Climax (album)
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Track listing
- "Sleep Talk" (Ohio Players) (3:15)
- "Ruffell Foot" (L. Crane & B. Baine) (4:07)
- "Proud Mary" (John FogertyJohn FogertyJohn Cameron Fogerty is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and as a #1 solo recording artist. Fogerty has a rare distinction of being named on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest...
) (5:21) - "Climax" (L. Crane & B. Baine) (6:50)
- "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye/Al ClevelandAl ClevelandAl Cleveland is a former American songwriter for the Motown label. Among his most popular co-compositions are 1967's "I Second That Emotion" performed by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and 1971's "What's Going On" performed by Marvin Gaye.Cleveland was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United...
/Renaldo Benson) (6:00) - "Food Stamps Y'All" (L. Crane & B. Baine) (2:28)
- "Players Ballin'" (Ohio Players) (4:31)
- "Pack It Up" (L. Crane & B. Baine) (4:20)
Trivia
- The S&MSadism and masochismSadomasochism broadly refers to the receiving of pleasure—often sexual—from acts involving the infliction or reception of pain or humiliation. The name originates from two authors on the subject, Marquis de Sade and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch...
theme of their album covers continued, with the cover model from their first three Westbound covers embracing a man for the fourth. If one is to look at the back cover, it is revealed that the woman is stabbing the man in the back with a knife, with red wax to represent blood. An urban legend claims that the cover art was done at their label's request, as if to say that the Ohio Players stabbed their former label in the back for moving to a major label. This has never been confirmed or denied by either side of the equation.
- The ending of "What's Going On" would inspire hip-hop producer Pete RockPete RockPeter Phillips , better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapper. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s as one half of the critically acclaimed group Pete Rock & CL Smooth...
to use it as a sample in "Lots of Lovin'Lots of Lovin'"Lots of Lovin'" is the third and final single by Pete Rock & CL Smooth from their album, Mecca and the Soul Brother. This song is a love-ode to CL's partner and features one of Pete Rock's most sensuous productions; full of flutes and suave keyboard riffs. The song samples the Ohio Players cover...
", as recorded by Pete Rock & CL SmoothPete Rock & CL SmoothPete Rock & C.L. Smooth are a hip-hop duo from Mount Vernon, New York. They made their debut with their 1991 EP, All Souled Out and followed with 1992's Mecca and the Soul Brother LP.-The Golden Age :...
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