The Best of the Spinners (1978 album)
# The Best of the Spinners (1978 album)

The Best of the Spinners is a 1978 greatest hits album from Philly soul vocal group The Spinners, released on Atlantic Records.

## Recording and release

This is the second domestic Spinners compilation (after a 1977 British compilation, Smash Hits) and includes recordings from a series of successful albums produced by Thom Bell for Atlantic Records in the 1970s. A previous compilation by the same name from 1973 collects the group's first singles and tracks from their two Motown albums. By 1977, vocalist Philippé Wynne left the group for a solo career and to work in the music business, leading to a commercial decline for the group and a pair of less successful albums in 1977. This compilation came at the end of their collaboration with Bell: they would record the 1979 release From Here to Eternally with him, as well as a few tracks for his film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, but the group enlisted a different producer for their disco release Dancin' and Lovin' later that year.

## Reception

The editors of AllMusic Guide scored this compilation 4.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Ron Wynn calling this "a definitive work" until Atlantic released a two-disc set in the compact disc era.

## Track listing

* "I'll Be Around" – 3:10
* "How Could I Let You Get Away" – 3:45
* "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" – 3:19
* "Mighty Love" – 4:56
* "Ghetto Child" – 3:47
* "Then Came You" – 3:57
* "Sadie" – 3:30
* "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" – 4:12
* "They Just Can't Stop It The (Games People Play)" – 3:28
* "The Rubberband Man" – 3:32

## Chart performance

The Best of the Spinners reached 56 on the R&B chart and peaked at 115 on the Billboard 200.

