Ohio Players - Honey (Gold Vinyl)
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James "Diamond" Williams – drums, timbales, congas, percussion, lead & background vocals
Billy Beck – piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes piano, RMI electric piano, clavinet, ARP Odyssey, ARP string ensemble, percussion, lead & background vocals
Marvin "Merv" Pierce – trumpets, flugelhorn
Marshall "Rock" Jones – electric bass
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner – guitars, lead & background vocals
Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks – trumpets
Clarence "Satch" Satchell – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
1LP, gatefold jacket
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Gold
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Mercury
Recorded and mixed February–June, 1975 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago
Recorded by Barry Mraz with tape operators Marty Linke, Steve Kusiciel, Rob Kingsland
Engineered by Barry Mraz, Gilbert Kong & Tom Hanson
Produced by Ohio Players
Originally released in 1975
To be reissued in 2022
Tracks:
Side A:
- Honey
- Fopp
- Let's Love
- Ain't Givin' Up No Ground
Side B:
- Sweet Sticky Thing
- Love Rollercoaster
- Alone
Awards:
The album won a Grammy Award for Best Album Cover Art
Reviews:
“Honey may have had the most controversial LP cover of 1975. Its erotic cover, which depicted a nude model covered in honey, was protested by feminists when it was alleged that the model had become stuck to the floor during the photo shoot. Some retailers, in fact, refused to carry it. All the controversy certainly didn't hurt the album commercially. In 1975, the Ohio Players were one of R&B's most successful acts, and were inescapable for anyone who listened to R&B/Soul radio at the time. The album kept the band's commercial momentum going thanks to such hard-driving funk as "Love Rollercoaster" (a song that was sampled to death by rappers in the '80s and '90s and covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1996), "Fopp," and the playfully jazz-influenced hit "Sweet Sticky Thing." While the Players' outstanding contributions to funk would continue to have an enormous impact long after the band's popularity faded, it's important to stress that only about half of Honey falls into the funk category. In fact, lead singer Sugarfoot's moving performance on the remorseful "Alone" makes one wish that the Players' ballads were discussed more often.” AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.13 / 5