| New and Improved | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | The Spinners |
| Cover: | Spinnersnew.jpg |
| Released: | December 1974 |
| Studio: | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 34:56 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Thom Bell |
| Prev Title: | Mighty Love |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | Spinners Live! |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
New and Improved is the fifth album by American R&B group The Spinners, released in December 1974 on the Atlantic label. Like the Spinners' two previous Atlantic albums, New and Improved was produced by Thom Bell and recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia.
New and Improved became the Spinners' third consecutive R&B albums chart-topper and reached #9 on the Billboard 200, their first top 10 album on this chart. The album includes "Then Came You", featuring Dionne Warwick and the group's only single to top the Billboard Hot 100 (it was denied the top spot on the R&B chart by Kool & the Gang's "Higher Plane"), and the top 10 R&B singles "Living A Little, Laughing A Little" and "Sadie" - the latter track was covered by R. Kelly on his 1993 debut solo album 12 Play.
| Chart (1974) | Peak [1] |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 1 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US A/C | UK [2] | ||
| 1974 | "Then Came You" | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
| 1975 | "Living a Little, Laughing a Little" | 37 | 7 | - | - |
| "Sadie" | 54 | 7 | - | - | |