These are great tunes done in the particular "Philly" style that we loved then and still do - amazing really how timely they still are - but, maybe I'm just "stuck" in my younger years - still fun. Plus, the Spinners didn't have too much else (to my knowledge) but this is the best.

Anyone who loves Motown music MUST have this in their collection!! It really does feature the very best of the Spinners, without a doubt one of the finest groups to come out of Motown. Their harmonies never disappoint and every song makes you want to dance. Buy it today!!!

This is by far the very best collection of The Spinners, when they were on the Atlantic label, their most memorable era! Featuring, the lead singer the late great Phillipe Wynn on such big hits as : Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, I'll Be Around, Mighty Love, Love Don't Love Nobody, Rubberband Man, Ghetto Child, Cupid (I've Loved You For A Long Time) Working My Way Back To You Babe (Forgive, Me Girl), two smash medley's. Their songs will live on forever !!

There are several Spinners Best Of anthologies knocking about but this one, from Rhino, is definitely the one to get. Don't let the "pop" label fool you, the Spinners have every bit as much to offer as any other R&B group, they are way out among the front runners. These guys are as tight as a kettledrum, their singing is beautiful, they've got plenty to say, and funk is in abundance. No matter what you're after, the Spinners deliver the freight. Games People Play - a classic - is so smooth it glistens, while songs like The Rubberband Man, It's A Shame, and Then Came You - featuring the turbo-charged addition of Dionne Warwick - offer a feel good appeal that sneaks right inside your soul. Mighty Love, I'm Coming Home, and Ghetto Child provide hard-nosed funky impact, and Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, I'll Be Around, and One Of A Kind will have you singing along without even knowing it. As good as all these upbeat numbers are, the Spinners are never better than when they slow it way down and dig deep into the blues. How Could I Let You Get Away, Sadie, and Love Don't Love Nobody take you to the hurtin' part of town with such elegance, purpose, and raw sincerity that you can't help but be moved. Treat yourself.

Avoid the various bargain-bin duplications and purchase this 16-track collection of The Spinners' finest music. "Very Best" has all the integral hits from the 1970s and early 1980s. "I'll Be Around," "It's a Shame," "Games People Play" and "Rubberband Man" deliver a rhythmic punch after all these years. It's an impressive body of work that helped define Philadelphia soul.

Great album. Has all the songs I love. Not a bad song on the album.

Besides including all of their hits, I appreciated the cuts being in chronological order. My earliest memories were the tunes "I'll be Around" (nicely rereleased by Hall & Oates on their "Our Kind of Soul" album.) and "Could it be I'm Falling in Love". I discovered "It's a Shame" after that and the rest of the tracks as they were released. If you only buy this album for one track, its money well spent and you'll find some old favourites and maybe some new ones too. Happy Listening

good album didn't know some songs but the ones i did i sang to all they way through

If you peruse the 42 hits you get by typing "Spinners" in the Amazon "search" field, you'll find that many of them--if not most--are "best of" or "greatest hits" packages. Confusing? Well, yeah, kinda. Near as I can tell, even the Amazon review for this album is actually referring to ANOTHER collection, since the song "Cupid" is NOT on this one.

Another reviewer makes reference to the excellent liner notes provided by Rhino--all well and good, except that this release HAS no liner notes and is on the Rebound label. So, is this some inferior product and let the buyer beware? Well, yes and no. It looks as though there are more definitive collections out there, but this one is bargain priced and contains many of the 70s hits that many buyers will actually be looking for: "I'll Be Around"; "It's A Shame"; "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love?" etc. And there are some oddball selections such as the doo-woppy "In My Diary," which I'm guessing (without the benefit on liner notes) comes from their 60s incarnation.

As with any number of R&B vocal groups, you've got the gravel voiced soul man and the sweet tenor. It would have been nice to have some indication as to who was who, singing what. Over the course of their long history, it's understood that there would be personnel changes, and some idea as to when the (less well known) tracks were recorded would have been helpful. Again it's just a guess, but I would say there are at least three lead vocalists on this greatest hits collection. It's frustrating not to be able to give credit where credit is due.

But that's both the charm and the problem with budgetline releases. They often give you enough quality stuff to pique your curiousity and get you to seek out more. Alternately, if you're just a casual fan, who either remembers the hits fondly or who would like to sample the group's wares a bit, this collection will almost certainly fill the bill.

On the other hand, you may wish to scan the entries for a few of the other Spinners packages too. You may find that, for a few dollars more, you get even more of their classics (I would have loved to have gotten the Dionne Warwick collaboration, "Then Came You," for instance). It's all a matter of what you're after and how much you're willing to invest. There are probably even hardcore Spinners fans out there who are buying all of these collections to make sure that they get every available track.

