# Can't Shake This Feeling (Spinners 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".

## Track listing

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

## Personnel

The Spinners
* John Edwards – lead tenor/baritone vocals, backing vocals
* Henry Fambrough –baritone vocals, backing vocals
* Billy Henderson – second tenor/baritone vocals, backing vocals
* Pervis Jackson – bass vocals, backing vocals
* Bobby Smith – co-lead tenor vocals, backing vocals
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