Mission to Please
Studio album by
The Isley Brothers
ReleasedMay 14, 1996
GenreR&B
Length45:57
Label
Producer
The Isley Brothers chronology
Live!
(1993)		 Mission to Please
(1996)		 Eternal
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Muzik[1]

Mission to Please is a studio album by the Isley Brothers, released on May 14, 1996, on Island Records. It was a return to commercial glory for the group in the years following their platinum-certified album Between the Sheets (1983). Mission to Please also went platinum based on the strength of the charted singles "Let's Lay Together," a new duet with R. Kelly after the success of "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" (1995); the Babyface-composed ballad "Tears"; "Floatin' on Your Love," with Angela Winbush (Ronald Isley and she were married from 1993 to 2002); and the mid-'90s quiet-storm radio staple "Mission to Please You." Some of the album's success was due to Ronald Isley cultivating a new image as the character of "Mr. Biggs" in a series of R. Kelly videos, starting with "Down Low," helping to introduce the music of the Isley Brothers to a new generation of R&B fans. Mission to Please is the last Isley Brothers album to feature youngest brother Marvin Isley, who left the group in 1997 because of complications from diabetes; he died on June 6, 2010. Mission to Please also helped relaunch the Isley Brothers' label, T-Neck Records.

Track listing

  1. "Floatin' On Your Love" (with Angela Winbush) (Reggie Griffin, Ronald Isley, Angela Winbush) – 4:09
  2. "Whenever You're Ready" (Griffin, Isley, Winbush) – 4:50
  3. "Let's Lay Together" (R. Kelly) – 4:32
  4. "Tears" (Babyface) – 4:45
  5. "Can I Have a Kiss (For Old Time's Sake)?" (Kelly, Winbush) – 4:46
  6. "Mission to Please You" (Isley, Kelly, Winbush) – 4:27
  7. "Holding Back the Years" (Mick Hucknall, Neil Moss) – 5:30
  8. "Make Your Body Sing" (Griffin, Isley, Winbush) – 4:06
  9. "Let's Get Intimate" (Ernie Isley, R. Isley, Winbush) – 5:57
  10. "Slow Is the Way" (Emanuel Officer, Keith Sweat) – 4:55

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Springer, Jacqueline (July 1996). "The Isley Brothers: Mission To Please" (PDF). Muzik. No. 14. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  7. ↑ "American album certifications – The Isley Brothers – Mission to Please". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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