Tuesday 8 September 2009

The O’Jays ”Back Stabbers”

The O’Jays

Back Stabbers
( LP Philadelphia International Records, 1972 )
Catalog # KZ 31712


Tracklisting:
A1 When The World’s At Peace
A2 Back Stabbers
A3 Who Am I
A4 (They Call Me) Mr. Lucky
A5 Time To Get Down
B1 992 Arguments
B2 Listen To The Clock On The Wall
B3 Shiftless, Shady, Jealous Kind Of People
B4 Sunshine
B5 Love Train

Personnel & Credits:
Arranged By – Bobby Martin (tracks: A1, A5, B5),
Leonard Pakula (tracks: B2) ,
Norman Harris (tracks: A3) , Ronnie Baker (tracks: A4),
Thom Bell (tracks: A2, B1, B3, B4)
Bass – Ronnie Baker
Congas, Bongos – Larry Washington
Drums – Earl Young
Engineer [Recording] – Joe Tarsia
Guitar – Bobby Eli , Bunny Sigler,
Norman Harris , Roland Chambers
Organ – Leonard Pakula
Photography – Steinbicker/Houghton Inc.
Piano – Bunny Sigler , Leon Huff
Producer – Sigler (tracks: A1, A3, B4) , Gamble-Huff
Strings, Horns – Don Renaldo And His Strings And Horns
Vibraphone – Vincent Montana

Notes:
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1972


Review:
A major turning point for the O'Jays, Back Stabbers took the group to the top of the charts and made them household names in the R&B world. The O'Jays had been paying serious dues since the late '50s, and their perseverance payed off in a major way when the unsettling title song, the infectious "Time to Get Down," and the uplifting "Love Train" became their biggest hits up to that point. Indeed, this album did more than its part to help establish Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records as the most successful soul label since Stax and Motown.
By Alex Henderson (AMG)

By Pier

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