Contradiction (album)

Contradiction is the eighth studio album by The Ohio Players, and the fourth album recorded for Mercury.

Contradiction
Studio album by
Ohio Players
ReleasedMarch 1976
Recorded
GenreSoul, funk
Length38:36
LabelMercury
ProducerOhio Players
Ohio Players chronology
Honey
(1975)		 Contradiction
(1976)		 Gold
(1976)
Singles from Contradiction
  1. "Who'd She Coo?"
    Released: February 1976
  2. "Far East Mississippi"
    Released: 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]

History

Contradiction was not as ballad-heavy as Honey, but it did expand on the mixture of funk, soul, and rock that they played with on that album. The title track also showed a leaning towards the work they did on Westbound. "Who'd She Coo?" was released as a single and went to No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart.

The band recorded Contradiction at three different recording studios, each session utilizing Barry Mraz as their engineer. The album cover depicts a nude woman feeding a horse a shiny red apple. While the horse is identified by name and breed in the liner notes (an Anglo-Trakehner stallion named Wasyl), the model is uncredited.

It is the fifth and last Ohio Players album to be announced also as a quadraphonic (four-channel stereo) release in the 8-track tape format. However, it was never actually released as no known copies have surfaced even among collectors, and there is no evidence the remix was ever performed. Contradiction was one of three Ohio Players albums released in 1976. Westbound released Rattlesnake, featuring songs not used during their time with the label. With four Mercury albums under their belt and hit singles on the charts, the group would approve a greatest hits compilation, Gold.

Track listing

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

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Contradiction"4:37
2."Precious Love"4:57
3."Little Lady Maria"4:16
4."Far East Mississippi"4:58
Total length:18:48
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Who'd She Coo?"4:32
6."My Life"4:01
7."Tell the Truth"3:37
8."My Ladies Run Me Crazy"3:54
9."Bi-Centennial"3:44
Total length:19:48

Personnel

Production
  • Ohio Players – producers
  • Barry Mraz, Lee Hulko – engineers
  • Rob Kingsland, Karl Richardson, Steve Klein, Hank Neuberger – assistant engineer
  • Jim Ladwig – art director
  • Joe Kotleba, Jim Schubert – design
  • Paul Gremmler – cover photography
  • David Alexander – Ohio Players photos

Charts
Chart (1976) Peak
[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 12
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 1
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[3]		 US
R&B
[3]
1976 "Who'd She Coo?" 18 1
"Far East Mississippi" — 26

See also

References
  1. Lytle, Craig. Contradiction review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: O". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "US Charts > Ohio Players". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
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