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Skin Tight (April 1974) is the fifth studio album by the Ohio Players and the first album released through the Mercury label. It is considered to be their commercial breakthrough.

This article is about the Ohio Players album. For the Liv Kristine album, see Skintight.
Skin Tight
Studio album by
Ohio Players
ReleasedApril 1974
RecordedParagon Studios
(Chicago, Illinois)
GenreSoul, funk
Length40:56
LabelMercury
ProducerOhio Players
Ohio Players chronology
Ecstasy
(1973)		 Skin Tight
(1974)		 Climax
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]

History


Skin Tight signified a turning point in the group's career towards a more jazzy and polished funk sound. The album began the Players' dominant platinum-selling period, and would bring them a much bigger audience. In fact, this release would outsell all of their previous LPs combined. The band produced and recorded the album in Chicago, with Barry Mraz as recording engineer. The final mix was mastered by Lee Hulko.

It is the second of five Ohio Players albums announced also as a quadraphonic (4-channel stereo) release, the first of four for Mercury. However, it was never actually released as no known copies have surfaced even among collectors. According to Billboard, Skin Tight took the top position on the Black Albums chart for six weeks, and missed the Top 10 on the Pop Albums chart by one position.


Covers


R.E.M. performed "Skin Tight" on their Green tour in 1989. A live recording from Orlando, Florida on 30 April 1989 was released as a B-side to "Stand". "Heaven Must Be Like This" was covered by Paul Jackson Jr. featuring Glenn Jones on his 1993 album A River in the Desert. D'Angelo also covered the song on the soundtrack of the 1998 motion picture Down in the Delta.[3]


Track listing


All tracks are written by James Williams, Billy Beck, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Skin Tight"7:52
2."Streakin' Cheek to Cheek"5:43
3."It's Your Night/Words of Love"7:58
Total length:21:33
Side two
No.TitleLength
4."Jive Turkey"7:09
5."Heaven Must Be Like This"7:18
6."Is Anybody Gonna Be Saved?"4:56
Total length:19:23

Personnel



Charts


Year Chart Peak
1974 U.S. Billboard Top LPs 11[4]
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 1[5]
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
 US
R&B
1974 "Jive Turkey (Part 1)" 47 6[6]
"Skin Tight" 13[7] 2[8]

See also



References


  1. Henderson, Alex. Skin Tight review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: O". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Heaven Must Be Like This by Ohio Players". secondhandsongs.com.
  4. "Ohio Players: Skin Tight (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  5. "Ohio Players: Skin Tight (Top Soul Albums)". Billboard.
  6. "Ohio Players: Jive Turkey Part 1 (Hot Soul Songs)". Billboard.
  7. "Ohio Players: Skin Tight (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  8. "Ohio Players: Skin Tight (Hot Soul Songs)". Billboard.




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