Love, Peace and Happiness | ||||
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Released | December 1969 | |||
Venue | Fillmore East, New York City | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 76:56 | |||
Label | Columbia [1] | |||
Producer | Tim O'Brien, David Rubinson | |||
The Chambers Brothers chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Robert Christgau | C− [3] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [1] |
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | [4] |
Love, Peace and Happiness is an album by soul artists The Chambers Brothers, released in 1969. [5] [6]
The album was released as a double-LP, half studio recordings and half live recordings. The live material was recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore East. [7]
In "Love, Peace and Happiness", the phrase "That's one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind" is paraphrased as, "It's a small step for man, but it's a giant leap for all mankind". The song peaked at No. 96 on the Billboard Hot 100. [8] It was covered by Carlos Santana and The Isley Brothers on 2017's Power of Peace. [9]
AllMusic wrote that "the live sides are better, with stronger material, including 'I Can't Turn You Loose' and 'People Get Ready'." [2] Robert Christgau, who had briefly attended the concert at which the live side was recorded, wrote that "now that the evidence is in I know I did the right thing," and called the album "shameful excess." [3]
Reviewing a 2016 reissue, the Lincolnshire Echo called the album "life-enhancing," and praised the "punchy live set." [10]
The Isley Brothers are an American musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, that began as a vocal trio consisting of the brothers O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley and Ronald Isley in the 1950s. With a career spanning over seven decades, the group has enjoyed one of the "longest, most influential, and most diverse careers in the pantheon of popular music".
Bertrand Russell Berns, also known as Bert Russell and (occasionally) Russell Byrd, was an American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s. His songwriting credits include "Twist and Shout", "Piece of My Heart", "Here Comes the Night", "Hang on Sloopy", "Cry to Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", and his productions include "Baby, Please Don't Go", "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Under the Boardwalk".
The Chambers Brothers is an American psychedelic soul band, best known for their eleven-minute 1967 psychedelic soul hit "Time Has Come Today". The group was part of the wave of new music that integrated American blues and gospel traditions with modern psychedelic and rock elements. Their music has been kept alive through frequent use in film soundtracks. There were four brothers, though other musicians were also in the group.
This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American family musical group The Isley Brothers.
Time, Love & Tenderness is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Michael Bolton. The album was released on April 23, 1991, by Columbia Records; it was produced by Walter Afanasieff and Michael Bolton. To date, the record has sold more than 16 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album of his career.
Total Destruction to Your Mind is the debut album by the American musician Swamp Dogg, released in 1970. It is considered to be a cult album, a classic, and a neglected masterpiece. It was rereleased in 2013, along with 1971's Rat On!
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Get Into Something is an album by the Isley Brothers, released on their T-Neck imprint in 1970. Although the album itself did not chart, it includes six songs that appeared in the top 30 of the Billboard R&B chart between late 1969 and early 1971 : the title track, "Bless Your Heart", the horn and drum-driven "Keep on Doin'", "Freedom", "Girls Will Be Girls" and "If He Can You Can".
Givin' It Back is the ninth album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint on September 25, 1971. After years of having white rock acts covering their most famed material, particularly, "Shout" (1959) and "Twist and Shout" (1961), the Isleys decided to do the same to music made famous by white artists such as Stephen Stills, Eric Burdon and Neil Young. Among the songs they covered were "Spill the Wine", "Love the One You're With", the social commentary medley of "Ohio" and "Machine Gun", "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor and Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay". The Isleys' perseverance paid off when their covers of "Love the One You're With", "Lay Lady Lay" and "Spill the Wine" became charted hits. Bill Withers plays guitar on the Isleys' version of his "Cold Bologna".
The Heat Is On is the thirteenth studio album by American soul and funk group the Isley Brothers, released June 7, 1975, on T-Neck Records and Epic Records. Written and produced entirely by the group, the album was recorded in 1975 at Kendum Recorders in Burbank, California. The Heat Is On features musical elements of rock, and is divided between uptempo funk songs and soul ballads.
Harvest for the World is the fourteenth studio album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint on May 29, 1976.
Showdown is the sixteenth studio album by the Isley Brothers, released on April 22, 1978, on their T-Neck Records label. Singles released from the album include the #1 funk/disco hit, "Take Me to the Next Phase" and the top 20 R&B slower, "Groove With You". The album became another platinum album for the Isley Brothers. It was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 released CD box set The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters, 1959-1983.
Go All the Way is an album by the Isley Brothers, released on their T-Neck imprint on April 19, 1980.
Love Somebody Today is the fourth studio album by the American R&B vocal group Sister Sledge, released on March 16, 1980, by Cotillion Records. The album includes three singles: "Got to Love Somebody", "Reach Your Peak", and "Let's Go on Vacation", which all charted on the US Pop and R&B/Soul charts from late 1979 until 1980.
Teddy Pendergrass is the debut solo album from the American R&B/soul singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in 1977.
Life Is a Song Worth Singing is the second studio album by American musician Teddy Pendergrass. It was released on June 2, 1978, by Philadelphia International Records and Sony Music Entertainment. Pendergrass supported the album by touring with the Isley Brothers.
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