Winner Takes All is a 1979 album by The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper...

, which was released on their T-Neck

T-Neck Records

T-Neck Records was a record label founded by The Isley Brothers in 1964.It's notable for having the Isleys becoming the first R&B band to form a record label, a rarity in black music. During the label's early years, the Isleys issued the records "Testify" and "Move Over And Let Me Dance", which...

 imprint.

Reception

Originally issued as a double album, according to an Allmusic review of the album, the double-disc LP reflected the group's popularity at the time. The first single, the infectious "I Wanna Be With You", was the group's fifth number-one R&B hit. Also, 'It's a Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop) top twentied in the UK. Based on these strengths, the album went gold months within release.

Track listing

All songs were written, arranged, composed and produced by The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper...

 and Chris Jasper

Chris Jasper

Chris Jasper is a former member of both the Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley. He is also a successful solo artist and record producer, recording a number of his own solo albums, and producing artists, for his New York based record label, Gold City Records...

1. "I Wanna Be With You (Parts 1 & 2)" – 6:21
2. "Liquid Love (Parts 1 & 2)" – 5:17
3. "Winner Takes All" – 4:16
4. "Life In The City (Parts 1 & 2)" – 7:55
5. "It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop) (Parts 1 & 2)
   It's a Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)
   "It's a Disco Night " is a 1979 club hit for The Isley Brothers, released on their T-Neck label as the second single off their gold-certified album, Winner Takes All. The song is notable for being one of the few disco-based songs the Isley Brothers released. Beforehand, the group were known for...
   
   " – 5:14
6. "(Can't You See) What You Do To Me?" – 4:11
7. "Let's Fall In Love (Parts 1 & 2)" – 4:42
8. "How Lucky I Am (Parts 1 & 2)" – 5:43
9. "You're The Key To My Heart" – 3:23
10. "You're Beside Me (Parts 1 & 2)" – 5:37
11. "Let Me Into Your Life (Parts 1 & 2)" – 5:09
12. "Love Comes And Goes (Parts 1 & 2)" – 5:09
13. "Go For What You Know" – 3:25
14. "Mind Over Matter (Parts 1 & 2)" – 6:06

Personnel

• Ronald Isley
  Ronald Isley
  Ronald Isley is an American singer and is known as the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.-Career:...
  
  : lead and background vocals
• O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
  O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
  O'Kelly Isley, Jr. , better known as Kelly Isley, was an American singer and one of the founding members of the legendary family group, The Isley Brothers.-Biography:...
  
   and Rudolph Isley
  Rudolph Isley
  Rudolph Bernard Isley , better known as Rudy Isley, is an American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of the legendary family group, The Isley Brothers.-Biography:...
  
  : background vocals
• Ernie Isley
  Ernie Isley
  Ernest "Ernie" Isley is a member of the iconic American musical ensemble, The Isley Brothers.-Life and career:Ernie was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his older brothers formed The Isley Brothers, first as a gospel group, then as a secular-singing group. In 1960 his family moved to Englewood and...
  
  : guitar, drums, percussion, congas, timbales, maracas
• Marvin Isley
  Marvin Isley
  Marvin Isley was the youngest member of the family music group the Isley Brothers and its bass guitarist....
  
  : bass, woodblock, cowbell, percussion
• Chris Jasper
  Chris Jasper
  Chris Jasper is a former member of both the Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley. He is also a successful solo artist and record producer, recording a number of his own solo albums, and producing artists, for his New York based record label, Gold City Records...
  
  : piano, keyboards, clavinet, ARP synthesizer, tambourine, percussion

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	14
Billboard Top Soul Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	3

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US Pop Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
1979	"I Wanna Be With You"	-	1
	"It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)"	90	27

External links

• The Isley Brothers-Winner Takes All at Discogs