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Ohio Players - Tenderness (1981) [Hi-Res]

Ohio Players - Tenderness (1981) [Hi-Res]

BAND/ARTIST: Ohio Players

  • Title: Tenderness
  • Year Of Release: 1981
  • Label: Boardwalk Records
  • Genre: Soul, Funk, Disco
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) [44.1kHz/24bit]
  • Total Time: 34:51
  • Total Size: 389 / 212 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Try a Little Tenderness
02. Sometimes I Cry
03. Skinny
04. Try to Be a Man
05. Boardwalkin
06. Call Me
07. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
08. It Takes a While
09. Hard to Love Your Brother

After being on nearly a two-year hiatus, the veteran R&B/funk aggregate signed with the now-defunct Boardwalk Records after being with Mercury for seven years and a brief stay with Arista. Hoping to jumpstart their once prosperous status, the Ohio Players recorded two Otis Redding classics: "Try a Little Tenderness" and "Sittin' on the Dock of Bay." Reduced to a quartet on this recording, they lay their patented style on the former. Beginning as a soulful ballad, the track kicks into high gear with Leroy "Sugar" Bonner's trademark baritone complemented by horns and a groovin' bassline. The single only managed to reach the number 40 position on the Billboard R&B charts after ten weeks, but it was truly deserving of a better outing. "Sittin' on the Dock of Bay" was never released. The Ohio Players did not present anything new on this single; this is probably more a tribute to Redding. There are also two other featured singles that were promoted by the label: "Sometimes I Cry" and "Skinny." The former is a slow, drifting song with a twist of country & western that is unlike any other Ohio Players recording; the single never charted. The latter, the title track, is a funky composition driven by Bonner's scratch baritone and a delayed, groovin' bassline; it posted a #46 rating after ten weeks. ~ Craig Lytle


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  • nilesh65
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Thank you so much!!!!
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  • mufty77
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Many thanks for Hi-Res.