Spend the Night (Isley Brothers album)
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Spend the Night is a 1989 album released by The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper...

 on Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

. The last official record featuring original members Rudolph
Rudolph Isley
Rudolph Bernard Isley , better known as Rudy Isley, is an American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of the legendary family group, The Isley Brothers.-Biography:...

 and Ronald
Ronald Isley
Ronald Isley is an American singer and is known as the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.-Career:...

 recording together, Rudolph officially left the group after recording this album which explains why Ronald is the only Isley Brothers member on the cover. Essentially considered a Ronald Isley solo album and co-conceived by his manager and then-girlfriend Angela Winbush
Angela Winbush
Angela Winbush is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter who rose to fame first in the 1980s R&B duo René & Angela, also scoring hits as a solo artist.-Early life and career:...

, the album also included a guest rap by Kool Moe Dee
Kool Moe Dee
Mohandas Dewese , better known as Kool Moe Dee, is an American Hip Hop MC prominent in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. He was born in Manhattan, New York...

 on the song "Come Together" and spawn three top 30 R&B chart hits.

Track listing

All songs were written, arranged and composed by Angela Winbush
Angela Winbush
Angela Winbush is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter who rose to fame first in the 1980s R&B duo René & Angela, also scoring hits as a solo artist.-Early life and career:...

  1. "Spend the Night (Ce Soir)" – 6:06
  2. "You'll Never Walk Alone" – 6:11
  3. "One of a Kind" – 5:09
  4. "Real Woman" – 4:37
  5. "Come Together" (featuring Kool Moe Dee
    Kool Moe Dee
    Mohandas Dewese , better known as Kool Moe Dee, is an American Hip Hop MC prominent in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. He was born in Manhattan, New York...

    ) – 6:44 (Lead: Rudolph Isley)
  6. "If You Ever Need Somebody" – 5:18 (Lead: Rudolph Isley)
  7. "Baby Come Back Home" – 6:53
  8. "One of a Kind (Reprise)" – 1:15

Personnel

  • Angela Winbush
    Angela Winbush
    Angela Winbush is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter who rose to fame first in the 1980s R&B duo René & Angela, also scoring hits as a solo artist.-Early life and career:...

     - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Flute Solo
  • John Robinson
    John Robinson (drummer)
    John Robinson is an American drummer and session musician...

     - Additional Drums
  • Nathan East
    Nathan East
    Nathan Harrell East is a jazz, R&B and rock bass player and vocalist. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the University of California, San Diego...

     - Bass
  • Jeff Lorber
    Jeff Lorber
    Jeff Lorber is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer.After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre....

     - Additional Synthesizers
  • Tony Maiden - Lead Guitar
  • Rayford Griffin - Drums/Toms
  • Gene Page
    Gene Page
    Eugene Edgar "Gene" Page, Jr. was an influential conductor, composer, arranger and record producer most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s....

     - String Arrangements
  • Kool Moe Dee
    Kool Moe Dee
    Mohandas Dewese , better known as Kool Moe Dee, is an American Hip Hop MC prominent in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. He was born in Manhattan, New York...

    - Rap Guest on "Come Together"
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