The Real Deal (Isley Brothers album)

The Real Deal
Studio album by the Isley Brothers
Released	August 7, 1982
Recorded	1982
Studio	Bearsville (Woodstock, New York) Conway (Hollywood, California) (vocal overdubs) Penny Lane (New York City, New York) (strings)
Genre	Funk, electro-funk, smooth soul
Length	37:50
Label	T-Neck Records
Producer	The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers chronology
Inside You (1981) The Real Deal (1982) Between the Sheets (1983)

The Real Deal is an album by the Isley Brothers, released on August 7, 1982. The album is notable for the group's decision to alter their trademark funk rock sound in the 1970s with the then-current early 1980s electro funk scene dominated by Rick James, Prince, Zapp and the Gap Band.