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The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (1972)

Track listing:
  1. When The World's At Peace 5:28
  2. Back Stabbers 3:01
  3. Who Am I 4:57
  4. (They Call Me) Mr. Lucky 5:06
  5. Time To Get Down 3:15
  6. 992 Arguments 2:49
  7. Listen To The Clock On The Wal 3:43
  8. Shiftless, Shady, Jealous Kind 3:32
  9. Sunshine 3:38
  10. Love Train 2:55

Notes

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 biggests hits up to that point. Indeed, this album did more than its part to help establish Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International Records as the most successful soul label since Stax and Motown. The problem with the CD configuration of Back Stabbers that Legacy/Sony released in 1996 isn't the music — which is consistently superb — but its length. Couldn't Legacy have either combined Back Stabbers and another O'Jays album on a single CD or come up with some type of rarities? Be that as it may, the album is essential listening for fans of Philly s