My mother has it on CD (and record) & it's a combination of love songs by them titled appropriately: "Love Ballads".
I play this CD over & over & over again cuz my favorite songs R on it: "Brown Eyed Girl", "Voyage to Atlantis", "Your Beside Me" & "Hello".
Gotta love them Isley's & I do!

Their version of Hello Its Me is the jam..is Summer Breeze on this one too by chance?

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[This message was edited Sat Feb 1 10:05:24 PST 2003 by rdhull]

man...summer breeze and Hello its me are classics...

Finess said:

agreed

Unfortunately, "Summer Breeze" isnt on there, rdhull...& yes, it is a classic!

"Voyage To Atlantis" is the Jam.I dig How Ronald Isley sung that Song&Ernie Isley just rips on the Guitar.that Cat is So Underrated it's not even Funny IMHO.

mistermaxxx said:

Agreed! Also gotta love Make Me Say It Again Girl!! Sweet, sweet song, though I wish the tempo stayed the same like the first 4 minutes of the song! And how can this IB love song compilation be complete without Sensuality or Let Me Down Easy??

Ive not yet explored the Isley Brothers. Any recommendations of a place to start? I must experience more funk..

WildheartXXX said:

start with there 3 Disc Box Set which Contains all of the T-Neck Era stuff.the Motown Stuff has some Good Jams but they found themselves in the 70's there 3+3 Production&Self-Contained Grooves.

I love the Isley Brothers, and really dig Ron Isley's voice...matter fact, I the song "Contagious" he did with R.Kelly and Chante Moore...

I just remembered a jam: "Lets Fall In Love"
MY GOD...how smooth the Isley Brothers are, man! & I agree w/ Ernie Isley being underrated...he is bad!

I have this CD too...I've had it since '94 and I still spin it from time to time...Brown Eyed Girl, Hello its Me and Voyage To Atlantis are my jams from this album. Good call.

if u want 2 feel the funk of isley brothers try this


1)climbing up the ladder -very hard funk song mine favorite

2)fight the power -funk hard funk
3)rocking with fire
4)take inventory ...

hope you feeling better -great song also
who's that lady

~Smooth Sailing, Take me to the next phase Pts 1 AND 2, Fight the power" damn...

whats that song my mother jams on the mothership back at home?
"Time is steady wasting..." I can hear the bass line in that song rite now...

There tight...Ron with that velvet voice after all these years still knockin'em down & doing it cooler then ever. Nice 2 see these younger cats giving it up 2 Ron & the Isley's as a whole.

One can't 4-get the amazing guitar player Mr. Ernie I. So underrated but 4-ever blazing on. Hope 2 see them live soon.
His style is no-dout one of my favs.

mistermaxxx said:

Hell yeah. Those live studio remakes of Don't Say Goodnight, For the Love of You, and Voyage to Atlantis are the shit!