. The hits included are: Love Or Leave (# 8 R&B/# 36 Hot 100 late 1975/early 1976); Wake Up, Susan (# 11 R&B/# 56 Hot 100 summer 1976); You're Throwing A Good Love Away (# 5 R&B/# 43 Hot 100 April/May 1977); Me And My Music (# 39 R&B July 1977); Heaven On Earth [So Fine] (# 23 R&B/# 43 Adult Contemporary/# 89 Hot 100 fall 1977); Easy Come, Easy Go (# 46 R&B March 1978); If You Wanna Do A Dance (# 17 R&B/# 49 Hot 100 summer 1978); and Are You Ready For Love? (# 25 R&B spring 1979).As you can see from the modest to mediocre chart results, especially on the more lucrative Hot 100, their "very best" was certainly collected in that first volume. After the last hit represented in both volumes, Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time, which hit # 4 Hot 100/# 5 R&B in summer 1980, they would add 9 more Atlantic hits, one for Arista (in 1990 with Dionne Warwick), and one in 1995 with Rappin' 4-Tay on Chrysalis. None would score any higher than # 39 Hot 100 (that last one) or # 22 R&B (1984's Right Or Wrong).Not a bad addition to that Volume 1, but recommended only for devoted fans of the group.

Reviewer: Joe Roberts
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Le 1er volume de ce best of contenait les plus grands succès des Spinners, les plus connus et ceux qu’on fredonne aujourd’hui encore dès qu’on les entend comme I’ll be around, It’s a shame, Could it Be that I'm Falling in Love, des chefs d’œuvre de la Detroit Soul des années 70 avec des arrangements soignés, de belles mélodies et des harmonies vocales irrésistibles…Dans ce 2e volume, on est dans des titres moins connus mais de qualité avec sur les 12 premiers titres Philippé Wynne mais ce dernier part en 1977 et c’est John Edwards qui le remplace comme chanteur principal. Sur des morceaux comme Since I been gone, Wake up Susan ou Me and my music, le succès est encore là mais le départ de Wynne porte un coup aux Spinners dont ils ne se remettront jamais vraiment. Ils ont pourtant continué avec un succès bien moindre et le groupe continue de tourner aujourd’hui avec 2 des membres survivants.