Summary
Mission to Please is a studio album by the Isley Brothers, released on May 14, 1996, on Island Records. It was a return to commercial glory for the group in the years following their platinum-certified album Between the Sheets (1983). Mission to Please also went platinum based on the strength of the charted singles "Let's Lay Together," a new duet with R. Kelly after the success of "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" (1995); the Babyface-composed ballad "Tears"; "Floatin' on Your Love," with Angela Winbush (Ronald Isley and she were married from 1993 to 2002); and the mid-'90s quiet-storm radio staple "Mission to Please You." Some of the album's success was due to Ronald Isley cultivating a new image as the character of "Mr. Biggs" in a series of R. Kelly videos, starting with "Down Low," helping to introduce the music of the Isley Brothers to a new generation of R&B fans. Mission to Please is the last Isley Brothers album to feature youngest brother Marvin Isley, who left the group in 1997 because of complications from diabetes; he died on June 6, 2010. Mission to Please also helped relaunch the Isley Brothers' label, T-Neck Records.
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| Released | May 14, 1996 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 45:57 | |||
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| Muzik |   [1] |
Track listing edit
- "Floatin' On Your Love" (with Angela Winbush) (Reggie Griffin, Ronald Isley, Angela Winbush) – 4:09
- "Whenever You're Ready" (Griffin, Isley, Winbush) – 4:50
- "Let's Lay Together" (R. Kelly) – 4:32
- "Tears" (Babyface) – 4:45
- "Can I Have a Kiss (For Old Time's Sake)?" (Kelly, Winbush) – 4:46
- "Mission to Please You" (Isley, Kelly, Winbush) – 4:27
- "Holding Back the Years" (Mick Hucknall, Neil Moss) – 5:30
- "Make Your Body Sing" (Griffin, Isley, Winbush) – 4:06
- "Let's Get Intimate" (Ernie Isley, R. Isley, Winbush) – 5:57
- "Slow Is the Way" (Emanuel Officer, Keith Sweat) – 4:55
Charts edit
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Certifications edit
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[7] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References edit
- ^ Springer, Jacqueline (July 1996). "The Isley Brothers: Mission To Please" (PDF). Muzik. No. 14. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – The Isley Brothers – Mission to Please". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 29, 2020.