Love Train-the Best of [Import]

O'Jays | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Music Club Deluxe
• ASIN: B000AMSRUS
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,136 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Livin' for the Weekend

2. Family Reunion

3. Unity

4. Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet Tender Love)

5. A Prayer

6. Paradise

7. Make a Joyful Noise

8. The Big Gangster

9. Work on Me

10. Use Ta Be My Girl

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Girl, Don't Let It Get You Down

2. Once Is Not Enough

3. You Won't Fail

4. To Prove I Love You

5. My Favorite Person

6. I Just Want to Satisfy You

7. Your Body's Here With Me (But Your Mind's on the Other Side of Town)

8. Put Our Heads Together

9. Extraordinary Girl

10. What a Woman

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

In a career that stretches back almost half-a-century, The O'Jays have racked up a staggering 57 US R&B chart entries including 9 number 1's. This 40 track 2 CD set is a superb introduction to legendary soul vocalists now into their 5th decade. Compilation & sleeve notes by Charles Waring of Blues & Soul, Mojo & Record Collector. Features 'Used To Be My Girl' which was not on the Sony domestic single disc of the same name, but both 'Love Train' and 'Back Stabbers' are included here in live versions only. Music Club. 2005.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A definitive collection from P.I.R.'s flagship group., January 14, 2007

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Justo Roteta (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This is the most comprehensive collection of The O'Jays Philadelphia International recordings. During their fifteen-year association with Gamble and Huff's legendary label (1972-87) The O'Jays made music history and this double-CD set is an excellent anthology. Not only does it feature the charted hit singles--it also features some lesser-known LP tracks. Get it if you don't yet have it!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best overall philly international era ojays collection, June 14, 2008

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now there are quite a few compilations with the O'jays on Philly international but this one for my money is the best. all the known jams and album tracks. remember back in the day when you had those album jams which were bigger in your block than what radio was shoving down your throats? well those kind of cuts are on here. those classic O'jays vocals and harmonys are all here and the music is timeless along with the production and arrangments.

4.0 out of 5 stars The O'Jays - Love Train: The Best of, November 24, 2011

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This review is from: Love Train-the Best of (Audio CD)

They say that "good things come to those who wait," and I certainly have waited a long time for there to be an ideal compilation by the mighty O'Jays. This double CD contains the specific tracks of choice that means much to me from the legendary trio.

The soothing "Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet Tender Love)" and the R & B standard "Use Ta Be My Girl" were mainstream classics while the jubilant "Sing a Happy Song" was an R & B top 10 hit with a catchy chorus.

Recently, while listening to streaming internet radio, I heard for the first time a song that struck me as a hit and somehow never registered on local radio in 1983. The vocals were definitely that of the O'Jays, but the musical style fits that of the renowned producer Kashif. "Put Our Heads Together" is the name of the track produced by Keni Burke, and it is not available on any O'Jays CD but this compilation alone.

After learning that Amazon sells "Love Train: The Best of The O'Jays" (2005) which contains not only "Put Our Heads Together," but the other three nostalgic tracks that I wanted, I knew this compilation was the one for me!