''Back'' is the final studio album by the American band

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, released in 1988. The first single was "Sweat". It was Ohio Players' only album for Track Record Company. The band supported the album by headlining a SOS Racisme show during the New Music Seminar and with a North American tour. "Sweat" and "From Now On (Let's Play)" were minor chart successes.

Production

The album was produced by Ohio Players; the band was made up of five members for the reunion. Some of the tracks incorporated hip hop-influenced sounds.

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contributed to the album, after Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner had guested on '' Perfect Machine''. "I'm Madd!" is about the dangers of drunk driving.

Critical reception

The '' Los Angeles Times'' wrote that "the OPs attempt to reconcile their greazy, yowl 'n' growl attack with the stacks of microchips that go into creating le funk moderne." ''

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'' determined that the band "sound as good as ever, sweet and nasty funk played just right." '' The Christian Science Monitor'' called the album "a continuation and expansion of the jazzy powerhouse funk style that popularized the Ohio Players in the mid-1970s." The New York ''Daily News'' praised the "live, groove-oriented sound." '' The Washington Post'' deemed the sound "hypnotic rhythms geared to maximum danceability, fueled by the dual guitars of Chet Willis and Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner." AllMusic concluded that, "while the Players deserve credit for trying something different and attempting to be relevant to the hip-hop/urban contemporary scene of the late 1980s, ''Back'' simply wasn't strong enough."

Track listing

References

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