★★★★★
The Isley Brothers first appeared on Billboard in 1959, when "Shout (Part 1)" made its way to 47 on the Hot 100. They last cracked the charts in 2006, with "Just Came Here to Chill" petering out at 25 on the R&B charts. Few other artists can match that kind of longevity and, fittingly, the band's biggest hits still resonate...
- pitchfork.com
2015-09-11
★★★★★
When music fans think about the bands who were contemporaries of The Isley Brothers, most are likely to recall the names of groups such as Earth, Wind & Fire, the P-Funk Family, Sly & The Family Stone and others bands whose fertile creative periods occurred in the 1970s and early 1980s. In fact, when most people think of The Isley Brothers, they are likely recalling the sextet that created a series of great albums in a ten year period that began in 1973 with 3+3 and ended in 1983 with Between...
- www.soultracks.com
2015-08-19
★★★★★
Morphing from their roots in gospel and doo-wop through funk, rock and then, finally, into slow-jam R&B;, The Isley Brothers remain one of the most fascinating groups of all time. Yet, somehow, they're also perennially unappreciated - underrated, almost; certainly taken for granted in a way that James Brown or P-Funk are not.
- recordcollectormag.com
2015-08-17