Bottom line: you may want to take a few moments and peruse the various collections available through Amazon. That's the beauty of online shopping, isn't it? YOu can do a quick comparison (well, RELATIVELY quick--when there are 42 hits, you still have your work cut out for you) and hopefully fing the package that's right for you. This one ain't bad for starters.

Philippe "Soul" Wynne, that is! If you're a young person and you got here because you heard "Rubberband Man" on a TV commercial, buy this CD and get educated. The Spinners WERE pop-soul in the 70's, and there was one crazy thing about the 70's, YOU HAD TO BE ABLE TO SING TO GET A JOB AS A SINGER! In summary, there's only one Philippe "Soul" Wynne, and I'm afraid there will never be another. I used to sing fa fa fa fa, but right now I feel so good I sing La La La La!

Amazing vocal feats. Inventive instrumental arrangements and polished delivery. Simple but profound lyrics. Famous and obscure backup singers. Late disco-era hits that are STILL being played in dance clubs today! Given that a significant amount of 70's music today sounds amateurish and is often placed in compilations for humor value only, the Spinners certainly stand out from the pack!

This is an album that includes ALL of the Spinner's hits! My favorite songs are It's A Shame, I'll Be Around and Could It Be I'm falling in Love. This is one of the best albums to party with. It may be from the 60's, but it will never get old.

Originally known as the Detroit Spinners, this group was discovered by Moonglows great Harvey Fuqua around 1960. In fact their very first release "Thats What Girls Are Made For" (sadly not included in this collection) was done in the Moonglows style. The Spinners were signed by Berry Gordy in the early 60's but struggled mightily to find their sound. They released a dozen or so singles before finally hitting paydirt in 1970 with "It's A Shame". Convinced that the group needed to go in an entirely different direction, good friend Aretha Franklin convinced they to leave Motown and sign with Atlantic Records where she introduced them to producer Thom Bell. This was a match made in heaven. And the rest is history. Over the next dozen years or so, the group would place about two dozen songs on Billboards Hot 100. Of these, seven made the Top Ten including the 1974 number one smash with Dionne Warwick "Then Came You". The Spinners turned out to be one the most consistant chart performers of the decade. This collection from Rhino records includes fifteen of the very best tracks including "It's A Shame", "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love", "The Rubberband Man" and two medleys from the early 80's "Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl" and "Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time". But the entire CD is a delight and I don't believe there is a mediocre track on the disc. As per usual, Rhino has included an eight page booklet with the history of the group and photos. Where are they now? According to their official website, the Spinners continue to perform in small venues around the country. Unfortunately, lead singer John Edwards fell ill in 2002. As a result, the group contacted their lead singer from the Motown days G.C. Cameron who agreed to rejoin the group after some 30 years. If you grew up in the 1970's, this CD should be an essential part of your music collection. Most highly recommended!!!

The music industry is quite a perplexing animal as both Gladys Knight & the Pips and Spinners were largely ignored by Motown and both went on to enjoy an amazing streak of success after leaving their first label. Nothing against Motown, but they never found a way to bring out the best of these talents, but luckally a man known as STEVIE WONDER to took interest in the group by writing and help record a gem titled "It's A Shame", which went on to become their only Motown hit. After much soul searching and rejection, the group was picked up (with much support from Aretha Franklin) by Atlantic.

After the lead singer quit, they began work with the great Thom Bell, Philly soul's "other" great producer besides the legendary Gamble & Huff team who were enjoying continued success with another gem of a group: none other than The O'Jays!While not as flashy or arguably well-remembered as the O'Jays, Spinners hold their own place in music history and this collection is AMAZING as it has every hit, a feat rarely seen in the industry as there are always some songs left out by accident or intent.

Listening to this great collection I am reminded how tasteful, elegant, and lushy romantic this group was. True adult contemporary music before the term was prostituted to include artists that don't receive play on MTV.

Some may forget that Spinners had a few gems that surpassed their signature love songs, as exemplified by the grooves of "The Rubberband Man" and towards the end of their reign had a couple of well received medleys that did not deviate from their roots but incorporated a discoish beat that suited them quite well. I LOVE "Working My Way Back To You/ Forgive Me Girl."

If you are a hard core fan, there is a double anthology titled "One of a Kind Love Affair", but for me this single-disc career summary offers everything that I was looking for and more. '70's soul served at just the right temperature!

This CD rocks although my favorite Spinner's song of all-time "He'll Never Love You Like I Do" was not included on this album.

TRUE SOUL MUSIC WITH A POP FEEL APPEAL TO IT! THESE SONGS WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME! THEY HAVE A LIFE FORCE IN THEM- THE SENSATIONALLY SOULFUL "IT'S A SHAME", "I'LL BE AROUND" "COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE", "ONE OF A KIND" I COULD GO ON AND ON- BUT NO NEED ......ORDER THIS CD TODAY AND SEE FOR YOURSELF!

