Isley Brothers - The Brothers: Isley

A stone cold funk album that forever changed the face of soul music – a bold shift in styles by the Isley Brothers at the end of the 60s, really setting the scene for their mega-fame of the next decade! The album’s a follow up to the landmark It’s Your Thing set – and it starts in the same space as that one, but goes arguably even deeper and harder in its groove – hitting a raw, sharp-edged approach to funk that’s totally sinister – easily as great as anything coming out of the funky 45 underground, and a really strong message to the mainstream that these older hitmakers were ripe and ready for a deeper funk mode. The record doesn’t have any of the hits of its predecessor – making it an even bigger treasure trove of under-discovered gems – great little tunes that are heavy on the drums, filled with rumbling bass, and cut with plenty of sharp-edged guitar.

Tracks
I Turned You On 
Vacuum Cleaner 
I Got To Get Myself Together 
Was It Good To You? 
The Blacker The Berrie 
My Little Girl 
Get Down Off Of The Train 
Holding On 
Feels Like The World