Back Stabbers is an August 1972 album by the Philadelphia soul group The O'Jays and is widely considered their best album. Memorable singles include the title track and "Love Train", which hit number one on the pop charts. It is number 318 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... For the American indoor football team, see Philadelphia Soul. ... The OJays were a 1970s Philadelphia soul group, originally consisting of Walter Williams, Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, William Powell and Eddie Levert. ... In 2002, Rolling Stone published an article describing what it considered to be the top 500 albums of all time. ...
Track listing
When the World's at Peace (Gamble, Hurtt, Sigler) 5:18
Back Stabbers (Huff, McFadden, Whitehead) 3:06
Who Am I (Hurt, Sigler) 5:11
(They Call Me) Mr. Lucky (Gamble, Huff) 3:19
Time to Get Down (Gamble, Huff) 2:52
992 Arguments (Gamble, Huff, McFadden) 6:06
Listen to the Clock on the Wall (Gamble, Huff, McFadden) 3:46
Shiftless, Shady, Jealous Kind of People (Gamble, Huff, McFadden) 3:36
For "BackStabbers," the whole gang chipped in to give the label and the O'Jays their first big hit.
"BackStabbers" had all three, with a clean, precise production that was an astonishing update from earlier O'Jays recordings.
With fourteen years of experience before "BackStabbers" (they formed in 1958), it was fair to say that the O'Jays were no spring chickens at the time of their first monster hit.
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