Climax
Compilation album by Ohio Players
Released	October 1974
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	36:52
Label	Westbound
Producer	Ohio Players
Ohio Players chronology
Skin Tight (1974) Climax (1974) Fire (1974)

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Climax (October 1974) is a compilation album by The Ohio Players and the first of two albums compiled from tracks left over from previous sessions recorded for the Detroit-based Westbound label. The group was signed to Mercury by the time Climax hit stores, and the album features only five new songs (with the other three pulled from *previous albums). Their Mercury debut, Skin Tight, was released several months earlier.

Along with six originals, the album includes cover versions of Creedence Clearwater Revival's " Proud Mary" and Marvin Gaye's " What's Going On", adding to the group's already growing repertoire.

Track listing

1. " Sleep Talk" (Ohio Players) (3:15) [*previously issued]
2. "Ruffell Foot" (Louis Crane, Belda Baine) (4:07)
3. " Proud Mary" ( John Fogerty) (5:21)
4. "Climax" (Crane, Baine) (6:50)
5. " What's Going On" ( Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson) (6:00)
6. " Food Stamps Y'All" (Crane, Baine) (2:28) [*previously issued]
7. " Players Ballin'" (Ohio Players) (4:31) [*previously issued]
8. "Pack It Up" (Crane, Baine) (4:20)

Trivia

• The S&M 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.
• The ending of "What's Going On" would inspire hip-hop producer Pete Rock to use it as a sample in " Lots of Lovin'", as recorded by Pete Rock & CL Smooth.
• The song Climax appears in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V in the in-game radio station The Lowdown 91.1.

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External links

• Climax at Discogs