''Soul Spin'' is a 1969 studio album by American soul music vocal group

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, released by

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Reception

A review in ''

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'' recommends this album to retailers for its "sophisticated sound". Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with critic John Bush noting how producer Frank Wilson pushed the band to experiment on this recording, but characterizing this album as "curiosities, though, perfect for hardcore Motown fans listeners interested in digging deeper". Bush also reviewed a 2001 compilation of this album and '' Yesterday's Dreams'' from 2001, calling the collection dominated by "ill-advised covers" that "hardly made for great listening anytime after" its initial release. The 1992 edition of ''The'' Rolling Stone ''Album Guide'' rated this release three out of five stars.

Track listing

#"Look Out Your Window" (Cleveland Horne and Frank Wilson) – 2:57 #"Barbara’s Boy" ( Joe Hinton and Pam Sawyer) – 2:55 #"Lost in a Pool of Red" (Sawyer and Bea Verdi) – 3:35 #"

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" ( John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – 2:37 #"Stop the World" (Jack Goga, Freddie Gorman, and Ivory Joe Hunter) – 2:59 #"Nothing" (Cleveland and

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) – 2:40 #"This Guy’s in Love with You" (

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and Hal David) – 3:50 #" Light My Fire" ( John Densmore, Robby Krieger,

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, and Jim Morrison) – 3:35 #"Honey" (Russell Ballard) – 3:50 #" The Look of Love" (Bacharach and David) – 4:10 #" California Dreamin’" ( John Phillips and Michelle Phillips) – 3:10

Personnel

Four Tops *

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– baritone vocals *

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– tenor vocals *

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– tenor vocals * Levi Stubbs – lead and baritone vocals Additional personnel *Tom Baird – arranement * Henry Cosby – arrangement *Jerry Long – arrangement * Wade Marcus – arrangement * Gene Page – arrangement * Paul Riser – arrangement * Frank Wilson – production

Chart performance

''Soul Spin'' was by far the weakest-performing Four Tops album yet, peaked at 163 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and reached 30 on the R&B charts.

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