3+3 CD

Three names become six on 3+3, the credits clicking into place like a new gear catching in old machinery: guitarist Ernie Isley, bassist Marvin Isley, and keyboardist Chris Jasper finally get billing beside founders Rudolph, O'Kelly, and Ronald, even though all three had already played on earlier records. Cut at the Record Plant in LA around the same stretch as Stevie Wonder's Innervisions, it became the Isley Brothers' first platinum album, driven by "That Lady," and later took the No. 464 spot on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums list.