Seldom do compilations, best-of collections, or even box sets capture the big picture on an artist in a way that's as definitive as the music they are attempting to chronicle. There's always something missing: a tape that didn't turn up and no decent vinyl copies around to copy from, or the licensing of a couple of essential tracks from another company fell through the legal cracks and didn't make the final lineup. Bottom line: definitive collections or box sets seldom are. But this one is. {$The Isley Bro...   [ read more ]

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Beautiful Ballads, released in 1994, contains 70 minutes of the Isley Brothers' slow and romantic singles released between 1971 and 1983, adding Isley/Jasper/Isley's number one 1985 R&B hit "Caravan of Love." Most of what is here is undeniably classic, but no ballad-centric Isleys disc is complete without "Between the Sheets" or "Sensuality" -- two omissions that would be justifiable deal breakers. The inclusion of lesser material, like "You're the Key to My Heart" and their cover o...   [ read more ]

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