Between the Sheets

The Isley Brothers, Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley A.k.a.mr.biggs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000025V4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,037 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese only remastered paper sleeve pressing. Sony. 2010. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ISLEY CLASSIC, April 20, 2000

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Between the Sheets (Audio CD)

THis Album is TIght.Choosey Lover still sounds Fresh to this Day.&who Hasn't rocked The Title Track? Between The Sheets is A Smooth Jam.The Isley's Have always Been able to Tackle Many Styles Well&Create their own THANG.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some Way Out Music!, January 16, 2005

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Curtis Harris (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Between the Sheets (Audio CD)

After releasing some lackluster albums in the early 80's (The Real Deal, Inside You and Grand Slam) the Isleys came back with this, their last #1 R&B Album for 18 years. The best thing about this album is that everyone in the group is front and center. Rudolph's and O'Kelly's backing vocals are the best they've ever been. Too often in the previous albums they would be drowned out by the burning funk cooked up by the younger 3. This is a nice change as the Isleys once again sounded like a vocal group while still being a band. The first side is all love songs. "Choosey Lover" and "I Need Your Body" are the best of the bunch, the latter just being just short of perfection as Ronald provides stellar lead vocals, Chris goes into Barry White mode as he does a little "rap" at the end, Ernie's guitar and the backing vocals convey the urgency of the song and Marvin's bass keeps rumbling along as usual. But the second side is filled with killer funk and protest songs. "Slow Down Children" and "Ballad For The Fallen Soldier" burn with as much anger as "Fight The Power", "The Pride" and "Livin' In The Life". They cap things off with the rockin' instrumental "Rock You Good".

This album was the most cohesive the Isleys put out in their 3+3 era. It seemed they had finally recaptured their sound and updated it for the 80's. Too bad this was to be their swan song as the younger 3 bolted to form Isely Jasper Isley. This album only makes you wonder what could have been.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Isley Brothers album, June 12, 2004

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The Gifted One (Charlotte, North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Between the Sheets (Audio CD)

This album is a true classic. I don't even know where to start. I was turned on to this LP after hearing Notorious BIG's "Big Poppa", which sampled the title track "Between the Sheets". Since "Between the Sheets" was great I decided to get the whole album. I was amazed.

Between the Sheets is the perfect title for this music because it's most convinient when you're in the mood to get "Between the Sheets". Though every track on this album is great, my favorites have to be "Choosey Lover", "I Need Your Body", and "Ballad For the Fallen Soldier". Those are the ones I play most often. Great production along with great vocals by lead vocalist Ron Isley make this album a masterpiece. If you're a hip-hop fan like myself then you'll find that many artists have used samples from this album. Nas used "Choosey Lover" for his "Street Dreams Remix", Jay-Z & Too Short used "Ballad For the Fallen Soldier" for "A Week Ago", and of course BIG used "Between the Sheets" for "Big Poppa". The latter of those was more along the lines of copying/biting rather than actual sampling. I blame that on Puffy.

I recommend you purchase this album as soon as possible. $9.98 is an excellent price for an album this good. It's easily worth 5 times that much. This, in my opinion is the Isley Brothers greatest work. You'll enjoy this much more than one of their collection albums.