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弟アーニー&マーヴィン・アイズリーと従兄弟のクリス・ジャスパーがリズム隊で加入、新生アイズレーとしての第1歩を踏み出した記念碑的作品。全米ポップチャート6位を記録した彼らの代表作の1つでもあり、このアルバムから黄金時代を迎えることになる。
旧曲のリメイク版<1>のアーニーによる官能的なジミヘンといった感じのギター・ソロ、シングルカットされなかったことが不思議なくらいのキャッチーな名曲<3>、ロナルドの美しいファルセットヴォイスが光る名バラード<9>など、素晴らしく充実した内容の作品。これは絶対はずせない名盤。(川島うどん)
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As influential in its own way as early '70s efforts by Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye, the Isley Brothers'
3+3 took black music to the next level. Combining frontline vocalists O'Kelly, Ronald, and Rudolph with the instrumental chops of younger brothers Ernie and Marvin, plus brother-in-law Chris Jasper, the group broke out with the smoking single "That Lady," featuring Ernie's Hendrixian guitar. They followed it up with some soulful reworkings of rock songs of the moment (which, as luck would have it, all turned into certified classics), including the Doobie Brothers' "Listen to the Music," Seals and Crofts's "Summer Breeze," and James Taylor's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight." It's hard to imagine now how daring a strategy that was at the time, but the results sounds as fine today as ever.
--Daniel Durchholz