1999 studio album by The Spinners
At Their Best Released April 23, 1999 (1999-04-23 ) Genre Soul [ 1] Length 49 :45 Language English Label Click Records
At Their Best is a 1999 studio album by American soul music vocal group The Spinners , released on Click Records. This album re-records several of the band's hits and is their first new recordings in a decade; this album would also be their last new material until 2021's 'Round the Block and Back Again .
Reception
Editors at AllMusic Guide scored At Their Best two out of five stars, with critic Raymond McKinney writing that "none of it truly recaptures the fire of the group's heyday, although their harmonies remain impeccable".[ 1]
Track listing
"This Place Hotel" (Michael Jackson ) – 4:58
"Why Me" (Andre Allen) – 4:46
"Can't Help Lovin' You" (Doug Shawe) – 5:08
"I'll Be Around " (Thom Bell and Phil Hurtt) – 4:26
"Do I Do" (Stevie Wonder )) – 6:17
"That's Why I Love You" (Mark Nelson) – 4:32
"Turn Off the Lights" (Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff ) – 5:27
"Checklist" (Gary Brown) – 3:38
"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (Jim Weatherly) – 4:22
"Love Don't Love Nobody" (Roy Brown, Joseph B. Jefferson, and Charles Simmons) – 6:11
Personnel
The Spinners
Additional musicians
Ollie E. Brown – drums, percussion, drum programming
Todd Burns – keyboards
John Fluker – piano
Phillip Ingram – backing vocals, vocal arrangement
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
Roman Johnson – keyboards, synthesizer bass, arrangement, drum programming
Valorie Jones – backing vocals, vocal arrangement
Kool Moe Dee – rapping
Cornelius Mims – keyboards, synthesizer bass
Leon Mobley – percussion
Grant Nicholas – keyboards
Bruce Paulson – horn
Nathan Watts – bass guitar
Stevie Wonder – harmonica, liner notes
Yo-Yo – rapping
Technical personnel
Craig Booker – drum programming
Dick Clark – liner notes
Joseph Curiale – horn arrangement
Chuck Cymone – drum programming, keyboards, rhythm arrangement
Timothy Fielding – photography
Berry Gordy, Jr. – liner notes
Steve Hallquist – engineering , mixing
Fortune Reed – sequencing arrangement
Michael Schuman – mixing
Robert Slack – horn
Mark V. – engineering
Ron Wong – art direction , design
Benjamin F. Wright – arrangement
See also
References
External links
C.J. Jefferson
Marvin Taylor
Jessie Robert Peck
Ronnie Moss
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