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Funk On Fire: The Mercury Anthology (CD)

By: Ohio Players (Artist)
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DISC 1 for Funk On Fire: The Mercury Anthology (CD) Album By Ohio Players (Artist)
1   Skin Tight
2   Jive Turkey
3   Heaven Must Be Like This
4   Fire
5   Together
6   I Want To Be Free
7   It's All Over
8   Piano Ballad (Just Right) - (previously unreleased)
9   Fopp
10   Sweet Sticky Thing - (Quad mix)
11   Love Rollercoaster
12   Honey
13   There It Is - (previously unreleased)
14   Happy Holidays, Parts 1 & 2
 
DISC 2 for Funk On Fire: The Mercury Anthology (CD) Album By Ohio Players (Artist)
1   Who'd She Coo?
2   Bi-Centennial
3   Far East Mississippi
4   Only A Child Can Love
5   Angel
6   O-H-I-O
7   Body Vibes
8   Alone - (live)
9   Good Luck Charm
10   Funk-O-Nots
11   Time Slips Away
12   Shady Lady - (previously unreleased)
13   Wonderful - (previously unreleased)
14   More Than Love - (previously unreleased)
 
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Q (10/95, p.143) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...George Clinton has pinched all the mid-'70s funk kudos for himself, perhaps The Ohio Players deserve some too..."

Title Note

FUNK ON FIRE: THE MERCURY ANTHOLOGY includes a 24-page booklet.

The Ohio Players: Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (vocals, guitar); Clarence "Chet" Willis (guitar, background vocals); Clarence "Satch" Satchell (flute, saxophone, percussion, background vocals); Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Marvin "Merv" Pierce (trumpet); James "Diamond" Williams (flugelhorn, drums, congas, timbales, percussion, gong, background vocals); William "Billy" Beck (keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Marshall Jones (bass); Robert "Kumba" Jones (congas).

Additional personnel: Paul Serrano, Jack Kramer (horns).

Producer: Ohio Players.

Compilation producers: Ohio Players, Harry Weinger.

Recorded between 1974 & 1978. Includes liner notes by Alan Light.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

From their erotically charged album covers to their grinding, bass-heavy grooves, the Ohio Players were one of the highest profile funk bands of the 1970s. The superb two-disc anthology FUNK ON FIRE represents everything that made the Players great--fine musicianship, a blend of fiercely syncopated rhythms with pop accessibility, and a sassy, outrageous attitude (thanks, in large part, to the animated vocals of Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner). Though the Players released several records for the Detroit-based Westbound label in the early part of their career, they really hit their stride when they signed to Mercury, where they released a string of charting albums, including the funk classics FIRE and HONEY.

All the hits and key tracks from the Mercury albums are here, including the hard-driving "Fire" and the infectious "Love Rollercoaster," as well as lush, keyboard- and falsetto-drenched ballads ("Together"). While the Players' late-'70s material is generally considered inferior to their mid-'70s work, the second disc of this anthology does an admirable job of picking the best tracks from these later albums--"O-H-I-O" and the spacey "Funk-O-Nots," among them. In short, the Players' best work is boiled down on this definitive set, making it a crucial addition to any funk library.

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