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. It is generally regarded by fans, particularly fans of the funk genre, as their best album overall.

Go for Your Guns
Studio album by
The Isley Brothers
ReleasedApril 16, 1977
Recorded1976-77
StudioBearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York
GenreSoul, R&B, funk, funk rock, rock, smooth soul
Length33:25
LabelT-Neck Records
ProducerThe Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers chronology
Harvest for the World
(1976)		 Go for Your Guns
(1977)		 Showdown
(1978)

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

After four records that were assisted by producers Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff, 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. The album was engineered by John Holbrook assisted by Tom Mark.[1] It was mixed at Media Sound in NYC 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Christgau's Record GuideB[3]
Pitchfork8.7/10[4]

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", which was 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". Selling over two million copies, the album eventually went double platinum and to number one on the R&B albums chart.

Track listing

Unless otherwise indicated, information is taken from Allmusic.com[1] and is based on Liner notes[5]

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

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Pride (Part 1 & 2)"5:33
2."Footsteps in the Dark (Part 1 & 2)"5:07
3."Tell Me When You Need It Again (Part 1 & 2)"5:06
Side two
No.TitleLength
4."Climbin' Up the Ladder (Part 1 & 2)"6:39
5."Voyage to Atlantis"4:32
6."Livin' in the Life"4:15
7."Go for Your Guns"2:16
2011 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
8."Voyage to Atlantis" (Alternate Version)6:33
9."The Pride (Part 1)" (Single Version)3:25
10."Voyage to Atlantis" (Single Version)3:53
2016 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
8."The Pride (Disco Mix)" (Bonus Track)5:29
9."Voyage to Atlantis (Mono Single Version)" (Bonus Track)3:54
10."Livin' in the Life/Go for Your Guns (Disco Version)" (Bonus Track)6:29

Personnel
The Isley Brothers
Guest Musician
  • Everett Collins - congas (3)

Charts
Chart (1977) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[11] 6
Billboard Top Soul Albums[11] 1

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[12]
US
Pop		 US
R&B
1977 "The Pride" 63 1
"Livin' in the Life" 40 4
"Voyage to Atlantis" - 50
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See also
  • List of number-one R&B albums of 1977 (U.S.)

References
  1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/go-for-your-guns-mw0000653379/credits
  2. Hamilton, Andrew. The Isley Brothers: Go For Your Guns > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 03 September 2011.
  3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: I". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (September 11, 2015). "The Isley Brothers: The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  5. The Isley Brothers. "Go For Your Guns" (Album notes). T-Neck / Epic. 1977.
  6. Williams, Levon. "Isley Brothers: Go For Your Guns (Review)". Black Grooves. 29 July 2016. http://blackgrooves.org/isley-brothers-go-for-your-guns/
  7. Disco, Soul, Gold. “Happy Birthday, Rudolph Isley”. Facebook. 2 April 2015. https://m.facebook.com/DiscoSoulGold/posts/998121983534342
  8. The Isley Brothers. "Voyage to Atlantis". YouTube: The Isley Brothers. 19 February 2017. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ4jWVon4iE
  9. The Isley Brothers. "The Pride, Pts. 1 & 2". YouTube: The Isley Brothers - Topic. 8 February 2017. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7GZ-6HAdv7w
  10. The Isley Brothers. "Footsteps in the Dark, Pts. 1 & 2". YouTube: The Isley Brothers - Topic. 18 February 2017. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyq9zlYMw9g
  11. "The Isley Brothers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  12. "The Isley Brothers US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
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