Live It Up (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Live It Up
Type = studio
Artist = The Isley Brothers


Released = 1974
Recorded = Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Genre = Funk/rock/soul
Label = T-Neck/Epic Records
Length = 38:29
Producer = Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley,
Reviews =
Last album = "The Isleys Live"
(1973)
This album = "Live It Up"
(1974)
Next album = "The Heat Is On"
(1975)

"Live It Up" is a 1974 funk album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint via distribution with Epic Records. After the runaway success of their first sextet project, "3 + 3", the five Isley brothers and in-law relative Chris Jasper returned to the studio to record their follow-up. This album yielded the top ten R&B hits such as the title track and "Midnight Sky" and featured radio-only hits, the cover of Todd Rundgren's "Hello It's Me" and their own, "Brown-Eyed Girl" (not the Van Morrison song of the same name).

Track listing

"All songs except for "Hello It's Me" (Rundgren) were written, arranged and produced by The Isley Brothers and Chris Jasper
#"Live It Up, Pt. 1 & 2" – 6:14
#"Brown Eyed Girl" – 4:06
#"Need a Little Taste of Love" – 3:08
#"Lover's Eve" – 4:41
#"Midnight Sky, Pt. 1 & 2" – 6:55
#"Hello It's Me" – 5:32
#"Ain't I Been Good to You, Pt. 1 & 2" – 8:33

Credits

*Ronald Isley: lead and background vocals
*O'Kelly Isley, Jr. and Rudolph Isley: background vocals
*Ernie Isley: guitar, drums, percussion, congas, timbales, maracas
*Marvin Isley: bass, woodblock, cowbell, percussion
*Chris Jasper: piano, clavinet, ARP Synthesizers, tambourine, percussion