Timeless (Isley Brothers album)

Timeless
Greatest hits album by The Isley Brothers
Released	1978
Genre	Funk
Length	87:40
Label	T-Neck Records
The Isley Brothers chronology
Showdown (1978) Timeless (1978) Winner Takes All (1979)

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.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	B+ [1]
Smash Hits	5/10 [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley, except where noted

Side one

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

Side two

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

Side three

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

Side four

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

References

1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: I". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 27, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
2. Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (April 19 - May 2, 1979): 25.