Mighty Love

Spinners | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: December 31, 1973
• Label: Rhino Atlantic
• Copyright: 1995 Atlantic Record Corporation Manufactured & Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
• Genres: R&B/Soul
• ASIN: B00123G6DO
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars C'mon, Rhino Folks!, March 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Mighty Love (Audio CD)

If you guys can't help tacking on bonus tracks to so many of these classic albums that you currently have in your catalog, then why don't you make sure they're the ones that were most likely left off due to running time constraints? Adding throwaway tracks (not even related to the actual recording sessions!) to an R&B/Soul masterpiece like the Spinners' Mighty Love really brings down the original effort several notches.

That aside...a fine slice of Philly Soul goodness to be found here for the most part. 5 stars easily for the original album, 2 stars for the unrelated bonus tracks. Maybe the Rhino staff will finally put their collective "horns" together and figure out that sometimes more is just plain overkill. And if they badly want to add extra material, then they should just incorporate it on another disc (if they have not done so already). Otherwise, LET IT BE!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the all-time great albums, soul or otherwise, August 28, 2001

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"necessitor" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mighty Love (Audio CD)

This is truly an incredible album, producer Thom Bell's crowning glory and the centerpiece of 1970's Philadelphia soul. Recorded at legendary Sigma Sound Studios in Philly and backed by their incredible houseband MFSB, it's all here: love, loss, joy, heartache, passion, despair, and finally, redemption. More than a collection of songs, it truly is a moving experience. It's one of those rare occasions that bonus tracks actually detract from the power of the album, but just program them out. Buy it now, you WILL NOT be sorry! PS Will Rhino please reissue Phillipe Wynne's wonderful solo album "Starting All Over" now? Please??

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Epic singing and production!, May 18, 2005

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Timothy R. Sullivan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mighty Love (Audio CD)

The legends follow up their incredible "Spinners" Atlantic debut album with this gem. No sophomore slump here, wow! The title track, plus "I'm Coming Home" and "Love Don't Love Nobody" are enough just to get the album.

The inspirational lyrics of "Mighty Love" are excellent, and the rotating leads by Bobbie Smith and Philippe Wynne are tremendous. What a production!

Wynne takes off on "I'm Coming Home" a fun-loving, pump up that obviously has some gospel roots to it. This is arguably the late great Wynne's greatest performance as a Spinner, though one could argue his best performance is a couple of songs later in "Love Don't Love Nobody" a semi-big hit for the group. A tremendous ballad with some good ol' fashion truth to the lyrics.

As usual the group's non-hits are not fillers, but excellent songs. "He'll Never Love You Like I Do" is so good it should've been a hit, but wasn't. Henry Fambrough sounds great on "Ain't No Price on Happiness", his smooth baritone voice truly one of the best in the business.

OK, Rhino made a big mistake in adding four throw away bonus tracks, which aren't on the original album. There's a reason why the group and producers didn't release them: They're not good. Luckily all four are at the end of the album and not mixed in, so one can listen to the original great eight songs and just end it there.

Thom Bell produces another masterpiece for the phenomenal five!