Different Drummer (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Different Drummer

| type = Album

| artist = Isley Jasper Isley

| cover = Different Drummer (Isley Jasper Isley album).jpg

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| released = 1987

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| genre = Funk

| length =44:35

| label = CBS / Epic

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| prev_title = Caravan of Love

| prev_year = 1985

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{{album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/different-drummer-mw0000190291|title=Different Drummer - Isley Jasper Isley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=4 |page=506}}

|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=347}}

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Different Drummer is the third and final album by Isley-Jasper-Isley, released in 1987. Following its release, the Isleys would reunite with The Isley Brothers, while Jasper would go solo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/isley-jasper-isley-mn0001202374/biography|title=Isley Jasper Isley | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} "8th Wonder of the World" and "Givin' You Back the Love" entered the R&B Top 20.Marc Taylor A Touch of Classic Soul 2: The Late 1970s - 2001 - Page 173 "The fall of 1985 also saw the elder Isleys release Masterpiece. They got off to a good start with "Colder Are My Nights" reaching number 12 on the R&B charts. The brothers followed with "May I?," a pleading love song that was mildly successful in the spring of 1986. However, any joy from the album was negated when Kelly Isley died of a heart attack on March 31, 1986 at age 48. Isley Jasper Isley returned with their third album, Different Drummer, in 1987. From the LP two singles made the R&B top 20: the techno-funk jam "8th Wonder of the World" in the spring of 1987 and the sweet, mid-tempo "Givin' You Back the Love" later that summer.