Go for Your Guns

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Go For Your Guns
Studio album by The Isley Brothers
Released	1977
Recorded	Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York
Genre	Funk/soul
Length	33:25
Label	T-Neck/Epic Records
Producer	Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
The Isley Brothers chronology
Harvest for the World (1976) Go For Your Guns (1977) Showdown (1978)

Go For Your Guns is a 1977 album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint. The album yielded three charted R&B singles including their #1 political funk anthem, "The Pride", the Top 40 pop record, "Livin' in the Life" and their Top 50 ballad, "Voyage to Atlantis", which became one of the Isleys' most beloved songs in their later years as well as the radio track, "Footsteps in the Dark", which instrumental was sampled by Ice Cube for his 1992 hit, "It Was a Good Day". This album was their second platinum-certified album.

[edit] Track listing

All songs were written, arranged, composed and produced by The Isley Brothers and Chris Jasper

1. "The Pride, Pt. 1 & 2" – 5:34
2. "Footsteps in the Dark, Pt. 1 & 2" – 5:07
3. "Tell Me When You Need It Again, Pt. 1 & 2" – 5:03
4. "Climbing Up the Ladder, Pt. 1 & 2" – 6:41
5. "Voyage to Atlantis" – 4:32
6. "Livin' in the Life" – 4:13
7. "Go For Your Guns" – 2:15

[edit] Credits

• Ronald Isley: lead and background vocals
• O'Kelly Isley and Rudolph Isley: background vocals
• Ernie Isley: guitar, drums, percussion, congas, timbales, maracas
• Marvin Isley: bass, woodblock, cowbell, percussion
• Chris Jasper: piano, keyboards, ARP synthesizer, clavinet, tambourine, percussion