Grand Slam (Spinners album)

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. 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.

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. Jet featured the album for three weeks on its Top 20 Albums: debuting at 20 on January 24 and spending two weeks at 16.

Personnel

See also

• List of 1982 albums

References

External links

• Grand Slam at Discogs (list of releases)
• Grand Slam at MusicBrainz (list of releases)