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Tracklist (Vinyl)
A1 | | Unity | | 4:57 | A2 | | Family Reunion | | 6:54 | A3 | | You And Me | | 6:54 | A4 | | She's Only A Woman | | 5:44 | B1 | | Livin' For The Weekend | | 6:29 | B2 | | Stairway To Heaven | | 6:15 | B3 | | I Love Music | | 6:51 |
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Review In the cover painting the three O'Jays stand smiling childishly in the midst of a very extended "family" which includes an Eskimo, a Tartar, a bald Nubian, Asians, Scandinavians, a Mexican, one each of almost every nationality. "Remember, the family that prays together stays together," coproducer Kenneth Gamble writes in his liner notes. "Put the 'Unity' back into the family." It's only with misgivings that the listener puts on the album's first cut, "Unity," but after a few seconds it's evident that all is well. This time out, the sloganeering… Read More that occasionally got in the way of the O'Jays' music on previous releases is kept in the background. Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff are back in top form as the masters of studio soul, and arrangers Norman Harris and Bobby Martin have come up with something more than repeats of past successes. This is a first-class O'Jays LP. The O'Jays have more visceral vocal attacks and a more individual group sound than Philadelphia International's other artists. While Harold Melvin's Blue Notes furnish an almost antiseptic backdrop for the gritty but heavy-handed lead vocals of Theodore Pendergrass and the Three Degrees negotiate demanding charts with deceptive ease, the O'Jays' church roots always shine through, creating an impression of improvisation even when routines are carefully worked out in advance. They have always been the most unpredictable of the Philly groups, working against as well as with Gamble and Huff's elaborate productions as the Four Tops' Levi Stubbs once did with the conceits of Holland-Dozier-Holland. For this reason their singles and LPs have been consistently exciting, even when the producers weighted down their high-flying spirits with turgid sociopolitical statements and excessive sentimentality. Family Reunion has a few uneasy moments, such as the paternalistic recitation that turns its title tune into a crashing bore, but at its core are four of the best examples of Gamble/Huff/O'Jays magic on record. "Unity" bursts with surging power and boasts a clean, fresh-sounding orchestral arrangement by Thom Bell's younger brother, Tony. "I Love Music," the current single, is irresistible. Where others would have fitted its bright-eyed, simplistic lyrics to a bubbly major-scale melody, Gamble and Huff rescue it from banality by providing a minor/modal tonality and more of MFSB's rousing drive. "Stairway to Heaven" takes its major melodic cue from "Layla" but still manages to captivate with its concluding ostinato section. The LP's high point is "Livin' for the Weekend," another case of ingenious producing and arranging, turning a more or less trite set of lyrics into a near masterpiece. It begins with a sudden acoustic piano crescendo that settles down into an updated boogie grooveit sounds like Leon Huff is back at the keyboard. An electric guitar interweaves tasty, B.B. King-like punctuations while the group complains about working hard through the week and lo
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