The Essential O'Jays [3.0] The O'Jays

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  • Release Date: 09/01/2009
  • Original Release: 2005
  • 3 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 49,228
  • Label: SONY LEGACY
  • UPC: 886975278626

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The Essential O'Jays [3.0]

Disc 1
1LISTENLonely Drifter 2:24
2LISTENLipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) 2:44
3LISTENStand in for Love Live 3:44
4LISTENI'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today) 3:03
5LISTENThere's Someone (Waiting Back Home) 2:29
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Disc 2
1LISTENLivin' for the Weekend 6:37
2LISTENStairway to Heaven 6:17
3LISTENFamily Reunion 6:57
4LISTENShip Ahoy Version 4:14
5LISTENMessage in Our Music 6:05
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Disc 3
1LISTENWhen the World's at Peace 5:20
2LISTENDon't Call Me Brother 8:57
3LISTENRich Get Richer 4:24
4LISTENSing My Heart Out 4:26
5LISTENYou and Me 5:40
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The Essential O'Jays covers 1972's Back Stabbers through 1978's So Full of Love, including all but six of the Philly soul group's charting singles from the period. Nearly every crucial hit is here, including the number one R&B singles "Back Stabbers," "Give the People What They Want," "I Love Music," "Livin' for the Weekend," "Love Train," "Stairway to Heaven," and "Use ta Be My Girl." A pair of singles that put major dents in the disco chart, "Unity" (number one) and "Rich Get Richer" (number six), are not here, but this disc was still one of the better single-disc O'Jays compilations made available. [Sony's Legacy division sort of contradicted itself in 2008, when it released a two-disc version of The Essential O'Jays, expanding their idea of the O'Jays' essential material from 16 songs to 35 songs. This edition added seven songs that predated Back Stabbers, an assortment dating from 1979-1995. It also went deeper with the earlier '70s releases, adding a few of the relatively minor hits. And then, in 2009, Legacy issued a limited "3.0" edition of the anthology, which threw in a third disc (of eight songs) that went deeper yet. This time, Legacy included "Rich Get Richer."..but still no "Unity."] Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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