滚石的编辑说,越战之后,灵魂乐开始进入了一个黑暗时期,但The O'Jays的这张专辑倒是有点拨云见日的感觉,专辑的同名歌曲以及一首Love Train都曾经登上Billboard榜首,确实很好听。
这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第318位。
by Alex Henderson
A major turning point for the O'Jays, Back Stabbers took the group to the top of the charts and made them household names in the R&B world. The O'Jays had been paying serious dues since the late '50s, and their perseverance payed off in a major way when the unsettling title song, the infectious &Time to Get Down,& and the uplifting &Love Train& became their biggest hits up to that point. Indeed, this album did more than its part to help establish Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records as the most successful soul label since Stax and Motown.