The O'Jays followed the spectacular Backstabbers and Ship Ahoy with the good, but not on the same level, Survival. It was unrealistic to expect masterpieces every time out, and the LP included many strong ballads and good message tracks. But while it may not have been as epic in its performances and compositions, it was certainly the other albums' equal in sales strength. The group had two number one R&B hits in 1975, "Give The People What They Want" and "I Love Music (Part 1)." In addition, the title track made the charts as the B-side to "Let Me Make Love To You," another rousing ballad.
Largely forgotten now, they were HUGE in the early Seventies. This is off of their 1975 LP "Survival" - the backing band are MFSB (Ronnie Baker on bassism and Earl Young on the drummings), and it's written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, from which you might just be able to guess that this was a Philadelphia sound
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Give the People What They Want |
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| 2 Let Me Make Love to You |
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| 3 Survival |
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| 4 Where Did We Go Wrong |
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| 5 Rich Get Richer |
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| 6 How Time Flies |
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| 7 What Am I Waiting For |
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| 8 Never Break Us Up |
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