The Very Best of the O'Jays
1998 compilation album by The O'Jays
The Very Best of the O'Jays | |
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Compilation album by The O'Jays | |
Released | (April 20, 1998) |
Genre | Soul, pop |
Length | 77:55 |
Label | Sony Music Entertainment, Epic, Philadelphia International Records |
Producer | The O-Jays |
The Very Best of the O'Jays is a compilation album featuring all their greatest hits. It is part of Sony's Playlist album series, which covers 1972 through to 1978, when the O'Jays (and Gamble & Huff) were at the peak of the Charts. Every song on the album has placed somewhere within the Top 20 of the R&B chart, and many of them went to the top of the chart including "Back Stabbers," "Love Train," "For the Love of Money," and "Use ta Be My Girl,"
Track listing
All tracks are written by The O'Jays
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Back Stabbers" | 3:03 |
2. | "Love Train" | 2:58 |
3. | "I Love Music" | 3:34 |
4. | "Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender, Love)" | 3:04 |
5. | "Use Ta Be My Girl" | 3:20 |
6. | "Brandy (I Really Miss You)" | 3:33 |
7. | "Now That We Found Love" | 3:09 |
8. | "Put Our Heads Together" | 3:36 |
9. | "Message in Our Music" | 3:23 |
10. | "Sing a Happy Song" | 3:36 |
11. | "Extraordinary Girl" | 5:16 |
12. | "Give The People What They Want" | 4:12 |
13. | "For the Love of Money" | 3:48 |
14. | "992 Arguments" | 2:22 |
15. | "Time To Get Down" | 2:52 |
16. | "Livin' for the Weekend" | 2:53 |
17. | "Looky Looky (Look At Me Girl)" | 2:44 |
18. | "One Night Affair" | 2:18 |
19. | "Deeper (In Love With You)" | 2:38 |
20. | "Don't Call Me Brother" | 8:54 |
21. | "Love Train (Extended Version)" | 6:15 |
Total length: | 77:55 |
1998 re-issue • Jaimi Vozzi – digital remaster • Joe Mac– premastering • Frank Tozour – sony editing
References
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-the-ojays-1998-mw0001054072
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- Eddie Levert
- Walter Williams
- Eric Grant
- Bill Isles
- Bobby Massey
- William Powell
- Sammy Strain
- Nathaniel Best
- Back on Top
- Back Stabbers
- Ship Ahoy
- Survival
- Family Reunion
- Message in the Music
- Travelin' at the Speed of Thought
- So Full of Love
- Identify Yourself
- Serious
- Emotionally Yours
- Heartbreaker
- The Very Best of the O'Jays
- "Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)
- "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today)
- "Back Stabbers"
- "Love Train"
- "For the Love of Money"
- "Give the People What They Want"
- "I Love Music (Part I)"
- "Livin' for the Weekend"
- "Message in Our Music"
- "Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender, Love)"
- "Use ta Be My Girl"
- "Lovin' You"
- "Have You Had Your Love Today"
- "Stairway to Heaven"