• Source: Go for Your Guns

      • Go for Your Guns is the fifteenth album by the Isley Brothers. Released on April 16, 1977, on their T-Neck label, it was also the band's fifth album to be distributed by their deal with Epic. Released in mid-April 1977, the album peaked a month later at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Soul chart, and at No. 6 on the Billboard 200.
      The album was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 released CD box set The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters, 1959–1983.


      Overview




      = Recording

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      After four albums that were assisted by producers Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff in California, the Isley Brothers decided to stay in the East Coast choosing to record at upstate New York's Bearsville Studios, not too far from the brothers' T-Neck label in neighboring New Jersey at Chris Jasper's insistence. The album was engineered by John Holbrook assisted by Tom Mark. It was mixed at Mediasound in New York City with Holbrook as mix engineer.
      The album also noted Ron Isley's growing transition into singing more ballads, though he still performed lead on some of the band's funkier recordings on the album. Though they had changed their location and had some minor changes during production, most of the direction of the album remained the same as it had for other albums, with stronger emphasis on rock music as evident in the songs "Climbing Up the Ladder" and "Livin' in the Life" than they had on previous albums.


      = Reception

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      Released in 1977, the album became one of their longest-running chart successes on the album chart staying on the charts for 40 weeks and spawning several singles including "The Pride", "Livin' in the Life" and the ballad "Voyage to Atlantis", while the funk ballad "Footsteps in the Dark", although never released as a single, became one of the brothers' most popular songs in their repertoire and would be sampled constantly, most famously by rapper Ice Cube in his hit, "It Was a Good Day". The album was certified platinum in July 1977, then eventually went double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with shipments of two million copies.


      Track listing


      Unless otherwise indicated, information is taken from Allmusic.com and is based on Liner notes


      Personnel


      The Isley Brothers
      Ronald Isley - lead vocals (1–6), background vocals
      Rudolph Isley - lead vocals (6),
      O'Kelly Isley - lead vocals (6), background vocals
      Ernie Isley - background vocals (2, 5), congas (2, 5), 12-String guitar (2, 5), electric guitar (1–2, 5), rhythm guitar, drums
      Marvin Isley - background vocals (2, 5), bass
      Chris Jasper - background vocals (2, 5), tambourine (2, 5), piano (2, 5), synthesizer (2, 5), keyboards
      Guest Musician
      Everett Collins - congas (3)


      Charts




      = Singles

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      See also


      List of number-one R&B albums of 1977 (U.S.)


      External links


      The Isley Brothers-Go For Your Guns at Discogs
      Go For Your Guns 2012


      References

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