Winner Takes All (album)
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| Studio album by The Isley Brothers | ||||
| Released | June 16, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Studio | Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York | |||
| Genre | Soul, funk, funk rock, disco, pop rock, smooth soul, quiet storm | |||
| Length | 72:28 | |||
| Label | T-Neck Records | |||
| Producer | The Isley Brothers | |||
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| Robert Christgau | C+ |
| Smash Hits | mixed |
Winner Takes All is the seventeenth album by The Isley Brothers and released on T-Neck Records and their seventh record to be distributed by Epic Records on June 16, 1979. The album included the number-one R&B hit, "I Wanna Be With You" and the top 20 UK disco hit, "It's a Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)".
The album was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 released CD box set The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters, 1959-1983.
The album continued the brothers' trademark of mixing uptempo funk numbers with softer soul balladry. However, their sound now included elements of disco. While some of their music had pioneered the genre, Winner Takes All was the first album to embrace disco rhythms.
The disco element helped songs such as "I Wanna Be With You" and "It's a Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)" become hits. However, the band didn't release any ballads from the album, making it one of the few times since 1973 that they not released a ballad as a single. However, ballads like "You're Beside Me" and "How Lucky I Am" still received airplay on quiet storm radio formats.
The album was successful enough on both the pop and R&B album charts where it reached #14 and #3 respectively and eventually went gold after selling past 500,000 copies.
All tracks written by Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley.
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