Name: Eternal
Brand: Unbranded
SKU: 496807
Price: 14.97 USD
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Eternal

Rating

Album: Eternal
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Move Your Body Album Version	More Info...	5:15
2)	Contagious Album Version	More Info...	5:46
3)	Warm Summer Nights Album Version	More Info...	4:55
4)	You Deserve Better Album Version	More Info...	4:24
5)	Just Like This Album Version	More Info...	4:19
6)	Secret Lover Album Version	More Info...	4:23
7)	You're All I Need Album Version	More Info...	4:48
8)	Settle Down Album Version	More Info...	6:29
9)	Eternal Album Version	More Info...	8:30
10)	If You Leave Me Now Album Version	More Info...	7:03
11)	Said Enough Album Version	More Info...	5:09
12)	You Didn't See Me Album Version	More Info...	4:27
13)	Ernie's Jam Album Version	More Info...	4:50
14)	Think Album Version	More Info...	5:00

Album: Eternal
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Move Your Body Album Version	More Info...	5:15
2)	Contagious Album Version	More Info...	5:46
3)	Warm Summer Nights Album Version	More Info...	4:55
4)	You Deserve Better Album Version	More Info...	4:24
5)	Just Like This Album Version	More Info...	4:19
6)	Secret Lover Album Version	More Info...	4:23
7)	You're All I Need Album Version	More Info...	4:48
8)	Settle Down Album Version	More Info...	6:29
9)	Eternal Album Version	More Info...	8:30
10)	If You Leave Me Now Album Version	More Info...	7:03
11)	Said Enough Album Version	More Info...	5:09
12)	You Didn't See Me Album Version	More Info...	4:27
13)	Ernie's Jam Album Version	More Info...	4:50
14)	Think Album Version	More Info...	5:00

Tracks

1. Move Your Body

2. Contagious

3. Warm Summer Night

4. You Deserve Better

5. Just Like This

6. Secret Love

7. You're All I Need

8. Settle Down

9. Eternal

10. If You Leave Me Now

11. Said Enough

12. You Didn't See Me

13. Ernie's Jam

14. Think

Performer Notes

The Isley Brothers: Ronald "Mr. Biggs" Isley (vocals); Ernie Isley (guitar).
Additional personnel includes: Angela Winbush (vocals, keyboards, programming); Steve "Stone" Huff, Jimmy Jam, Terry Louis (various instruments); Raphael Saadiq (guitar, bass, background vocals); Donnie Lyle (guitar, bass); James "Big Jim" Wright (keyboards, background vocals); Kevin Wooten (keyboards); Martgol Beasley, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Jake & The Phatman, Abel Garibaldi, Ian Mereness, Alex Richbourg (programming); Jill Scott, The Johnson Sisters, Avant (background vocals).
Producers include: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Raphael Saadiq, R. Kelly, Steve "Stone" Huff.
Engineers include: Glenn Standridge, Abel Garibaldi, Peter Mokran.
"Contagious" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
Personnel: Angela Winbush (vocals, keyboards, drum programming); Raphael Saadiq (guitar, background vocals); Donnie Lyle, Ernie Isley (guitar); James "Big Jim" Wright (keyboards, background vocals); Jimmy Jam, Kelvin Wooten (keyboards); Alexander Richbourg (percussion, drum programming); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Abel Garibaldi, Ian Mereness (programming); Boogie Jake (drum programming); The Johnson Sisters, Jill Scott, Avant , Ronald Isley (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Neil Pogue; Steve Hodge .
Recording information: A Room, Philadelphia, PA; Conway Studios, Hollywood, CA; Flyte Tyme studios, Edina, MN; Larrabee West Recording Studio, West Hollywood, CA; Pookie Lab, Sacramento, CA; Stone Recording, Chicago, IL; Touch Of Jazz Studios, Philadelphia, PA; Trans Continental Studios, Orlando, FL.
Arrangers: Jimmy Jam; R. Kelly; Terry Lewis.
Reduced to siblings Ronald and younger brother Ernie (Rudolph became a minister, O'Kelly passed on in 1986, and Marvin was beset by diabetes), the Isley Brothers' Dreamworks debut is still very much in the vein of past triumphs. Plenty of smooth grooves, songs dealing with the varying facets of romance, and at least one Isleyfied cover (this time out Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now" finds Ronald Isley transforming the MOR standard into a slow jam classic).
Resurrecting Mr. Biggs, the larger-than-life playa alter-ego that first surfaced on R. Kelly's 1995 hit "Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)," older sibling Ronald gets to coolly snarl his way through "Contagious," a tale of discovered infidelity featuring Kelly as the other guy. Other notables who pop up are Philly songstress Jill Scott (the simmering duet "Said Enough") and Angela Winbush (the silk-sheet anthem "Warm Summer Night"). Ernie Isley's guitar playing also plays a major role whether it's on the chugging jam "Move Your Body" or the smoldering "Ernie's Jam." Aided by the cream of contemporary R&B, The Isleys continue to prove their relevance after 40-plus years of forging trends.

Professional Reviews

CMJ (9/3/01, p.19) - "...Wonderfully groovy..."