It's Our Thing
It's Our Thing is the sixth album released by The Isley Brothers on their own T-Neck Records imprint on April 26, 1969. Fully emancipated from three and a half years in Motown Records and encouraged by their international success in England, the Isleys composed this album in the style of Sly & the Family Stone/James Brown funk that was dominating the music industry at the time but with their own flair as explained in their smash "It's Your Thing". Other hits off the album though it didn't chart included "I Know Who You Been Socking It To" and "Give the Women What They Want". This album was also the Isleys' first Top 40 record reaching #22 on the pop albums chart. Curiously, despite its importance in the career of the seminal group, this album was not released in CD format until 2008. The album was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 released CD box set "The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters, 1959-1983".
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Released | April 26, 1969 | |||
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Length | 26:37 | |||
Label | T-Neck, Buddah | |||
Producer | The Isley Brothers | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Pitchfork | 7.7/10 [2] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I Know Who You Been Socking It To" | 2:42 |
2. | "Somebody Been Messin'" | 2:36 |
3. | "Save Me" | 3:30 |
4. | "I Must Be Losing My Touch" | 2:00 |
5. | "Feels Like the World" | 3:25 |
No. | Title | Length |
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6. | "It's Your Thing" | 2:47 |
7. | "Give the Women What They Want" | 2:17 |
8. | "Love Is What You Make It" | 2:37 |
9. | "Don't Give It Away" | 2:43 |
10. | "He's Got Your Love" | 2:00 |
Personnel
- The Isley Brothers
- Ronald Isley – lead vocals
- O'Kelly Isley, Jr. and Rudolph Isley – background vocals
- Chris Jasper and Everett Collins – piano, keyboards
- Ernie Isley – bass, guitar
- Marvin Isley – bass
- with
- Instrumentation by assorted New York City musicians
- Technical
- Tony May – recording and mix engineer
- Acy R. Lehman – art direction
- James Kriegsmann Jr. – cover photography
References
- Henderson, Alex. "The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969) album review, credits & releases | AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (September 11, 2015). "The Isley Brothers: The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
External links
- The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969) album review by Alex Henderson, credits & releases at AllMusic
- The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969) album releases & credits at Discogs
- The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969) album to be listened as stream on Spotify
- The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969) album back cover at www.FunkMySoul.gr