Eternal (Isley Brothers album)

Eternal is a studio album released by The Isley Brothers on DreamWorks Records on August 7, 2001. Now popular again with audiences, almost single-handledly for Ronald Isley's "Mr. Biggs" persona, Eternal included production from not only R. Kelly who gave the Isleys their biggest hit as leading artists in over two decades with "Contagious" but also from Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Raphael Saadiq and Ronald's wife at the time, Angela Winbush. Based on the mega-success of "Contagious", Eternal peaked at #3 on the Billboard Billboard Top 200 album charts and #1 on the R&B album chart selling over two million copies having it certified double-platinum. The first album the Isleys released as a duo in over a decade (the first as Ronald and Ernie), Marvin Isley left the group after suffering a bout with diabetes, which later caused both of his legs to be amputated), Ernie Isley also showcase his talents as a guitarist in songs like "Move Your Body" and the aptly titled "Ernie's Jam" while Ronald was still as vocally strong on this album as he had been throughout the Isley Brothers' legendary catalogue.

Track listing
 Notes 
 * undefined denotes co-producer

Personnel

 * Ronald Isley – Lead and Background Vocals, Executive Producer
 * Ernie Isley – Guitar
 * Donnie Lyle – Bass, Guitar
 * Peter Mokran – Engineer
 * Neil Pogue – Mixing
 * Alex Richbourg – Percussion, Drum Programming
 * Louil Silas, Jr. – Executive Producer
 * Angela Winbush – Keyboards, Producer, Drum Programming, Vocals
 * Tony Flores – Assistant Engineer
 * Michelle Lynn Forbes – Assistant Engineer
 * Raphael Saadiq – Bass, Background Vocals, Producer, Guitar
 * Chris Bellman – Mastering
 * Bradley Yoast – Assistant Engineer
 * Jake and the Phatman – Drum Programming
 * Kelvin Wooten – Keyboards
 * Andre Harris – Producer
 * James "Big Jim" Wright – Keyboards, Background Vocals


 * Jeff Vereb – Engineer
 * Avant – Background Vocals
 * Jill Scott – Background Vocals
 * Vidal Davis – Producer, Engineer
 * Clint Roth – Engineer
 * Andy Gallas – Assistant
 * Ian Mereness – Programming, Engineer
 * Kevin Guarnieri – Engineer, Digital Editing, Assistant Engineer
 * Nick Monson – Assistant Engineer
 * Gary Brown – Engineer
 * The Johnson Sisters – Background Vocals
 * R. Kelly – Arranger, Producer
 * Paulinho Da Costa – Percussion
 * Steve Hodge – Engineer, Mixing
 * Steve Huff – Producer, Instrumentation
 * Jimmy Jam – Arranger, Producer, Keyboards
 * Terry Lewis – Arranger, Producer, Instrumentation