For that, you'll have to go back to Rhino's two-volume The Isley Brothers Story in the early '90s, the only reasonably thorough and wise Isleys best-of, and one that didn't have to put "definitive" in its title to lay reasonable claim to that adjective. The longtime lead vocalist for the Isley Brothers, Ronald Isley helmed the influential family group for over half a century, a period spanning not only multiple generations of siblings but also massive cultural shifts that heralded their musics transformation from gritty R&B to Motown soul to blistering funk. There have been many attempts at Isleys best-ofs - too many, in fact - and this is, far from being the most definitive, one of the least definitive. And much of it's a long way from their best material, especially since more than half of it postdates the 1970s, putting an inordinate weight upon their transformation to a far less exciting urban contemporary soul act. Sure, it's career-spanning, starting off with their 1959 classic "Shout" and going all the way up to their most recent R&B hit at the time this CD was released, 2006's "Just Came Here to Chill." But no "It's Your Thing"? No "That Lady"? That's hardly definitive. This 17-track anthology might have a bunch of Isley Brothers hits, but it sure as heck isn't The Definitive Collection, no matter what the title says.
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