Ohio Players - Contradiction

 This Month of March Marks The 48th Anniversary of The Ohio Players’ 11th Studio Album “Contradiction” Originally Released in 1976.

Contradiction is the eleventh studio album by The Ohio Players, and the fourth album recorded for Mercury Records.

The album peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs chart and at #12 on the U.S. Billboard Top LPs chart.

The album released two singles, “Who'd She Coo?" and “Far East Mississippi".

“Who'd She Coo? peaked at #1 on the Billboard The Hot R&B Songs chart and at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

“Far East Mississippi” peaked #26 on the Hot R&B Songs chart.

The band recorded Contradiction at three different recording studios, each session utilizing Barry Mraz as their engineer. The album cover depicts a nude woman feeding a horse a shiny red apple. While the horse is identified by name and breed in the liner notes (an Anglo-Trakehner stallion named Wasyl), the model is uncredited.

It is the fifth and last Ohio Players album to be announced also as a quadraphonic (four-channel stereo) release in the 8-track tape format. However, it was never actually released as no known copies have surfaced even among collectors, and there is no evidence the remix was ever performed. Contradiction was one of three Ohio Players albums released in 1976. 

Track-listing

 1. "Contradiction" 

2. "Precious Love”

3. "Little Lady Maria"

4. "Far East Mississippi"

5. "Who'd She Coo?"

6. "My Life"

7. "Tell the Truth"

8. "My Ladies Run Me Crazy"

9. "Bi-Centennial"

By Romie Rome for Musique Funkology.