Grand Slam
The group standing and smiling for a photo
Studio album by
The Spinners
ReleasedSeptember 27, 1982 (1982-09-27)
Recorded1982
StudioThe Mom & Pops Co. Store, Inc., Studios A & E, Studio City, California, United States
GenreSoul[1]
Length41:24
LanguageEnglish
LabelAtlantic
Producer
The Spinners chronology
Can't Shake This Feeling
(1981) 		Grand Slam
(1982) 		Cross Fire
(1984)

Grand Slam is a 1982 studio album by American soul music vocal group the Spinners, released on Atlantic Records. This release continued a pattern of critical and commercial decline, with the band barely cracking the Billboard 200 and receiving lukewarm reviews.

Reception

A review in Billboard praised Freddie Perren's production and John Edwards's vocals on Grand Slam.[2] Editors at AllMusic Guide scored Grand Slam two out of five stars, with reviewer Ron Wynn characterizing it as a "too close for comfort" to being a disaster.[1]

Track listing

  1. "City Full of Memories" (Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis) – 5:41
  2. "Magic in the Moonlight" (St. Lewis) – 5:51
  3. "If I Knew" (Joe Russo) – 4:27
  4. "I'm Calling You Now" (Perren and St. Lewis) – 4:09
  5. "So Far Away" (Perren and St. Lewis) – 4:24
  6. "Just Let Love In" (Ric Wyatt, Jr. and Kris Young) – 3:45
  7. "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson) – 3:30
  8. "Lover Boy" (Perren and St. Lewis) – 5:15
  9. "No Other Love" (Perren and St. Lewis) – 4:22

Chart performance

Grand Slam reached 43 on the R&B chart and peaking at 167 on the Billboard 200.[3] Jet featured the album for three weeks on its Top 20 Albums: debuting at 20 on January 24[4] and spending two weeks at 16.[5][6]

Personnel

The Spinners

Additional personnel

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. "The Spinners – Grand Slam". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Black". Billboard's Top Album Picks. Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 41. October 16, 1982. p. 82. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ^ "US Albums Charts > The Spinners". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  4. ^ "Jet's Top Albums". Jet. Vol. 63, no. 19. Johnson Publishing, Company, Inc. January 24, 1983. p. 63. ISSN 0021-5996.
  5. ^ "Jet's Top Albums". Jet. Vol. 63, no. 21. Johnson Publishing, Company, Inc. February 7, 1983. p. 63. ISSN 0021-5996.
  6. ^ "Jet's Top Albums". Jet. Vol. 63, no. 22. Johnson Publishing, Company, Inc. February 14, 1983. p. 62. ISSN 0021-5996.

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