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| Name = Back On Top |
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| name = Back on Top |
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| Type = studio |
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| type = studio |
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| Artist = ] |
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| artist = ] |
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| cover = Back on Top O'Jays 1968.jpeg |
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| Released = 1967 |
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| released = 1968 |
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| Recorded = 1967 |
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| Genre = ] |
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| studio = Broadway Recording Studios, New York City |
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| Label = 44:13 |
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| genre = ] |
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| length = {{Duration|m=44|s=13}} |
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| label = ] |
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| Last album = '']''<br>(1967) |
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| producer = George Kerr |
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| This album = '''''Back On Top''''' <br> (1967) |
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| prev_title = Soul Sounds |
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| Next album = '']'' <br> (1975) |
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| prev_year = 1967 |
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| next_title = The O'Jays in Philadelphia |
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| next_year = 1969 |
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'''''Back On Top''''' is an album by all-male group the ], featuring their biggest-selling ], "]". |
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'''''Back on Top''''' is the third album by the group ] released in 1968, featuring their biggest hit for the Bell label, "]".<ref>{{Citation |title=The O'Jays - Back on Top Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/back-on-top-mw0000186346 |access-date=2023-04-28 |language=en}}</ref> Their hit "Look Over Your Shoulder" was also included on this album. ] produced the album with Pat Jaques engineering. ] was the conductor and arranger. |
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Original O'Jays members Eddie Levert, William Powell, Walter Williams and Bobby Massey all contributed to this album, and all four were pictured on its cover. This is the first O'Jays album not to include the group's fifth original member, Bill Isles, who quit the group shortly before this album was recorded. Bobby Massey would also later leave the group, just before their breakthrough success with ]. |
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===Track listing=== |
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# ] |
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# I'm So Glad I Found You |
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# Going, Going, Gone |
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# That's Alright |
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# I Dig Your Act |
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# Look Over Your Shoulder |
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# You're Too Sweet |
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# Just Another Guy |
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# Four for the Price of One |
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# Love Is Everywhere |
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# Now That I've Found You |
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# I'll Be Seeing You |
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# The Choice |
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# I Miss You |
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==Track listing== |
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Liner note author: Mark Marymont |
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# "]" (Emma Jean Thomas, Jackie Members, Robert Poindexter, Steve Poindexter) |
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# "I'm So Glad I Found You" (], Larry Roberts, Napoleon Kerr) |
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# "Going, Going, Gone" (Jackie Members, Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter) |
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# "That's Alright" (Jerry Baxter, Walter Williams) |
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# "I Dig Your Act" (Johnny Tibbs, Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter) |
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# "Look Over Your Shoulder" (George Kerr, Larry Roberts) |
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# "You're Too Sweet" (Charles Harper, Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter) |
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# "Just Another Guy" (George Kerr, Gerald Harris, Luke Gross) |
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# "Four for the Price of One" (], ], Johnny Watson) |
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# "Love Is Everywhere" (Charles Harper, Ray Lewis, Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter) |
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# "Now That I've Found You" (Jerry Baxter, Walter Williams) |
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# "]" (], ]) |
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# "The Choice" |
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# "I Miss You" |
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Liner note author: Mark Marymont |
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==References== |
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http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1009951/a/Back+On+Top.htm |
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==Singles== |
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==Singles== |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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* {{Discogs release|416741|Back on Top}} |
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{{The O'Jays}} |
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Original O'Jays members Eddie Levert, William Powell, Walter Williams and Bobby Massey all contributed to this album, and all four were pictured on its cover. This is the first O'Jays album not to include the group's fifth original member, Bill Isles, who quit the group shortly before this album was recorded. Bobby Massey would also later leave the group, just before their breakthrough success with Philadelphia International Records.
