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This Old Heart of Mine (album)

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Released
  
May 17, 1966

Artist
  
The Isley Brothers

Label
  
Tamla

Length
  
33:50

Release date
  
17 May 1966

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Recorded
  
1965–1966, Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan (Studio A)

This Old Heart of Mine (1966)
  
Soul on the Rocks (1967)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues

Producers
  
Lamont Dozier, William Stevenson, Robert Gordy

Similar
  
Twisting and Shouting, Timeless, Soul on the Rocks, The Real Deal, Tracks of Life

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This Old Heart of Mine is the fourth album released by The Isley Brothers in 1966, on the Tamla (Motown) label. The album, their first with the seminal Detroit-based music label, yielded the Isleys' biggest hit in their early period with the title track. Other charted singles including "Take Some Time Out for Love" and "I Guess I'll Always Love You". The album's cover was not controversial at the time, but was criticized years later by activists because it did not depict the three African American brothers, instead using a picture of two white teenage lovers on a beach. Defenders say this was/is totally irrelevant since it was an artistic choice only. The Isley Brothers are today considered another one of the seminal soul groups of their era.

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Despite the early success of their Motown debut, the Isley Brothers would be alienated from the label because it treated them as a second-string group. They soon left for Buddah Records and reforming their own T-Neck label in 1969, finding long-lasting success soon afterwards.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Holland-Dozier-Holland, except where noted.

Personnel

  • Ronald Isley: lead vocals
  • O'Kelly Isley, Jr. and Rudolph Isley: background vocals (except on "I Hear a Symphony")
  • The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow and Louvain Demps): background vocals on "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)" and "There's No Love Left"
  • Produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Robert Gordy
  • Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
  • Songs

    1Nowhere to Run2:51
    2Stop! In the Name of Love2:59
    3This Old Heart of Mine2:54

    References

    This Old Heart of Mine (album) Wikipedia