Smooth Sailin'

For other uses, see Smooth Sailing (disambiguation).

Smooth Sailin'
Studio album by The Isley Brothers
Released	March 14, 1987
Recorded	1986-1987
Genre	Rhythm and blues/soul
Length	41:23
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Ronald Isley, Angela Winbush
The Isley Brothers chronology
Masterpiece (1985)Masterpiece1985 Smooth Sailin (1987) Spend the Night (1989)Spend the Night1989

Smooth Sailin is the 24th album released by The Isley Brothers on Warner Bros. Records on March 14, 1987. This album was the first album that the brothers released as a duo of Rudolph and Ronald after the untimely death of eldest brother O'Kelly, who had died in March of the previous year of a heart attack.

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Hooking up with R&B singer-songwriter Angela Winbush for this album, the Isleys scored with the top 10 R&B title track and "I Wish", also an R&B top 40 hit.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Everything Is Alright"	Angela L. Winbush, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley	4:57
2.	"Dish It Out"	Angela L. Winbush, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley	4:55
3.	"It Takes a Good Woman"	Angela L. Winbush	5:05
4.	"Send a Message"	Angela L. Winbush	5:33

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Smooth Sailin' Tonight"	Angela L. Winbush	4:59
6.	"Somebody I Used to Know"	Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Angela L. Winbush	4:59
7.	"Come My Way"	Angela L. Winbush, René Moore	5:48
8.	"I Wish"	Raymond Reeder	6:47

Personnel

• Keyboards & Moog synthesizers - Angela Winbush
• Percussion - Paulinho da Costa
• Bass - Nathan East, Louis Johnson
• Additional synthesizers - Jeff Lorber
• Guitar - Tony Maiden
• Drums - Rayford Griffin, Andre Fischer
• Bass synthesizers - Angela Winbush, Gregory Phillinganes
• Drum machine - Angela Winbush, Raymond Reeder
• String line & synthesizer - Raymond Reeder

External links

• The Isley Brothers-Smooth Sailin' at Discogs