Broadway's Closer to Sunset Blvd is the 1984 debut album of Isley-Jasper-Isley on CBS/Magic Sound Records. Marvin Isley announced the record as a separate project from The Isley Brothers rather than a permanent break up.[2] "Look the Other Way" reached number 14 on the R&B chart, "Kiss and Tell," went to number 52.[3]
| Broadway's Closer to Sunset Blvd | ||||
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| Released | Nov. 1984 [1] | |||
| Studio | Bearsville Studios | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 37:45 | |||
| Label | CBS / Epic | |||
| Producer | Isley-Jasper-Isley | |||
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Track listing
editInformation is based on the album's liner notes[4]
- Sex Drive (5:28)
Background Vocals: Audrey Wheeler & Sandy Barber - Serve You Right (5:07)
- I Can't Get Over Losin' You (4:05)
Background Vocals: Audrey Wheeler & Sandy Barber
Congas: Mr. Kevin Jones - Kiss and Tell (5:28)
- Love Is Gonna Last Forever (4:28)
- Broadway Closer to Sunset Blvd. (3:33)
- Look the Other Way (5:06)
- Break This Chain (4:30)
Congas: Mr. Kevin Jones
- Notes
- All Tracks written, produced & arranged by Isley-Jasper-Isley
- Additional Background Vocals performed by Isley-Jasper-Isley
- Personnel
- Marvin Isley - Lead vocals, electric bass, bass synth, other percussion
- Chris Jasper - Lead vocals, rap vocals, electric Grand piano, keyboards, additional synthesizers, other percussion
- Ernie Isley - Lead vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar, drums, timbales, other percussion
- Kenneth Lonas - Assistant engineer
- Mark McKenna - Recording engineer, remixing
References
edit- ^ "Album Reviews". Cash Box magazine. 47 (25): 7. 24 November 1984. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ Jet - Vol. 67, No. 10 Isley Brothers Split to Form New Group, Record New Album and Hit Single "The group's new album Broadway's Closer to Sunset Blvd. on CBS/Magic Sound Records, includes the sizzling hit single, Look the Other Way, which is already climbing the charts. The new group have not ruled out the possibility of recording again with the Isley Brothers. "This is basically a separate project from the Isley Brothers," said Marvin Isley. "So I wouldn't really say that we've broken up in the sense that we would never record with them again." The trio said they wanted to take ..."
- ^ Marc Taylor A Touch of Classic Soul 2: The Late 1970s - 2001 -- Page 172 In the fall of 1984 Isley Jasper Isley released their debut album, Broadway's Closer to Sunset Boulevard. From the LP the mid-tempo "Look the Other Way" became an R&B hit, reaching number 14 on the charts. A second single, "Kiss and Tell," only went to number 52 early in 1985. Sales of the album were relatively poor, as it reflected the rock side of the Isley Brothers and was rejected by R&B fans. The trio made a conscious effort to add more of a soulful flavor to their 1985 follow-up ..
- ^ Isley-Jasper-Isley. “Broadway’s Closer to Sunset Blvd.” (Album notes). CBS Associated Records. 1984.