Hot Buttered Soul

The only gripe I have with this album is that the producers should've given him full reigns earlier. This soul masterpiece can be talked about ad nauseam. Walk On By is an amazing, progressive masterpiece, which combines the essence of soul with the grandiose boom of an orchestral backing and the perfect use of turning down the sound just enough for it to be noticeable, but then slowly returning to the front.

Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic is what sensual sounding, baby-making music should sound like: playful, hard-nosed, not afraid to go in deep and most importantly, a whole deal impressive when you isolate each instrument and then eventually add them together only to realize how infectious each bar and each passage sounds. One Woman puts the man and his smooth baritone voice in front with a lot of sampleable moments all throughout.

And closing it all out, By The Time I Get To Phoenix is a masterclass. It's hard to call it a song even, because it plays out like a movie. I remember hearing it for the first time on my record player, and hearing Isaac through the crackle walking me through the story of love and heartbreak. It's a moment I won't ever forget, especially when it goes all over the place by the end. Like sex in the dark, this song touches you, but your imagination takes you where you need to go. The subtle yet hypnotizing hi-hat has such a head-bangable quality, which is what Isaac intended to do, especially with the emotional story behind the song, and when the song starts to expand, so does everything around you. The sex does magic things.

So in short, this thing is a juxtaposed, "stone-cold warm and hot" masterpiece. A lot of other soul artists got the raw sensual feeling right, but none got close to matching Isaac's ability to bring together the burning feeling of heartbreak and loss.

Fantastic buttery stuff. The chat in the last song is so long.

Smooooove.

Would be better without the last song

Smooth as butter … hot butter … hot buttered soul

A smooth laid back approach to funk and soul. As in 8 minute songs that can be a bit rambling.

Chef before he was Chef. Isaac being smooth as all hell, with extended funk workouts on just about every song. Only 4 songs but you definitely get your money's worth on each one. The prolonged intro to Phoenix is a bit much for my ears, but when it finally gets going, the song is worth the wait.

started extremely strong

4
Apt title. Could of done without the 10 min spoken word intro to the last song though

Hot Buttered Soul was a much greater album than i was expecting. I haven't really heard much of this guy's music but this list did make me look into him and the most notable thing about him from that search was the fact that he was the voice of Chef in South Park. Now, about the album, It was a very good album, the instrumentals were very nice and Isaac's vocals fit these songs really well. The only issue i can think of for this album would be the last song which while it had some good moments, It certainly did not need to be 18 minutes long. Other than that, i enjoyed my time with this album due to it having more than enough soulful goodness to keep me engaged.
Best Song: Walk On By
Worst Song: By The Time I Get To Phoenix

The Bar-Kay’s shine way way more than Hayes does but it’s still sweeping, cinematic and jamming unlike anything else.

Would be a better album without By the Time I Get to Phoenix.

Classic.

Nope. Not gonna get sucked into the hype. This is indulgent, boring, poorly crafted and a sub-par choice for a soul album from the time - it’s kitsch. I love Hayes and his “too sexy” tracks as much as the next girl - but this endless chatter is not that at all. Give me Chef singing Simultaneous over this any day.

Hot Buttered Soul isn't just a title, it's a way of mind... This 1969 classic completely breaks the mold with its huge, cinematic arrangements and the Bar-Kays laying down some of the smoothest, funkiest grooves I’ve ever heard. Whether it’s the sprawling 12-minute take on "Walk On By", the hypnotic vibe of "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic", or that massive 18-minute version of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", this whole record just demands that you kick back and let the lush production take over.

Some might call the long intros and monologues a bit much, but I think they’re exactly what makes the experience so immersive. Hearing that deep, smoky voice delivering such bold, experimental soul is honestly magnetic. It’s an incredible piece of art that totally holds up, and I was hooked from the very first note.

Iako me totalno unazadila ona pjesma u kojoj se priča a ona je kao 40% trajanja albuma, divna muzika i ne mogu se puno ljutiti. Samo ću ubuduće izbjegavati taj dio te pjesme.

Soul so smooth you could skate on it.

All right, so his cover of Phoenix perhaps didn't need the sermon about the power of love, but once the song proper starts it's properly fabulous. For once the single edit is an improvement.

The other tracks stretch out luxuriously and are seduction on a stick.

Gorgeous.

Unægteligt en dejlig lyd. Bliver dog aldrig rigtig den store soul-/funk-fan. Det er fint, men jeg synes, det er kedeligt

Sådan noget 19 minutter langt spoken word poetry med en uengageret hi-hat bliver simpelthen for boooooooring

2.3

A good time, but I don’t listen to a lot of funk on my own

Muy bueno.

It’s rare for an album that’s only 4 songs to be all filler, but this album accomplished it.