вЂњFunk, soul, and oldies classics all with a tinge of rock вЂn roll. Though вЂњWork to DoвЂќ reached a respectable #11 on the Soul chart, it sputtered at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100. вЂњIt speaks volumes about the quality of the Isley BrothersвЂ™ music in the вЂ™70s that a single this intoxicating could fall through the cracks. Work to Do (Brother, Brother, Brother, 1972) ItвЂ™s one of the loveliest R&B songs in existence.вЂќДЎ2. And finally, the career-high, uncanny-valley resolution to major in the chorus. Then thereвЂ™s the masterful transition to stillness as Ronald Isley begins to reflect on his relationship. You wouldnвЂ™t expect that a hocketted groove like the intro could sound so solemn, but it does. вЂњNot only more substantive than the best of the other Isley ballads, вЂњFootsteps in the DarkвЂќ is also arrestingly beautiful. Footsteps in the Dark (Go for Your Guns, 1977) YouвЂ™ll have wanted a few minutes of your life back.вЂќДЎ3. DonвЂ™t even listen to the instrumental alone. вЂњThe instrumental is quite middle of the road, but the phrase вЂњLife is for the livingвЂќ paired with вЂњlove is for the givingвЂќ alone make this an evocative, beautiful track. DonвЂ™t Say Goodnight (Go All the Way, 1980)

Crazy futuristic synthesizers, wailing Hendrixian guitar, funky bass, smooth vocalsвЂ¦ I love it!вЂќДЎ4. вЂњItвЂ™s great, the funk-rock formula they touched on here. What no one foresaw was the re-birth of the Isleys as a creative force, but following on from the success of вЂњ3 + 3вЂі and its related singles, the heat was on for them to keep up to the mark.вЂќДЎ8. вЂњAs Sly and James faded in the early 70вЂ™s, soul and funk was wide open to newcomers in the field and so we saw the rise of EW & F, The Commodores and the whole Parliament / Funkadelic thing /thang. The falsettos are the element that stay with you once the recordвЂ™s groove has finished, and the song is highly entertaining, but obviously pales in comparison to вЂњThis Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)вЂќ, which was the groupвЂ™s previous single and title track of their Tamla debut.вЂќ вЂњвЂќTake Some Time Out for LoveвЂќ is updated with heaps of tambourine slathered throughout the mix and almost comically histrionic falsetto vocals following the chorus. Take Some Time Out for Love (This Old Heart of Mine, 1966) Here are all of The Isley Brothers songs ranked.ДonвЂ™t miss out on the great punk Music of The Isley Brothers! Click to experience the early influence of punk music.Дў0. They received theВ Grammy Lifetime Achievement AwardВ in 2014. Five years later, they were added toВ HollywoodвЂ™s Rockwall, and in 2003 they were inducted to theВ Vocal Group Hall of Fame. The brothers have been honored by several musical institutions, includingВ the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted them in 1992. Sixteen of their albums charted in the Top 40 and thirteen of those albums have beenВ certified gold, platinum, or multi-platinum by the RIAA. With a career spanning over seven decades, the group has been cited as having enjoyed one of the вЂњlongest, most influential, and most diverse careers in the pantheon of popular musicвЂќ. The Isley BrothersВ (/Л€aЙЄzliЛђ/) are an American musical group originally fromВ Cincinnati, Ohio, that started as a vocal trio consisting of brothersВ OвЂ™Kelly Isley Jr.,В Rudolph Isley,В andВ Ronald IsleyВ in the 1950s.

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