This CD rocked my world.

Thoroughly.

Get it.

This takes one back to every great song these guys ever did. Relive those days...those songs. LOVE IT!!!
Put it on and guarantee you, you'll start dancing...with or without a partner.

I'm really grooving to this CD. So many hits!

Good except for the EDIT of "Rubberband Man". You'll have to buy the original album for that one.

the rubberband man is my favorite and to me they'tr talking about p-funk legendary bassist bootsy collins on that one still the spinners was a very good group I'll be around, ghetto child, It's a shame are soul classics and can't forget sadie the song r kelly remade back in 94 still these boys were good in their own right keep soul alive and r.i.p. philippe wynne.

I fell in love with the Spinners from when they were first at the Motown label and when they moved over to Atlantic, I brought everything they turned out! I love to sing and this group just may my day. I could to sing to everything ballard. Hey like every cut is just great and I surely miss groups like the Spinners today.

And yet another satisfying "Very Best Of" CD from the good folks at Rhino...

The (Detroit) Spinner were indeed amongst the very best the early '70s had to offer in the orchestrated Pop-Soul genre which also counted royalty like The Chi Lites, Barbara Acklin, The Stylistics, ABC-era Four Tops, Chairmen of the Board, and the O'Jays. If you're a fan of that sort of music, this one's a must.

That said, what keeps this one's away from getting my full, flawless, five-star verdict is the simple fact that the quality isn't as consistent as one would've hoped for; few of the songs ("I'm Coming Home", "Sadie") just aren't quite as magnificent as others ("It's a Shame", "Mighty Love", "Could it Be I'm Falling in Love", "Ghetto Child"), while the Disco medleys ("Working My Way Back to You"/"Forgive Me, Girl" & "Cupid"/"I've Loved You For a Long Time"), although fine, don't measure up against the earlier stuff at all.

But this is still excellent nearly all the way -- few, at the time, did this sort of thing better than master Thom Bell (If needed, seek out the Stylistics for further proof). But Bell also had these majestic voices to work with, so it definitely wasn't all him.

Spinners keep on spinning -- we sallute you!

Okay, all you boys and girls out there who think that 70s soul music is dated, take another listen at what has to be the most overlooked band of the century.

The Spinners sold a good many records although, truth be told, many of those were of the 45 rpm variety. They were a virtual hit machine back when a spot on the Top 40 really implied sales of the little vinyl discs.

Thom Bell and company used horns, strings, and harmony vocals in a manner that few (namely Marvin Gaye) could match. Many casual listeners of pop/soul will be surprised at how many of these tunes bring back memories of AM/FM radio of the 70s.

One of their biggest hits, "I'll Be Around," is now being used in a major television commercial for a car company. Although I'm generally opposed to our musical heritage being used for jingles, if anyone discovers the Spinners because of the ads then some good has come out of it.

PS...Rhino's "Spinners Greatest Hits Vol. 2" is quite bereft of actual "hits" but full of great tunes nonetheless.

If you like the versions you hear on the radio, this is not the one you want. Also, if you like "live" versions, this is not the one. This CD has the cleaner, softer, low key cuts. That being said, it's still great music and such a great group.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Where's Mighty Love, Love Don't Love Nobody, Then Came You, to name just three essentials missing? For the reviewer to say all the "essential" great Spinners tunes are here undermines his own credibility. The later Atlantic anthology, "One of A Kind" collection is far more complete. Pass on this one

This compilation shows that the Spinners were one of the best soul groups of the 70's. From 'It's a Shame' to 'Cupid', it's a great trip thru some of the best music of the Philly soul era. For those that want to look further, the Anthology is great as well. This CD has the all the major and minor hits (no weak tracks), great liner notes, chart positions of the singles and other juicy stuff. Considering how cheap this CD is, it's a shame not to get it for your collection!

this group had the magic touch on this hits compilation.so many great songs and moments.these songs stand the test of time and will continue to.the vocals recall a more soulful era.

Features classics like "I'll Be Around," and "Mighty Love." One of the great soul groups of the 70's.

THE SONGS SUNG BY THE SPINNERS WILL BE POPULAR ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW. THE MUSIC AND THE WORDS WILL MAKE A COUPLE FALL MADLY IN LOVE. SADIE, IS A SONG THAT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF MY GRANDMOTHER. I JUST LOVE THEIR MUSIC. AS YOU CAN SEE I AM A FAN OF THEIRS. I HAVE SEEN THEM PERFORM ONLY ONCE, BUT I CAME AWAY KNOWING THAT I HAD ONE OF THE BEST TIMES IN MY LIFE. A HAIL AND A DOUBLE SALUTE TO THE SPINNERS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME REVIEW THIS GROUP.