Givin' It Back

Infobox Album
Name = Givin' It Back
Type = Album
Artist = The Isley Brothers


Released = 1971
Recorded = 1971, New York
Genre = Rock/funk/soul
Label = T-Neck/Buddah Records
Length = 41:47
Producer = Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
Reviews =
Last album = "Get Into Something"
(1970)
This album = "Givin' It Back"
(1971)
Next album = "Brother, Brother, Brother"
(1972)

"Givin' It Back" is a 1971 album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint. After years of having white rock acts covering their most famed material, particularly, "Shout" and "Twist and Shout", the Isleys decided to do the same to music made famous by white artists such as Stephen Stills, Eric Burdon and Neil Young. Among the songs they covered was "Spill the Wine", "Love the One You're With", the social commentary medley of "Ohio" and "Machine Gun" (from the Isleys' former guitarist, Jimi Hendrix), "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor and the Bob Dylan gem, "Lay Lady Lay". The Isleys' perseverance paid off when their covers of "Love the One You're With", "Lay Lady Lay" and "Spill the Wine" became charted hits. Bill Withers plays guitar on the Isleys' cover of his single, "Cold Bologna".

Track listing

#"Ohio"/"Machine Gun" (Neil Young; Jimi Hendrix) – 9:12
#"Fire and Rain" (James Taylor) – 5:28
#"Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan) – 10:21
#"Spill the Wine" (Papa Dee Allen, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott) – 6:31
#"Nothing to Do But Today" (Stephen Stills) – 3:38
#"Cold Bologna" (Bill Withers) – 2:58
#"Love The One You're With" (Stephen Stills) – 3:39

Credits

* Ronald Isley: lead and background vocals
* O'Kelly Isley, Jr. and Rudolph Isley: background vocals
* Ernie Isley: guitar, drums
* Marvin Isley: bass
* Chris Jasper: piano, keyboards
* Chester Woodard: guitar
* John Mosley: flute
* Gary Jones: congas
* Buck Clarke: congas
* Bill Withers: guitar