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Skin Tight (album)

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Released
  
April 1974

Skin Tight(1974)
  
Climax(1974)

Release date
  
April 1974

Label
  
Mercury Records

Length
  
41:11

Artist
  
Ohio Players

Producer
  
Ohio Players

Genres
  
Funk, Soul music

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Recorded
  
Paragon Studios(Chicago, Illinois)

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Skin Tight is the fifth studio album by the Ohio Players and the first released through the Mercury label.

Contents

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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 that were also available in quadraphonic (4-channel stereo), the first of four for Mercury. The quad mix is only available in the 8-track tape format. 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.

Track listing

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

Personnel

  • Marshall "Rock" Jones – Fender bass
  • James "Diamond" Williams – drums, chimes, percussion, lead & background vocals
  • Billy Beck – piano, organ, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, ARP, percussion, lead & background vocals
  • Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner – guitar, percussion, lead & background vocals
  • Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks – trumpet, trombone & background vocals
  • Clarence "Satch" Satchell – baritone sax, tenor sax, flute, percussion, lead & background vocals
  • Marvin "Merv" Pierce – trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone & background vocals

    • Charts

    Singles

    Songs

    1Skin Tight7:54
    2Streakin' Cheek to Cheek5:42
    3Words of Love8:01

    References

    Skin Tight (album) Wikipedia
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