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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use list-defined references Шаблон:Infobox album Can't Shake This Feeling is a 1981 studio album by American soul music vocal group the Spinners, released on Atlantic Records. It continued a pattern of critical and commercial decline, with the band barely cracking the Billboard 200 and receiving lukewarm reviews.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic Guide scored Can't Shake This Feeling 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Ron Wynn characterizing it as a "collection of half-hearted tracks, disjointed production, and leaden arrangements".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Can't Shake This Feelin'" (Reggie Lucas and James Mtume) – 3:52
  2. "Knack for Me" (Paul Lawrence Jones) – 5:42
  3. "You Go Your Way (I'll Go Mine)" (Tawatha) – 3:36
  4. "Love Connection (Raise the Window Down)" (Lucas and Mtume) – 5:36
  5. "Never Thought I'd Fall in Love" (Dean Gant) – 3:50
  6. "Didn't I Blow Your Mind" (Thom Bell and William Hart) – 3:54
  7. "Send a Little Love" (David Bryant, Tony Haynes, and Al McKay) – 3:29
  8. "Love Is Such a Crazy Feeling" (Gant) – 3:16
  9. "Got to Be Love" (Lucas and Mtume) – 5:08

Chart performance

Labor of Love was the weakest performing album in the group's history, reaching 34 on the R&B chart and peaking at 196 on the Billboard 200.[2]

Personnel

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Additional musicians

  • Bashiri – percussion
  • Raymond Calhoun – drums
  • Hubert Eaves – keyboards
  • Basil Fearrington – bass guitar
  • Dean Gant – keyboards, rhythm arrangement on "Never Thought I'd Fall in Love" and "Love Is Such a Crazy Feeling"
  • Howard King – drums
  • Reggie Lucas – guitar; rhythm arrangement on "Can't Shake This Feelin'", "Love Connection (Raise the Window Down)", and "Got to Be Love"; production
  • Ullanda McCullough – backing vocals
  • Marcus Miller – bass guitar
  • Leslie Ming – drums
  • Ed "Tree" Moore – guitar; rhythm arrangement on "You Go Your Way (I'll Go Mine)" and "Didn't I Blow Your Mind"
  • James Mtume – keyboards; rhythm arrangement on "Can't Shake This Feelin'", "Love Connection (Raise the Window Down)", and "Got to Be Love"; production
  • Tawatha – backing vocals
  • Luther Vandross – backing vocals
  • Ed Walsh – synthesizer
  • Bernie Worrell – synthesizer
  • Norma Jean Wright – backing vocals

Technical personnel

  • Carla Bandini – additional engineering
  • Gerry Block – additional engineering, mixing
  • John Convertino – assistant engineering
  • Jim "Doc" Dougherty – chief engineering, mixing
  • Michael Halsband – photography
  • Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound
  • Howard King – rhythm arrangement on "You Go Your Way (I'll Go Mine)" and "Didn't I Blow Your Mind"
  • Paul Lawerence Jones – rhythm arrangement on "Knack for Me"
  • Al McKay – rhythm arrangement on "Send a Little Love"
  • Craig Michaels – assistant engineering
  • Dunn Pearson – horn and string arrangement on "Can't Shake This Feelin'", "Knack for Me", "You Go Your Way (I'll Go Mine)", "Didn't I Blow Your Mind", "Send a Little Love", "Love Is Such a Crazy Feeling", and "Got to Be Love", string arrangement on "Never Thought I'd Fall in Love"
  • John Potoker – additional engineering
  • Greg Thomas – horn arrangement on "Love Connection (Raise the Window Down)" and "Never Thought I'd Fall in Love"
  • Matthew Weiner – additional engineering assistance
  • Harry Whitaker – keyboards
  • Sandi Young – art direction

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See also

References

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External links

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