Get into Something

Get Into Something is the eighth 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".
The album's title track includes a James Brown-styled "give the drummer some" breakdown that was highly influential on the New York b-boy dance scene. The drum break, along with the LP's scarcity, has made this the most valuable and highly sought after Isley Brothers album among vinyl record collectors. It was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 released 23-CD box set The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters .

Critical reception

Newsday, reviewing a reissue, called the album "a raw raveup with a punchy horn section," writing that "the Isleys venture into James Brown territory with the stripped-down funk of 'Keep On Doin' '." Rolling Stone wrote that the album "balances fidgety, syncopated riffs with true-believer gospel harmonies." William D. Laffler of United Press International stated that the album "keeps the rhythm hopping on."

Track listing

Ronald Isley sings lead on all tracks except:

Personnel

;The Isley Brothers

Ronald Isley – lead vocals and backing vocals
O'Kelly Isley Jr. and Rudolph Isley – backing vocals and lead vocals
Ernie Isley – bass guitar

;with

Charles "Skip" Pitts – guitars
Truman Thomas – organ
Everett Collins – keyboards
George Moreland – drums
George Patterson – arrangements
Horns arranged by The Isley Brothers