Search - Spinners :: Yesterday Today & Tomorrow / Labor of Love

Tough going

lorney01 | Melbourne, Australia | 09/18/2002

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Buyers beware - this CD contains a misrepresentation on the front to the effect that there are 2 albums on one CD, while the back explains (in small print) that quite a few songs from Labor were left off owing to time constraints... A bit disappointing to be misled in that way. Having said that, we're not missing anything if the Labor songs included here are the best from that album - they're quite terrible.Yesterday, etc is clearly the better of the 2 albums, although the latter half of the album is tough going to say the least. For example, "Throwing a Good Love Away" is musically and lyrically twee and it doesn't get any better over 8+ excruciating minutes. Having said that, this is worth buying for my money just for "Shadow", "I Found Love" and "You're the Love of My Life". "You're the Love of My Life" is absolutely classic Spinners - a mid-tempo chugger that should see you hit the dancefloor and almost worth the price of the CD on its own (at least for insane Spinners [people] like me)."