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词条 Harvest for the World
释义

  1. Reception

  2. Track listing

  3. Personnel

  4. Later samples and covers

  5. Charts

     Singles 

  6. See also

  7. External links

  8. References

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| name = Harvest For The World
| type = Album
| artist = The Isley Brothers
| cover = Isleys-harvest.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 1976[1]
| recorded = 1975–1976
| venue =
| studio = The Record Plant
(Los Angeles, California)
| genre = Soul, funk rock, smooth soul
| length = 37:54
| label = T-Neck Records
| producer = The Isley Brothers
| prev_title = The Heat Is On
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Go for Your Guns
| next_year = 1977
}}

Harvest for the World is the fourteenth album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint in May 1976.

The album was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 released CD box set The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters, 1959–1983.

Reception

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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [2]
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B–[3]
|rev3 = Pitchfork
|rev3Score = 9.0/10[4]
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The album included the successful socially conscious title track and the top three R&B record, "Who Loves You Better?" While not released as singles, the ballads "(At Your Best) You Are Love" and "Let Me Down Easy" were also hits. The album sold over 500,000 copies in the first three weeks of release, making it one of the fastest-selling records ever (it passed the million sales mark in the early 2000s). It topped the Billboard R&B Albums chart; the Isleys third straight album to do so.

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, Information is based on Liner notes[5]

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley
| title1 = Harvest for the World (Prelude)
| length1 = 2:11
| title2 = Harvest for the World
| length2 = 3:51
| title3 = People of Today
| length3 = 4:42
| title4 = Who Loves You Better
| length4 = 5:31
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = (At Your Best) You Are Love
| length5 = 5:23
| title6 = Let Me Down Easy
| length6 = 6:30
| title7 = So You Wanna Stay Down
| length7 = 3:51
| title8 = You Still Feel the Need
| length8 = 4:50
}}{{tracklist
| headline = 2001 reissue bonus track
| collapsed = yes
| title9 = Summer Breeze
| note9 = Live at Bearsville Studios
| writer9 = Jim Seals, Dash Crofts
| length9 = 8:43
}}

Personnel

Performance
  • Ronald Isley – lead vocals (1-7)[6]
  • O'Kelly Isley, Jr. – lead vocals (6)[1], background vocals
  • Rudolph Isley – lead vocals (8)[7], background vocals
  • Ernie Isley – congas, other percussion (2, 5)[8][9], timbales, maracas[1], electric guitar, six-string acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, drums
  • Marvin Isley – bass, cowbell, percussion
  • Chris Jasper – tambourine, other percussion (2, 5)[8][9], acoustic piano, electric piano, ARP synthesizer, clavinet
Production
  • The Isley Brothers - producers
  • Malcolm Cecil - recording engineer (1-8), producer, music programming
  • John Holbrook - live recording engineer (9)

Later samples and covers

Later Samples
  • Paul Johnson sampled "Harvest for the World" for his song “4 the World”, from the 1995 album Bump Talkin’[10]
  • Mo Kolours also sampled "Harvest for the World" for his song “Harvest”, which first appeared on the 2015 album Texture Like Sun[11]
  • Tracey Lee sampled "Let Me Down Easy" on his song “On the Edge”, from the 1997 album Many Facez
  • Devin the Dude also reused "Let Me Down Easy" on the song “I Can’t Handle It”, from his 2010 album Suite 420
Cover Versions
  • Power Station covered "Harvest for the World" on their album The Power Station in 1985.
  • Ronnie Laws first recorded the song "Harvest for the World" with the Isley Brothers themselves for his 1992 album Deep Soul[12], then later covered the entire album of "Harvest for the World" titled Portrait of the Isley Brothers' Harvest for the World in 1998.[13]
  • Aaliyah covered "(At Your Best) You Are Love" on her album Age Ain't Nothing but a Number in 1994.
  • Jewell covered "Harvest for the World" on the soundtrack album Murder Was the Case in 1994.
  • Mike Francis covered "Harvest for the World" in both English and Italian. The Italian version, known as "Il Mio Amore Libero per Te", first appeared on his 1998 album Misteria.[14][15]
  • Vanessa Williams covered "Harvest for the World" on her album Everlasting Love in 2005.
  • Frank Ocean covered “At Your Best (You Are Love)” in early 2015[16], later appearing on his 2016 video album Endless.

