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The Isley Brothers - The Essential...
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Artist...............: The Isley Brothers
Album................: The Essential...
Genre................: Rock & Roll
Source...............: NMR
Year.................: 2004
Ripper...............: NMR
Codec................: LAME 3.90
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Standard, (avg. bitrate: 202kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........:

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Tracklisting (Disk 1)
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1. (00:02:28) The Isley Brothers - Twist And Shout
2. (00:05:35) The Isley Brothers - That Lady (Parts 1 & 2)
3. (00:03:54) The Isley Brothers - What It Comes Down To
4. (00:04:07) The Isley Brothers - Brown Eyed Girl
5. (00:05:37) The Isley Brothers - For The Love Of You (Parts 1 & 2)
6. (00:04:49) The Isley Brothers - Groove With You
7. (00:03:16) The Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother
8. (00:03:11) The Isley Brothers - Work To Do
9. (00:03:54) The Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World
10. (00:06:12) The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
11. (00:07:34) The Isley Brothers - Make Me Say It Again Girl (Parts
12. (00:06:12) The Isley Brothers - Live It Up (Parts 1 & 2)
13. (00:05:18) The Isley Brothers - Fight The Power (Parts 1 & 2)
14. (00:03:35) The Isley Brothers - Freedom
15. (00:04:00) The Isley Brothers - Keep On Doin'
16. (00:02:37) The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak F
17. (00:02:44) The Isley Brothers - Move Over And Let Me Dance (With
18. (00:04:23) The Isley Brothers - Shout (Parts 1 & 2)

Playing Time.........: 01:19:24
Total Size...........: 116.17 MB

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Tracklisting (Disk 2)
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1. (00:02:47) The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing
2. (00:02:37) The Isley Brothers - I Turned You On
3. (00:03:21) The Isley Brothers - Lay Away
4. (00:03:39) The Isley Brothers - Love The One You're With
5. (00:02:53) The Isley Brothers - Pop That Thang
6. (00:06:32) The Isley Brothers - Spill The Wine
7. (00:05:09) The Isley Brothers - Take Me To The Next Phase (Parts
8. (00:06:21) The Isley Brothers - I Wanna Be With You (Parts 1 & 2)
9. (00:05:32) The Isley Brothers - The Pride (Parts 1 & 2)
10. (00:05:05) The Isley Brothers - Footsteps In The Dark (Parts 1 &
11. (00:04:30) The Isley Brothers - Voyage To Atlantis
12. (00:05:46) The Isley Brothers - Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time Fo
13. (00:05:39) The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets
14. (00:05:42) The Isley Brothers - Caravan Of Love (Performed By Isl
15. (00:04:24) The Isley Brothers - Mission To Please You
16. (00:04:49) The Isley Brothers - Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) (Pe

Playing Time.........: 01:14:45
Total Size...........: 109.70 MB


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The Isley Brothers weren't first to merge blues and gospel. They didn't invent
frat rock, or protest soul, or slamming funk, or the slow jam, or the
nattily-dressed gangster rapper image, or lead Motown's star stable. But
their six decades in music intersected them not only with those styles but
influenced many who led them (everyone from former backup guitarist Jimi
Hendrix to Lenny Kravitz to disciple R.Kelly, who recent project with the
group topped the pop and R&B charts).

The Isleys were a self-contained band on their self-owned record label. They
were flexible enough to write and record classic R&B and rock tracks covered
by everyone from the Beatles to Mae West and (to his unintentional
embarassment), Michael Bolton. Yet they also recast choice pieces from the
early 70s' leading singer-songwriters; their tight, soaring harmonies perfectly
matched the CSNY songs they covered. Lead singer Ronald Isley came to his
"Mr. Biggs" concert and video image honestly. The group deftly changed
image with its times and drew top rock, R&B, new jack swing and even
hip-hop DJs to its projects, acknowledging the group's huge influence on
music history.

At 34 songs on 2CDs, "Essential Isley Brothers" hardly summarizes their
influence. It misses essentials like "Living In The Life," "Nobody But Me,"
"Guess I'll Always Love You," "At Your Best (You Are Love)" or anything from
their mid-80s run on Warner Brothers Records. It also feels odd not hearing
side two of "The Heat Is On," some of the 70s sexiest music, in its entirety.

Still, with this set you can affordably receive some of pop music's
touchstones: party rave-ups "Shout!" and "Twist and Shout" (what? They
couldn't squeeze in the follow up "Surf and Shout?") their Motown standard
"This Old Heart of Mine," 1969's rumbling, sassy "It's Your Thing," and 1972's
"Pop That Thang" (featuring Chris Jasper's bedrock piano work). You also get
their reworkings of Seals & Crofts' "Summer Breeze" and War's "Spill The
Wine," (Ronald providing the hidden melody in Eric Burdon's somnambulant
rap) and quiet storm standards like "Voyage to Atlantis" and the oft-sampled
"Between the Sheets."

Ernie Isley (a criminally underrated lead guitarist as proved by "That Lady,"
one of the Brothers' biggest hits) once the Isley Brothers would be the one
group who could guide you through rock's entire history.

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