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Happiness Is Being with the Spinners

Happiness Is Being with the Spinners
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1976
Studio
GenreR&B
Length35:36
LabelAtlantic
ProducerThom Bell
The Spinners chronology
Pick of the Litter
(1975)
Happiness Is Being with the Spinners
(1976)
Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((1-star Honorable Mention))[3]

Happiness Is Being with the Spinners is the seventh studio album recorded by American R&B group The Spinners, released in July 1976 on the Atlantic label. It was produced by Thom Bell and recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia and Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle.

History

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The album reached the top ten of the R&B albums chart, their last to do so, peaking at number five. It also reached #25 on the Billboard 200. The single edit version of the seven-minute "The Rubberband Man" became the group's sixth and final R&B chart-topper and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart. Another single, "Wake Up Susan", had moderate success on the charts.

Track listing

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Songs written by Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes, and Charles Simmons unless otherwise stated.[4]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Now That We're Together"Philip Terry, Talmadge G. Conway, Theodore Life3:35
2."You're All I Need in Life"LeRoy Bell, Linda Creed4:28
3."If You Can't Be in Love" 3:52
4."The Rubberband Man"Creed, Thom Bell7:23
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Toni My Love" 3:41
6."Four Hands in the Fire" 4:00
7."The Clown"Michael Burton5:08
8."Wake Up Susan"T. Bell, Sherman Marshall3:29

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1976) Peak
[5]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 25
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 5
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[5]
US
R&B

[5]
UK
[6]
1976 "Wake Up Susan" 56 11
"The Rubberband Man" 2 1 16

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