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Masterpiece
Masterpiece
Studio album by The Isley Brothers
Released	April 29, 1985
Recorded	1984-1985
Venue	Devonshire Sound Studios; (North Hollywood, Los Angeles)
Length	47:49
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers chronology

Masterpiece is the 23rd album released by The Isley Brothers on Warner Bros. Records on April 29, 1985. For the first time since 1973, the Isley Brothers were a trio composed of the original members O'Kelly, Rudolph and Ronald Isley. It was the last album with O'Kelly Isley; he died a year after the album's release from a heart attack. The fall of 1985 also saw the elder Isleys release Masterpiece.^[2] The album is dedicated to their late brother Vernon Isley and their parents Sally & O'Kelly Isley Sr. The album liner notes were written by Elaine Isley.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Track listing edit

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"May I?"	Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Elaine Jasper Isley	5:07
2.	"My Best Was Good Enough"	Skip Scarborough	4:20
3.	"If Leaving Me Is Easy"	Phil Collins	6:30
4.	"You Never Know When You're Gonna Fall in Love"	Rex Salas, Monty Seward	4:19
5.	"Stay Gold"	Stevie Wonder, Carmine Coppola	4:11

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Colder Are My Nights"	David Williams, Pat Leonard	6:00
7.	"Come to Me"	Robert Brookins, Tony Haynes	4:53
8.	"Release Your Love"	David Ritz, Kelly McNulty	5:32
9.	"The Most Beautiful Girl"	Billy Sherrill, Rory Bourke, Norris Wilson	6:57

Personnel edit

The Isley Brothers

Ronald Isley – lead vocals; harmony vocals on "If Leaving Me Is Easy"
O'Kelly Isley, Jr. – harmony and background vocals; lead vocals on "If Leaving Me Is Easy"
Rudolph Isley – harmony and background vocals

with

Paul Jackson Jr., Dann Huff, David T. Walker – guitar
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
Randy Kerber – acoustic piano
Ernie Watts, Gary Herbig – saxophone
Neil Stubenhaus, Freddie Washington – bass guitar
John Robinson, Ed Greene – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Bill Green, Gary Herbig – flute
Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Bill Green – trumpet
George Bohanon, Slyde Hyde – trombone
Jerry Hey – horn

Technical personnel & arrangements

Produced by The Isley Brothers (Ronald, Rudolph and O'Kelly Isley)
Arranger, conductor: Gene Page
Concertmaster: Harry Bluestone
Engineer: Michael Mancini
Additional engineers: Bill Spungin, Russell Schmidt
Assistant engineers: Dean Burt, Joe Travers
Mixed by The Isley Brothers
Mastered by Brian Gardner
Art direction by Jeri McManus
Photography by George Holz
Design by Mary Ann Dibs

Chart performance edit

The album charted at #140 in the US Billboard 200 while only charting at #19 on the R&B album chart. "Colder Are My Nights" peaked at #12 on the R&B charts, while "May I?" charted at #42 in 1986.

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	140
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	19

Year-end charts edit

Chart (1986)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	43

References edit

^ Elias, Jason. "The Isley Brothers - Masterpiece (1985) album review, credits & releases". AllMusic. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
^ A Touch of Classic Soul 2: The Late 1970s Marc Taylor - 2001 - Page 173 They got off to a good start with "Colder Are My Nights" reaching number 12 on the R&B charts. The brothers followed with "May I?", a pleading love song that was mildly successful in the spring of 1986. However, any joy from the album was negated when Kelly Isley died of a heart attack on March 31, 1986 at age 48.
^ "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
^ "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved July 13, 2021.