The Isley Brothers Album: “Winner Takes All”

This album JAMS! Plain and simple. "I Wanna be With You" kicks off the party with an infectious bassline, crisp cymbal crashes and sudden pauses. "Winner Takes All" is another jam followed by "Life in the City" (The extended breakdown w/the hand claps and fast guitar riffs is AMAZING!) and "It's a Disco Night". Those are my personal favorites off this album and I'm glad they are back to back. There is so much energy on those tracks and Ernie is ripping it on the guitar too. Man!

The ballads "Youre Beside Me", "Let's Fall in Love," & "You're the Key to My Heart" smooth out the intense dance numbers nicely. Who can resist the silky vocals of Ron Isley.

You will find yourself singing along with Ron Isley's rich falsetto and grooving with the fast-paced rythym guitar and deep basslines. Its a shame the Isleys have not been fully recognized for the pure musicianship they contribute to the music industry. They are legendary and their music is timeless.

This is a great and necessary addition to your Isleys collection. Peace. CLB.

This album is underrated, plain and simple. Back in the day people must have been turned off because it was a double album and it was the height of disco. Well even the tracks that have some disco nuances are still funky. The first 3 songs, 'I Wanna Be With You', 'Liquid Love' and 'Winner Takes All' are pure funk while 'Life In The City' clocks in at 8 minutes and has an extended breakdown with some serious guitar riffs from Ernie. The album slows down with the mid-tempo groove of '(Can't You See) What You Do To Me?' and slows down even further with 'Let's Fall In Love' one of their best slow jams. This isn't one of their more well-remembered albums but it's just as good as '3+3' or 'Go For Your Guns'.

Back in 1979, when the Mothership was the only place I wanted to be and only the deepest funk jams would satisfy, a friend loaned me this 2LP set. It blew me away and God knows why I didn't buy it then.

In the last two weeks I was playing my copy of an Isleys compilation featuring the title track (blown away all over again)and as the price of Winner Take All has dropped sinfully low, I dived right in. Wow - all the things said here about an underrated album are 100% true. Since the first time I heard "That Lady" in 1973, this band have enthralled me and this blissful mix of silky vocals, blistering intrumental work, hard funk and lovely ballads means the fascination will continue...

Isleys, I love you, love you, LOVE YOU!

Solid Isley Brothers Album with there Trademark Vocals,Organ&Fire Hot Guitar Licks from Ernie Isley who still is sadly Underrated.this Band in the Studio to Me was as Bad as anyone out there during the same time period.between the Solos&Vocals you can't go wrong a Good Blend of Funk&Slow-Jams.One of the Few Acts from back in the day still on the scene.

If you are a fan of really good music, then you probably have already listen to this Isley Brothers classic back in the day. How delighted I was to find this classic thats been remastered on cd. That you music Gods.