Live It Up

This is the second album from the Isleys in tandem with Cecil and Margouleff, who drop their space-age synth stylings on several tracks here. Live It Up is a well-balanced mix of deep ballads and hard funking, rock-flavoured soul, ranging from the sweet acoustic stylings of ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ and heartfelt love songs like ‘Lover’s Eye’ and ‘Hello It’s Me’, to funkier numbers like ‘Midnight Sky’ and the title track. Confident, assured classic soul from one of most consistent R’n’B acts of the seventies.