The Very Best of the O'Jays

The Very Best of the O'Jays
Compilation album by
The O'Jays
ReleasedApril 20, 1998
GenreSoul, pop
Length77:55
LabelSony Music Entertainment, Epic, Philadelphia International Records
ProducerThe O-Jays

The Very Best of the O'Jays is a compilation album featuring all their greatest hits. It is part of Sony's Playlist album series, which covers 1972 through to 1978, when the O'Jays (and Gamble & Huff) were at the peak of the Charts. Every song on the album has placed somewhere within the Top 20 of the R&B chart, and many of them went to the top of the chart including "Back Stabbers," "Love Train," "For the Love of Money," and "Use ta Be My Girl,"

Track listing

All tracks are written by The O'Jays

No.TitleLength
1."Back Stabbers"3:03
2."Love Train"2:58
3."I Love Music"3:34
4."Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender, Love)"3:04
5."Use Ta Be My Girl"3:20
6."Brandy (I Really Miss You)"3:33
7."Now That We Found Love"3:09
8."Put Our Heads Together"3:36
9."Message in Our Music"3:23
10."Sing a Happy Song"3:36
11."Extraordinary Girl"5:16
12."Give The People What They Want"4:12
13."For the Love of Money"3:48
14."992 Arguments"2:22
15."Time To Get Down"2:52
16."Livin' for the Weekend"2:53
17."Looky Looky (Look At Me Girl)"2:44
18."One Night Affair"2:18
19."Deeper (In Love With You)"2:38
20."Don't Call Me Brother"8:54
21."Love Train (Extended Version)"6:15
Total length:77:55

1998 re-issue • Jaimi Vozzi – digital remaster • Joe Mac– premastering • Frank Tozour – sony editing

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