The Christians famously covered "Harvest for the World" in 1988. The song reached #8 in the UK Singles chart[17]

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[18]9
Billboard Top Soul Albums[18]1

Singles

YearSingleChart positions[19]
US
Pop		US
R&B		US
Dance
1976"Who Loves You Better" 47 3 2
"Harvest for the World" 63 9 –
"People of Today" – – 3

See also

  • List of number-one R&B albums of 1976 (U.S.)

External links

  • The Isley Brothers-Harvest For The World at Discogs

References

1. ^1 2 ”Albums Recorded by The Isley Brothers”. The Isley Brothers. http://www.softshoe-slim.com/lists/i/isley.html#16
2. ^{{Allmusic |class=album |id=r9944 |tab=review |label=The Isley Brothers: Harvest For The World > Review |first=Craig |last=Lytle |accessdate=03 September 2011}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: I|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=I&bk=70|accessdate=February 27, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
4. ^{{Cite web | last = Erlewine | first = Stephen Thomas | title = The Isley Brothers: The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters | publisher = Pitchfork | accessdate = December 23, 2015 | url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20989-the-isley-brothers-the-rca-victor-and-t-neck-album-masters/|date=September 11, 2015}}
5. ^The Isley Brothers. “Harvest for the World” (Album notes). T-Neck / Epic. 1976.
6. ^Bogdanov, Vladimir. “All Music Guide to Soul...”. Hal Leonard Corporation. 2003. https://books.google.com/books?id=o552g5xRRiwC&pg=PA342&lpg=PA342&dq=isley+brothers+let+me+down+easy+lead+vocals+by+o’kelly&source=bl&ots=z8f1mZsotg&sig=Chdtqz83KvxcZ1tItqiwI6dfAmA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwje_vCmhp_YAhWiY98KHRSoAbsQ6AEIiAEwEg#v=onepage&q=isley%20brothers%20let%20me%20down%20easy%20lead%20vocals%20by%20o’kelly&f=false
7. ^Disco, Soul, Gold. “Happy Birthday, Rudolph Isley”. Facebook. 2 April 2015. https://m.facebook.com/DiscoSoulGold/posts/998121983534342
8. ^1 ”Harvest for the World”. YouTube: The Isley Brothers - Topic. 9 February 2017. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0OOvVN8TcA
9. ^1 ”(At Your Best) You Are Love”. YouTube: The Isley Brothers - Topic. 17 February 2017. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CSGMkGHty6o
10. ^Johnson, Paul. “Bump Talkin’” (Album notes). Peacefrog Records. 1995.
11. ^McDermott, Matt. “Mo Kolours announces Texture Like Sun LP”. Resident Advisor. 15 September 2015. https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=31342
12. ^Laws, Ronnie. “Deep Soul”. Par Records. 1992. https://www.allmusic.com/album/deep-soul-mw0000096056
13. ^Laws, Ronnie. “Portrait of The Isley Brothers’ Harvest...”. Blue Note. 24 March 1998. https://www.allmusic.com/album/portrait-of-the-isley-brothers-harvest-for-the-world-mw0000597443
14. ^“It’s a Sony”. Mike Francis Archives. Updated 7 March 2001. http://wohnort.org/francis/archive.html
15. ^Francis, Mark. “Misteria”. Spotify / Lungomare S.r.l. 1998. https://open.spotify.com/album/0qyH2J7H3rnLEP0cEhwB7Z
16. ^Kreps, Daniel. “Frank Ocean Shares Soulful Aaliyah Tribute...”. Rolling Stone. 17 January 2015. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/frank-ocean-shares-soulful-aaliyah-tribute-at-your-best-you-are-love-20150117
17. ^The Christians. “Harvest...FLAC”. YouTube: A-Music. 26 November 2016. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KYuN1sz3TFQ
18. ^1 {{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4562/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Isley Brothers US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-09-03}}
19. ^{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4562/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Isley Brothers US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-09-03}}
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