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Pick of the Litter

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This album contains a great collection of songs, all of which are smooth renditions of a soulful group. The Games People Play is a song that you can hear over and over and enjoy singing along with. The same can be said for Honest I Do. The vocals offer a combination of soul and rhythm that is at the very top of the music world. The mix of songs seems to fit together so well that to buy a best collection ruins the chemistry that this album exudes.

This group just doesn't put out bad albums, and "Pick of the Litter" is another in the long line of excellent productions. The Spinners were at their zenith in the early and mid-70's and this shows why. From their Atlantic debut album "Spinners" (best album of all time in my opinion) to "Mighty Love", "New and Improved", and "Pick of the Litter", they have a string of four albums hardly matched by any soul group ever.

"Pick" is a little slower with more ballads than the others, though the mega-hit "They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)" and "All That Glitters", "Love or Leave", are real toe-tapping grooves.

The Spinners really show their vocal talents on this album. That's Bobbie Smith on "You Made a Promise to Me" really hitting those notes. I've always liked "I Don't Want to Lose You" and Henry Fambrough is sensational on the last cut, "Just as Long as We Have Love". An interesting note on that tune, Dionne Warwick teams up with Henry on a great tune, which should've been a hit, just like her previous duet with the Spinners on "Then Came You" from the "New and Improved" album.

This is a real classic and any fan of soul music should own it.

The Spinners will always be a classic R&B group. These songs bring back great memories.

It's the Spinners, enough said! Get your copy and go back to when people really sang songs! Five stars...

Here we go again!.people i can,t tell you enough how much these men had an inpact on the music in the 70,s.Just like the rest of there albums just play it!.Honest i do ,i don,t want to lose you,you made a promise to me and love or leave.This was the fourth album and just like the other three this is also a mega album(cd).Find the one you love get some good wine put on this cd and enjoy the spinners.As always enjoy!

This is what soul should sound like, thought-provoking lyrics, beautiful orchestrated production, and LIVE instrumentation. Of The (Detroit) Spinners big 3 albums, "Mighty Love", the self-titled one, and "Pick of the Litter", this one is usually considered the weakest, but I disagree, there isn't a single throwaway track on this album. Of course the hit "(They just can't stop it)Games People Play" is on here, but you also get the funky "Love or Leave", the tear-jerking brutal honesty of "Sweet Love of Mine", and the two ballads "You Made a Promise to Me" and "I Don't Want to Lose You" are standouts in themselves. The Essence of Philly Soul, in my arrogant opinion, soul at its zenith.

I say near-best, because I think their 1972 self-titled album was probably their absolute best, because it contained more instantly recognizeable classic tunes. However, this album still contains near-perfect production duties handled by composer and arranger Thorn Bell, who expertly frames the Philadelphia street sound in these men's rich and rhythmic voices as they sing their unashamedly traditional love songs featuring lyrics that contain some flashes of higher-level poeticism, but for the most part are just there to get you in that romantic mood.

The best cuts on this album are... "I Don't Want to Lose You", the scathing funk of "Love or Leave", "You Made a Promise to Me", "Games People Play", the beautiful ballad "Just As Long As We Have Love", and the disco-drenched "All That Glitters Ain't Gold". If you picked this album up and liked it, go cop their self-titled album, it's even better.

This was my favorite album of smooth silky romantic music in my teens. It is one of the best soul albums of the 70's with tremendous songs. I had it orignally as an 8 track tape and now own the CD.

Without a doubt, this was the best album The Detroit Spinners made. The writing, the singing and the musical arrangement for this album was superb. This group is sadly missed. One of the best albums of the Seventies!

This is one of the best smooth soul albums I've ever heard. It sounds great even today and it is one of the most accomplished albums by the great musical team The Spinners + Thom Bell. This is sweet, timeless Philly Soul.