Gold (Ohio Players album)
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | October 1976 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 37:40 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Ohio Players | |||
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Gold is a compilation album by the American funk band Ohio Players. It was released in October 1976 by Mercury Records and features music from the albums Skin Tight, Fire, Honey, and Contradiction, along with two new recordings—"Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco)" and "Only a Child Can Love". The compilation earned a gold certification from the RIAA and was the last Ohio Players album to do so.
In March 2008, Mercury released a different two-disc, 24-track compilation album, also called Gold.[1]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A−[3] |
| New Musical Express | 7/10[4] |
Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote:
"OK, I don't approve of their album covers, although this one is relatively innocent—instead of casting the bald naked woman in molten metal they put wings on her and let her deliver a gold record, like an angel, or a carrier pigeon. But the visuals don't turn me off the aurals, which at their best fuse the body heat of funk with the mind games of the novelty single—that is, unite rhythmic and conceptual eccentricity. The not-on-any-album cuts are wasted—'Feel the Heat (Everybody Disco)' works just well enough to prove how mistaken they were to soften their attack for a subtitle. But four or five of these tracks are unmitigated miracles of commerce, and all of them are of a piece."[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco)" (3:15)
- "Love Rollercoaster" (2:52)
- "I Want to Be Free" (3:15)
- "Fopp" (3:45)
- "Far East Mississippi" (3:07)
- "Skin Tight" (2:50)
- "Fire" (4:36)
- "Sweet Sticky Thing" (3:25)
- "Jive Turkey (Part 1)" (3:05)
- "Only a Child Can Love" (4:12)
- "Who'd She Coo?" (3:18)
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1976) | Peak [5] |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 31 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 10 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [5] |
US R&B [5] | ||
| 1977 | "Feel The Beat (Everybody Disco)" | 61 | 31 |
References
[edit]- ^ allmusic - Gold (2008) compilation two-CD, Mercury Records (B0010821-02)
- ^ Stanley, Leo. Gold review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: O". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Romney, Jonathan (2 January 1988). "Ohio Players: Gold". New Musical Express. p. 27.
- ^ a b c "US Charts > Ohio Players". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
