Greatest Hits

by Ohio Players

Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1998-01-01
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:14:21
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation of Ohio Players' Mercury recordings, the Dayton funk band's mid 1970s peak. Their horn-driven grooves and risqué album imagery made them one of funk's most recognisable acts of the era.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, groove-laden, ballad, vocal, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Love Rollercoaster (2:54)
  2. Who'd She Coo (3:20)
  3. Sweet Sticky Thing (3:27)
  4. Feel The Beat (3:15)
  5. Body Vibes (7:14)
  6. Skin Tight (2:51)
  7. I Want To Be Free (3:13)
  8. Good Luck Charm (9:36)
  9. Fopp (3:51)
  10. Merry Go Round (4:15)
  11. Far East Mississippi (3:06)
  12. O-H-I-O (3:09)
  13. Magic Trick (6:56)
  14. Time Slips Away (4:45)
  15. Funk-O-Nots (4:55)
  16. Fire (4:28)
  17. Jive Turkey Part 1 (3:06)

Credits

  • Clarence Satchell - flute, saxophone
  • Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner - guitar, lead vocals
  • Billy Beck - keyboards, keyboard
  • Marvin "Merv" Pierce - trombone, trumpet
  • Leroy Bonner - guitar, lead vocals vocal
  • Marvin “Merv” Pierce - trombone, trumpet
  • James “Diamond” Williams - drums (drum set)

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