Winner Takes All (album)

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Winner Takes All
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Studio album by The Isley Brothers
Released June 16, 1979
Recorded 1979 at 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
The Isley Brothers chronology
Timeless
(1978)Timeless1978		 Winner Takes All
(1979)		 Go All the Way
(1980)Go All the Way1980

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)".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau C+ [2]
Smash Hits mixed [3]

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.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "I Wanna Be with You (Parts 1 & 2)"   6:20
2. "Liquid Love (Parts 1 & 2)"   5:17
3. "Winner Takes All"   4:18
Side two
No. Title Length
4. "Life in the City (Parts 1 & 2)"   7:55
5. "It's a Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop) (Parts 1 & 2)"   5:13
6. "(Can't You See) What You Do to Me?"   4:09
Side three
No. Title Length
1. "Let's Fall in Love (Parts 1 & 2)"   4:39
2. "How Lucky I Am (Parts 1 & 2)"   5:38
3. "You're the Key to My Heart"   3:26
4. "You're Beside Me (Parts 1 & 2)"   5:32
Side four
No. Title Length
5. "Let Me into Your Life (Parts 1 & 2)"   5:10
6. "Love Comes and Goes (Parts 1 & 2)"   5:07
7. "Go for What You Know"   3:24
8. "Mind Over Matter (Parts 1 & 2)"   6:00

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[4] 14
Billboard Top Soul Albums[4] 3

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[5]
US
Pop		 US
R&B
1979 "I Wanna Be With You" - 1
"It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)" 90 27

External links

References

  1. ↑ Lytle, Craig. The Isley Brothers: Winner Takes All > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 03 September 2011.
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