Back Stabbers
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| Studio album by The O'Jays | ||||
| Released | August 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
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| Genre | Soul, funk, Philadelphia soul | |||
| Length | 39:54 | |||
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Philadelphia International KZ-31712 |
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| Producer | Gamble & Huff, Bunny Sigler | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| The Daily Vault | A |
| Melody Maker | favorable |
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| Rhapsody | favorable |
| Rolling Stone 1972 | favorable |
| Rolling Stone 2004 |  |
| Virgin Encyclopedia |  |
| Yahoo! Music | favorable |
Back Stabbers is a studio album by Philadelphia soul group The O'Jays, released in August 1972 on Philadelphia International Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972.
Back Stabbers was a breakthrough album for the group, reaching the top 10 of the Billboard Pop Albums chart and selling over 500,000 copies within a year of release. It also featured two of their most successful singles, "Back Stabbers" and "Love Train", which hit number one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. On September 1, 1972, the title track was certified as a gold single by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The following year, on May 8, Back Stabbers was also certified gold in sales by the RIAA. It has gained the reputation as a landmark album of early 1970s soul and has been cited by critics as "the pinnacle of Philly soul." In 2012, the album was ranked number 318 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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