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Body Kiss is one of those Isley Brothers recordings. Feeling more like a return to the T Neck years than anything else, Body Kiss is an album of the prime seductive variety harking back in terms of tempo, song structure, production, and pace to releases like The Heat Is On and Harvest for the World. Produced and almost completely written by R. Kelly, Body Kiss features Ron and Ernie Isley taking the soft soul approach to decidedly urban love songs. Kelly understands the dynamics inherent in the Brothers' approach and has constructed a set of songs that plays to those strengths. While Ron's voice has lost none of its deep emotional expressionism, Ernie's guitar playing is more restrained here, though no less imaginative. There's less Hendrix and more Isley. On the title track, his dovetailing lead lines tie off the ends of Ron's sung lines and open up on to the next one. On "Superstar," his lilting tone is affected just enough to add to the rich textural palette of the vocal and basslines. "What Would You Do?" features his Stratocaster painting the vocal just enough. If seduction is the M.O. for these tunes, they flower not only in steamy eroticism, but also in honest and deeply moving romanticism. Isley makes even the most suggestive love song seem like a paean to commitment and endurance. Kelly's particular ability to write for the strength of conviction in the grain of his voice also turns back the clock on urban soul tropes but simultaneously brings the Isleys' signature sound into the 21st century. The shimmering, laid-back funk in "Prize Possession," with its tapered flute fills, is the kind of song Aaron Hall would have given his right arm to record. And in Ron Isley's silky tenor, every word is believable, no matter how macho. Body Kiss is a better Isleys record than listeners had any right to expect and it is a signature collaboration between the band and Kelly; given that this is a first outing for the team, one hopes that the creative field that exists between will be further explored.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, Co-Mixer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Abel Garibaldi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Gallas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Jason Mlodzinkski, Programmer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, Co-Mixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Abel Garibaldi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Gallas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Donnie Lyle, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney East, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Hull, Programmer - Jason Mlodzinkski, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, Co-Mixer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ronald Isley, FeaturedArtist - Abel Garibaldi, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Gallas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Donnie Lyle, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Wheeler, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bearsley, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rodney East, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - JS, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Mlodzinkski, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Pickett, Programmer
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
Kimberly Jones, ComposerLyricist - Lil' Kim, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, Co-Mixer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andy Gallas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Donnie Lyle, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney East, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Hull, Programmer
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, Co-Mixer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ronald Isley, FeaturedArtist - Abel Garibaldi, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Gallas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Donnie Lyle, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Wheeler, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bearsley, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JS, FeaturedArtist - Jason Mlodzinkski, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Abel Garibaldi, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Donnie Lyle, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Wheeler, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Mlodzinkski, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, Co-Mixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Abel Garibaldi, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Donnie Lyle, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Wheeler, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Mlodzinkski, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Pickett, Programmer
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, Co-Mixer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Abel Garibaldi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Gallas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Jason Groucott, Programmer - Stephen George, Programmer - Greg Landfair, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Hanna, Programmer - Jason Mlodzinkski, Programmer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
Ernest Isley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, Co-Mixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Abel Garibaldi, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Gallas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Donnie Lyle, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Wheeler, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bearsley, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rodney East, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Hull, Programmer - Jason Mlodzinkski, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
Bob Robinson, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tim Kelley, Producer, Mixer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Andy Haller, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JS, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
Calvin Broadus, ComposerLyricist - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, Co-Mixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, FeaturedArtist - Abel Garibaldi, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Gallas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Donnie Lyle, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Wheeler, Programmer - The Pied Piper, FeaturedArtist - JS, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kendall Nesbitt, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Mlodzinkski, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
R. Kelly, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Abel Garibaldi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Mereness, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Isley Brothers, MainArtist - Donnie Lyle, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Wheeler, Programmer - Steve Bearsley, Programmer - The Pied Piper, FeaturedArtist - JS, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Mlodzinkski, Programmer
℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
Albumbeschreibung
Body Kiss is one of those Isley Brothers recordings. Feeling more like a return to the T Neck years than anything else, Body Kiss is an album of the prime seductive variety harking back in terms of tempo, song structure, production, and pace to releases like The Heat Is On and Harvest for the World. Produced and almost completely written by R. Kelly, Body Kiss features Ron and Ernie Isley taking the soft soul approach to decidedly urban love songs. Kelly understands the dynamics inherent in the Brothers' approach and has constructed a set of songs that plays to those strengths. While Ron's voice has lost none of its deep emotional expressionism, Ernie's guitar playing is more restrained here, though no less imaginative. There's less Hendrix and more Isley. On the title track, his dovetailing lead lines tie off the ends of Ron's sung lines and open up on to the next one. On "Superstar," his lilting tone is affected just enough to add to the rich textural palette of the vocal and basslines. "What Would You Do?" features his Stratocaster painting the vocal just enough. If seduction is the M.O. for these tunes, they flower not only in steamy eroticism, but also in honest and deeply moving romanticism. Isley makes even the most suggestive love song seem like a paean to commitment and endurance. Kelly's particular ability to write for the strength of conviction in the grain of his voice also turns back the clock on urban soul tropes but simultaneously brings the Isleys' signature sound into the 21st century. The shimmering, laid-back funk in "Prize Possession," with its tapered flute fills, is the kind of song Aaron Hall would have given his right arm to record. And in Ron Isley's silky tenor, every word is believable, no matter how macho. Body Kiss is a better Isleys record than listeners had any right to expect and it is a signature collaboration between the band and Kelly; given that this is a first outing for the team, one hopes that the creative field that exists between will be further explored.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:12
- Main artists: The Isley Brothers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: DreamWorks
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2003 SKG Music L.L.C. ℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.
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