| The Best of the Stylstics | |
| Type: | Compilation |
| Artist: | The Stylistics |
| Cover: | The Best of the Stylistics.jpg |
| Released: | February 1975 |
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| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 36:19 |
| Label: | Avco AV 69005 |
| Producer: | Thom Bell, Hugo & Luigi |
| Prev Title: | Heavy |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | Thank You Baby |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
The Best of The Stylistics is a compilation album released by the American soul group The Stylistics.
Released in 1975, the album became a big success in the UK when it reached No.1. Hitting the pinnacle three times during the year, the album remained at No.1 for 9 weeks in total.[1] Helped largely by TV advertising, it became the biggest album of the group's career and the UK's top seller of 1975. It also reached No.41 in the US - although their popularity was beginning to decline there.
Following its success, several albums entered the charts including their latest, Thank You Baby, which reached No.5 at the same time the compilation was No.1.[2]
Another version of the album (The Very Best of The Stylistics) with a similar cover but with an alternate track listing was released by H & L Records (Phonogram) in 1983. The album has since been released on CD as a compilation of this and Volume two.
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Top LPs & Tape[3] | 41 |
| US Top Soul LPs | 13 |
| UK Albums Chart[4] | 1 |
| The Best of the Stylstics Volume II Weekend | |
| Type: | Compilation |
| Artist: | The Stylistics |
| Cover: | The Best of the Stylistics Vol II.jpg |
| Released: | September 1976 |
| Studio: | Mediasound, New York City |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 42:04 |
| Label: | H&L 9109 010 |
| Producer: | Hugo & Luigi |
| Prev Title: | Fabulous |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Once Upon a Juke Box |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
A follow-up compilation was released the following year, subtitled Volume 2. The 1976 album mirrored the earlier success by also reaching No.1 in the UK Charts. This album featured the group's first No.1 single "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)", which had been released since the previous compilation.[1]
This album was released on the newly founded H&L Records, which had been formed after the break-up of Avco Records, The Stylistics being their biggest act.