Masterpiece [Import]

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

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea
• ASIN: B00004STZV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #538,765 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese only reissue of 1985 Warner Brothers album. 9 tracks including 'May I?', 'If Leaving Me Is Easy' & 'My Best WasGood Enough'. 2000 release. Standard jewelcase.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Title Says it All!, June 2, 2000

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Reginald D. Garrard "the G-man" (Camilla, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Masterpiece (Audio CD)

Recorded shortly before the untimely death of founding member O'Kelly Isley, "Masterpiece" is an album that attempts to present the rhythm & blues/funk group in a different light. It almost succeeds with this collection of mostly ballads. I feel that the group and their label at the time were trying for crossover success but didn't quite make it.

That withstanding, the album is noteworthy for the following tunes: "May I?" "My Best Was Good Enough," "If Leaving Me is Easy," "Colder Are My Nights," and a cover of the Charlie Rich hit "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World."

Although the production relies a little too heavily on the strings (Hey! It is called "Masterpiece!"), the "soul" of the group comes forth with the superb vocal work of lead Ronald Isley.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Timeless Classic, August 4, 2005

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Phillip N. Sosa "P. Biggs" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Masterpiece (Audio CD)

Of all the Isley Brothers recordings "Masterpiece" is one of their best, and least appreciated, works ever created. Only penning one song, "May I?", they selected some of the finest works of music at that time such as the Phil Collins tune "If Leaving Me Is Easy". Other "timeless classics" include "Colder Are My Nights" and "Come To Me". Unfortunately after almost two decades as the famed "3+3", this would be the original trio's last recording as the eldest O'Kelly would pass away a year later from occlusive coronary artery disease.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ultimate love, September 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Masterpiece (Audio CD)

THIS ALBUM IS BY FAR THE BEST COLLECTION OF LOVE BALLADS THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD. IT TOUCHED MY SOUL WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT MANY YEARS AGO. RON ISLEY'S WORK IS REMARKABLE AND WILL BE HEARD FOR ANOTHER DECADE TO COME. THE TRACK "MY BEST WAS GOOD ENOUGH" IS WONDERFUL. THE WHOLE ALBUM IS AN EXPRESSION OF ULTIMATE LOVE.