It has been announced that The Isley Brothers will be releasing a new album tomorrow, their first since their "Power of Peace" joint project with Carlos Santana in 2017. You have to go back to 2006 for their previous album of original material, "Baby Makin' Music".
The album's title is that of their latest single, a re-recording of their 1975 "The Heat Is On" album track with Beyonce, "Make Me Say It Again, Girl" (12 Aug 2022). The album will, obviously, include that song along with their 2021 single featuring Snoop Dogg "Friends And Family" (5 Apr 2021).
By all accounts the album will feature guest appearances from Alicia Keys, Drake, Trey Songz and Rick Ross.
Ronald Isley (now 81) and Ernie Isley (70) are the only two remaining members of the group of six brothers as all
other brothers except Rudolph (who left to join the ministry in 1989)
are now deceased. Ronald was only 13 when he and his elder brothers
O'Kelly and Rudolph formed the group in 1954. Ernie was only two and joined the group in 1966 aged 14.
Many know the Isley's from their Motown period which only lasted three
years between 1966-69. They only released eight singles (and only four
charted!) and two albums on the Tamla imprint in that period but the
quality of their Motown recordings are still appreciated today, especially
in Northern soul circles. (I think "This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For
You)" is still one of the greatest Motown songs ever recorded and was a template for the
'classic/traditional' Northern Soul sound). They left Motown to
re-establish their own label T- Neck and adopted more of a funk
sound.
Thanks to Gary Van Den Bussche for the heads up.
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| Rating: | N/A |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | New Soul |
| Format: | Album |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | R.I Top Ten / Self Released |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 30/09/2022 |
| Price: | £TBC |
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