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Used & new from $8.69 See more product details Great Buy Buy this album with Family Reunion ~ The O'Jays today! Buy Together Today: $ 19.96 Customers who bought this title also bought: Back Stabbers ~ The O'Jays Message in Our Music ~ The O'Jays Survival [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] ~ The O'Jays The Delfonics ~ The Delfonics Collectors' Items ~ The O'Jays Open Our Eyes [EXTRA TRACKS] ~ Earth Wind & Fire World Is a Ghetto ~ War All 'N All [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS] ~ Earth Wind & Fire Explore similar items Product Details Audio CD (October 25, 1990) Original Release Date : 1973 Number of Discs: 1 Label: Sony ASIN: B000002510 Other Editions: Audio Cassette Average Customer Review: Based on 8 reviews. Write a review . Amazon.com Sales Rank: 21,617 What's Your Advice? Is there an item you'd recommend instead of or in addition to this one? Let the world know! Enter the item's ASIN ( what's an ASIN? ) in the box below, select advice type, then click Submit. I recommend: in addition to this product instead of this product Listen to Samples To hear a song sample, click on the "Listen ." Visit our audio help page for more information. 1. Put Your Hands Together 2. Ship Ahoy 3. This Air I Breathe 4. You Got Your Hooks in Me - 5. For the Love of Money 6. Now That We Found Love - 7. Don't Call Me Brother 8. People Keep Tellin' Me Customer Reviews Avg. Customer Review: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Ship Ahoy , January 14, 2002 Reviewer: WILLIE A YOUNG II (see more about me) from Houston, Tx. The title track of this stunning 1973 album is revolutionary simply because it exists, I mean think, how many other popular recording groups at the height of thier fame, the top of thier game and pretty much holding the public in the palms of thier hands have ever released a song about the passage of slaves from Africa to the America's? None, which is why the song and the album it's taken from are still so powerful 29 years later. As usual, Gamble & Huff's production is top notch and still sounds as fresh and vibrant now as it did the day these tracks were recorded. Listening to "Ship Ahoy", "Don't Call Me Brother", "For The Love Of Money" and the other great songs here makes one long for the days when soul music was topical AND entertaining without slipping into parody and preachiness. Was this review helpful to you? 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Book "passage" on this soulful voyage , October 21, 2001 Reviewer: Reginald D. Garrard (see more about me) from Camilla, GA USA The O'Jays scored a musical coup with this brilliant recording from 1973. The title cut is as powerful today as it was back then, as it is homage to those who traveled as cargo on the slave ships of our country's past. "For the Love of Money" and "Don't Call Me Brother" can be played on today's radio stations and still produce the same results: a reflection on Americans' desire for material wealth and the treatment of his fellow man, respectively. Such a shame that, after 28 years, we haven't grown to the point that such commentary can remain a thing of the past. The O'Jays and their producers had (and have) something to say and they did it expertly. Was this review helpful to you? 4 of 6 people found the following review helpful: SHIP AHOY , April 24, 2001 Reviewer: JerrodBell (see more about me) from MISSISSIPPI the big Magnolia Ship ahoy is a cold on cd or tape. Man if you like cold hard funk and R&B then this cd is for you! What I like most about the ojay's is unlike today's rap stars (I love Rap) every one of there songs carried an important message. These guys really got there point across without having to curse and use obsenities. These boys are just plain out bad!!!!!!!! SHIP AHOY/ SHIP AHOY/ SHIP AHOYYYYYYYYYYYYY Yes and production by Gamble & Huff are all that............. Was this review helpful to you? 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful: Groundbreaking R & B , October 7, 2000 Reviewer: Eric V. Moye (see more about me) from New York, by way of Dallas Back in the day, you were sure to find someone in the college dorm who had this on the record player, with good reason. I can't think of anyone save gospel singers who ever got close to singing of the issue of slavery, but the O'Jays sure met the challenge here. They made their most serious commentary with the title cut, and with "Don't Call Me Brother", lamenting the incidence of dishonesty and betrayal among Black folks. There is a very early warning in "The Air I Breathe", and "For the Love of Money". It would not have been a successful album, however, if all it contained was preaching and social commentary. The O'Jays also have one of the great love songs of the era with "You got your Hooks in Me", which was the theme song for every lucky guy who just could not get some woman out of his heart. Their style was always one of no classic lead singer, but vocals which were interwoven with each of the guys taking the lead several times in a song. The instrumentals, like everything from Gamble & Huff, were nothing but tight. "Put Yor Hands Together" for this great set. Was this review helpful to you? See all customer reviews... Customers who bought titles by The O'Jays also bought titles by these artists: Spinners Stylistics The Isley Brothers Temptations Ohio Players Explore similar artists Auctions and zShops sellers and our other stores recommend: LP - The O'Jays : Family Reunion (Price: $8.00) O'Jays-Live In London-Vinyl LP (Price: $7.99) So You'd Like To... Build a fantastic Soul collection : by Soulman Kay , Soul fanatic Listmania! 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