Album
Ship Ahoy
1973 · Funk / Soul
8 collectors on Gatefold own this
Ship Ahoy is a Soul & Funk album by The O'Jays, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 44 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
About
<i>Ship Ahoy</i>, the O’Jays album that consolidated their superstardom after the world-beating <i>Back Stabbers</i>, is best known for “For the Love of Money” and its lowdown, phased bassline. It’s the album's toughest cut by some measure, but <i>Ship Ahoy</i>’s pursuit of Philly-style message soul hardly ends there. “Put Your Hands Together” is an uptempo jam whose payoff (“And let us pray”) gives a spin to an R&B and rock commonplace. “Now That We Found Love,” a mellow romancer that expands its brief to “spreading it all over the land,” was later a hit in a revved-up version by reggae kings Third World. The most startling moments, however, come with the title track, which places the ruminations of a slave ship’s denizens in the trio’s mouths.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Put Your Hands Together4:07
- A2Ship Ahoy9:41
- A3This Air I Breathe3:53
- A4You Got Your Hooks In Me5:34
Side B
- B1For The Love Of Money7:19
- B2Now That We Found Love4:41
- B3Don't Call Me Brother8:58
- B4People Keep Tellin' Me4:00
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Disco
- lush
- mournful
- soulful
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Don MurrayENGINEER [QUADRAPHONIC REMIX ENGINEER]
- Gamble & HuffPRODUCER
- Joe TarsiaENGINEER
- Joe TarsiaRECORDED BY, MIXED BY
- Kenneth GamblePRODUCER
- Leon HuffPRODUCER
- Bobby MartinPRODUCER
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 44 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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