O'Jays - Ship Ahoy
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Artist: O'JaysBrand: O'JAYS
Edition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-04-15
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Put Your Hands Together
- Ship Ahoy
- This Air I Breathe
- You Got Your Hooks in Me
- For the Love of Money
- Now That We Found Love
- Don't Call Me Brother
- People Keep Tellin' Me
- Put Your Hands Together [Live][*]
Free Music Notes for Ship Ahoy
Free Music Review: 'Ship Ahoy' Is Pretty Much Undisputed
Hit: 5 Stars
This album has the indignity of being made in an era where the word "classic" seemed to be applied to every album that came out.But as everyone knowns it's time and longjevity that truly makes a classic.Luckilly for everyone 'Ship Ahoy' has aged with the same quality and great taste of a fine French wine.In terms of O'Jay history this album is linked strongly with their first masterpience album Back Stabbers and they do seem like logical extensions;both came during the O'Jays creative and commercial peak and their cultural influece was beyond intense.On EVERY one of the songs Eddie LeVert's operatic gospel shouting will still turn the ears of everyone they touch-especially on the title track.That is a musical and cultural "period" song about the events of an ancient slave ship,sung by LeVert and the O'Jays harmonies with a dry eye-I just know I couldn't have done that-singing what they did on that song would've made me either angry or sad.But in the O'Jays hands their vocals communicate,subjectively.Another aspect of 'Ship Ahoy' as opposed to the previous album is the Philly slickness of even the funkiest songs-on "Put Your Hands Together","People Keep Tellin' Me" and even the environmental please "This Air I Breath" the peppiness of the music with it's happy Philly orchestration make one not even notice Eddie's line about "the air not staying in his mouth".And what can be said about "For The Love Of Money"?Nothing that hasn't been said;O'Jays at their funkiest,hands down.During this time The O'Jays were more then just a great singing trio-they were a musical movement.Like The Isley Brothers,The Blue Notes and The Spinners were musical movements.And the fact that all three of these movements co existed in their classic period all around the same is more then enough to make albums like 'Ship Ahoy' seem overwelming.But it really isn't.But truth be told;you just cannot listen to music like this and not have some kind of excited reaction.
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Love, relationships, money and power-those were the themes of this 1973 LP, a classic O'Jays blend of funky soul and social commentary. Their R&B smashes Put Your Hands Together (the #2 hit and a bonus live version) and For the Love of Money (#3 hit) join This Air I Breathe; People Keep Tellin' Me; Don't Call Me Brother , and more!Blues Music CDs
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