| Timeless | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 87:40 | |||
| Label | T-Neck Records | |||
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Timeless is a double compilation album by funk group The Isley Brothers, released in 1978. It contains their pre-1973 hits in association with Buddah Records, but now distributed by Epic Records.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [1] |
| Smash Hits | 5/10 [2] |
All tracks are written by Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It's Your Thing" | 2:47 | |
| 2. | "Love the One You're With" | Stephen Stills | 3:40 |
| 3. | "I Know You've Been Socking It To" | 2:42 | |
| 4. | "Get into Something" | 7:29 | |
| 5. | "I Need You So" | 4:23 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Work to Do" | 3:11 | |
| 7. | "Brother, Brother" | Carole King | 3:16 |
| 8. | "Keep on Doin'" | 4:02 | |
| 9. | "I Turned You On" | 2:37 | |
| 10. | "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" | Randy Myers, Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday | 3:01 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pop That Thang" | 3:16 | |
| 2. | "Lay, Lady, Lay" | Bob Dylan | 4:54 |
| 3. | "Spill the Wine" | Charles Miller, Howard E. Scott, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Harold Ray Brown, Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen, Lee Oskar, Eric Burdon | 6:30 |
| 4. | "Fire and Rain" | James Taylor | 5:29 |
| 5. | "Freedom" | 3:38 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Ohio / Machine Gun" | Neil Young / Jimi Hendrix | 8:50 |
| 7. | "Nothing to Do But Today" | Stephen Stills | 3:42 |
| 8. | "Lay Away" | 3:22 | |
| 9. | "If He Can You Can" | Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Johnny Brantly | 3:43 |
| 10. | "It's Too Late" | Carole King, Toni Stern | 7:08 |
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