Grand Slam (The Isley Brothers album)

Grand Slam
Studio album by The Isley Brothers
Released March 21, 1981
Recorded 1981 Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York
Genre Funk Soul
Length 32:05
Label T-Neck Records
Producer The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers chronology
Go All the Way
(1980)
Grand Slam
(1981)
Inside You
(1981)

Grand Slam is the nineteenth album by The Isley Brothers released on their T-Neck imprint on March 21, 1981.

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

The album was successful enough on both the pop and R&B album charts where it reached #28 and #3 respectively and eventually went gold after selling past 500,000 copies.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Tonight Is the Night (If I Had You)"   4:57
2. "I Once Had Your Love (And I Can't Let Go)"   4:41
3. "Hurry Up and Wait"   3:54
Side two
No. Title Length
4. "Young Girls"   5:00
5. "Party Night"   4:09
6. "Don't Let Up"   5:06
7. "Who Said?"   4:18

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 28
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 3

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US
Pop
US
R&B
1981 "Who Said?" - 20
"Hurry Up And Wait" 58 17
"I Once Had Your Love (And I Can't Let Go)" - 57

External links

References

  1. Wynn, Ron. The Isley Brothers: Grand Slam > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 03 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "The Isley Brothers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  3. "The Isley Brothers US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
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