Spinners by The Spinners

Spinners, the Detroit vocal group's third studio album, came out on Atlantic in 1973, their first record for the label after they left Motown, and it's the sound of a group finding the setting it had been waiting for. Thom Bell produced it at Sigma Sound Studios, wrapping the harmonies of Billy Henderson, Henry Fambrough and Bobbie Smith in silky, sophisticated Philadelphia soul.

The arrangements glide, the rhythm section purrs, and the voices ride on top like they own the place, nowhere more than on the smooth, rolling "I'll Be Around". Bell would become the producer most closely tied to the group's run of hits in the 1970s, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finally inducted them in 2023.

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