Too many. Listening to their albums in full paid me back so well. It gave me a respect for them that I’ll never lose.

You’re the key to my heart/you’re beside me might be the most definitive thing they did during that 70s era to me. Winner takes all is a jamming ass double album in general. And like most acts from that era, it’s not unreasonable to claim that they never fully recovered from it. Or I could at least say that it took them a few albums to recover.

But I fucking love the Isley brothers. From 3+3 through Between the Sheets, I have love for something on every album if not the whole damn album.

Here we go again is another one too. I still wonder if that song vs Gap Band’s Yearning for your love is the base of the alleged beef between Ron Isley and Charlie Wilson.

>Isley Brothers are one of those groups that over time my
>favorite song by the group changes to reflect where I am in
>life.
>
>Of course my favorite as a kid was "Between the Sheets"
>because of that song's relationship to hip-hop (Bonita
>Applebum remix).
>
>But then I began to appreciate Who's that Lady wants I could
>understand all the different things going on in that song.
>
>Lately though, my joint has been "Harvest for the World". I
>just dig the optimism of that song.
>
>Anyway, what's your favorite?
>
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>they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
>
>"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"