Happiness Is Being with the Spinners | ||||
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Studio album by The Spinners | ||||
Released | July 1976 | |||
Recorded |
Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Kaye-Smith Studios (Seattle, Washington) |
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Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 35:35 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Thom Bell | |||
The Spinners chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Robert Christgau | B- |
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.
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 number sixteen on the UK Singles Chart. Another single, "Wake Up Susan", had moderate success on the charts.