The Ohio Players

Gold (2008)

The Ohio Players - Gold (2008)

03/11/2008 | Island / Mercury 

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All Music Guide Review

With a bottom-heavy funk sound driven by bright and brilliantly arranged killer horn riffs, the Ohio Players were one of the best and most consistent of the 1970s funk bands, and their approach and lyric sensibility in many ways prefigured the hip-hop explosion that hit some 30 years later. This two-disc, 24-track survey of their key Mercury Records tracks explodes like a party-in-a-box straight out of the gate, and includes the irresistible hits "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster," as well as lesser known (but no less impressive) sides like "Far East Mississippi" and the gorgeous "Time Slips Away." This band still sounds great and that they also sound surprisingly contemporary in both tone and theme is revelatory. Everything essential is here. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Gold (2008) Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Skin Tight
  • 7:53
  • Sound Clip for Skin Tight from Gold (2008)


  • 2
  • Jive Turkey
  • 7:09
  • Sound Clip for Jive Turkey from Gold (2008)


  • 3
  • Heaven Must Be Like This
  • 7:18
  • Sound Clip for Heaven Must Be Like This from Gold (2008)


  • 4
  • Fire
  • 4:34
  • Sound Clip for Fire from Gold (2008)


  • 5
  • I Want to Be Free
  • 6:51
  • Sound Clip for I Want to Be Free from Gold (2008)


  • 6
  • It's All Over
  • 4:15
  • Sound Clip for It's All Over from Gold (2008)


  • 7
  • Fopp
  • 3:53
  • Sound Clip for Fopp from Gold (2008)


  • 8
  • Sweet Sticky Thing
  • 6:16
  • Sound Clip for Sweet Sticky Thing from Gold (2008)


  • 9
  • Love Rollercoaster
  • 4:50
  • Sound Clip for Love Rollercoaster from Gold (2008)


  • 10
  • Let's Love (Interpolated with "Let's Do It")
  • 5:13
  • Sound Clip for Let's Love (Interpolated with "Let's Do It") from Gold (2008)


  • 11
  • Alone (Live)
  • 7:20
  • Sound Clip for Alone (Live) from Gold (2008)


  • 12
  • Happy Holidays, Pt. 1
  • 3:29
  • Sound Clip for Happy Holidays, Pt. 1 from Gold (2008)


  • 13 (2)
  • Who'd She Coo?
  • 4:32
  • Sound Clip for Who'd She Coo? from Gold (2008)


  • 14 (2)
  • Bi-Centennial
  • 3:47
  • Sound Clip for Bi-Centennial from Gold (2008)


  • 15 (2)
  • Far East Mississippi
  • 4:55
  • Sound Clip for Far East Mississippi from Gold (2008)


  • 16 (2)
  • Only a Child Can Love
  • 4:13
  • Sound Clip for Only a Child Can Love from Gold (2008)


  • 17 (2)
  • Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco)
  • 3:14
  • Sound Clip for Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco) from Gold (2008)


  • 18 (2)
  • O-H-I-O
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for O-H-I-O from Gold (2008)


  • 19 (2)
  • Body Vibes
  • 7:14
  • Sound Clip for Body Vibes from Gold (2008)


  • 20 (2)
  • Merry-Go-Round
  • 4:15
  • Sound Clip for Merry-Go-Round from Gold (2008)


  • 21 (2)
  • Good Luck Charm
  • 9:36
  • Sound Clip for Good Luck Charm from Gold (2008)


  • 22 (2)
  • Funk-O-Nots
  • 4:54
  • Sound Clip for Funk-O-Nots from Gold (2008)


  • 23 (2)
  • Time Slips Away
  • 4:46
  • Sound Clip for Time Slips Away from Gold (2008)


  • 24 (2)
  • Everybody Up
  • 9:30
  • Sound Clip for Everybody Up from Gold (2008)


    • Credits of Gold (2008)

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