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Honey (DTS 5.1 Surround)
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Track Listing
- Honey
- Fopp
- Love Rollercoaster
- Ain't Givin' up No Ground
- Sweet Sticky Thing
- Let's Do It (Interpolated With Let's Love)
- Alone
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #21024 in Music
- Released on: 1997-11-25
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: DTS Surround Sound
- Original language: English
Editorial Reviews
CD Description
The follow-up to FIRE, the band's breakthrough smash, HONEYcontinued the Ohio Players' golden streak by building on the elements that made FIRE such a hit: smooth soul balladry, churning funk, and plenty of freaky, outrageous attitude (due in large part to the cartoonish lead vocals of Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner). Slow songs and balladry seem to play a larger part here, as the lush leadoff title track and the carpe diem anthem "Let's Do It" indicate. "Alone" strikes an unusually somber note for the Players in its sincerity, a mood marked by the song's comparatively spare arrangements.
But the Players thrive on pulse-quickening jams, too, and "Ain't Givin' Up No Ground", with its jittery pop-and-lock rhythms,and the stomping groove of "Fopp" rank with the band's bestsweaty workouts. Of course, the irrepressible "Love Rollercoaster" may be HONEY's highlight. (Its instantly memorable three-chord riff and vocal hook have been sampled endlessly in the decades since.) Add to all this some rather explicit and provocative cover art (the photo, of a naked female modelcovered in honey, was the band's most controversial), and you've got another feisty, fun slab of classic funk.
Customer Reviews
Much under rated
The Ohio Players made their name with extreme album covers which always featured a semi naked woman. That got them noticed but it was the music that kept them popular in the mid 70's.
"Honey" undoubtedly has the Funk, and tracks like Love Rollercoaster will be familiar to most. It also proves the existence of the Funk Ballad, as the Players get back to their roots (they were originally a Soul vocal harmony group) with some inspired wailing on the title track and "Alone".
"Sweet Sticky Thing" and "Lets Love" lope along in a mellow groove and these tracks demonstrate that Jazz influenced the Funk.
A fine album, ranking with "Fire" as the Players best album - but buy it and decide for yourself
