Observations in Time

by Ohio Players

Observations in Time cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:13
  • Community rating: 2.88/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Johnny Brantley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the debut full-length for the legendary Dayton collective, this recording captures them prior to their transition into heavily synthesized funk. The largely vocal-oriented rhythm and blues tracks offer a fascinating glimpse into the group's formative, soul-driven architecture.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Here Today And Gone Tomorrow (3:32)
  2. Mother-In-Law (3:06)
  3. Stop Lying To Yourself (2:18)
  4. Over The Rainbow (4:20)
  5. Find Someone To Love (2:16)
  6. Cold Cold World (3:49)
  7. Summertime (7:47)
  8. Bad Bargain (2:36)
  9. The Man That I Am (2:31)
  10. Lonely Street (2:29)
  11. Street Party (2:23)

Credits

  • Ohio Players - primary artist
  • Allen Toussaint - written-by
  • Clarence Satchell - written-by
  • DuBose Heyward - written-by
  • Dutch Robinson - written-by
  • E.Y. Harburg - written-by
  • George Gershwin - written-by
  • Gregory Allen Webster - written-by

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