Hot Buttered Soul

This album is a tour-de-force. (Whatever that means.)

3.75 much better than anticipated.

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Groovy. That's about all I took away from this album.

Intoxicating, and as it’s clearly audible, infinitely influential. Loved every second

This is my first time listening to this album.

Man, this is smooth. I'll be adding this album to my list of albums to listen to again.

smooth

GOD these arrangements are perfection, there's no better description for it than 'prog soul'.

Standouts: Walk On By • Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic • One Woman • By The Time I Get To Phoenix

a 12 minute song, a 10 minute song, and an 18 minute song are on this album and I wasn't bored once.

Walk On By my choice for greatest cover ever. Up there with greatest intros too.

Too me far too long to appreciate the genius behind Chef.

Epic and funky!

Each individual component is objectively good: musicianship; songwriting; flare. For me however, there is a structural issue with the flow of these tracks. I don’t think the seemingly endless jams put any of these beautiful components in their best light. It all comes off indulgent and lacking in momentum to me. Though I am sure that the people who love this album love it for the jamming element, and maybe even wish it would never end…!

Better than Coldplay

I know Isaac Hayes best from "Theme from Shaft," which I've always loved since hearing it on the radio when it was a hit in the early 70s. Plus the wikipedia article says that this is one of Henry Rollins' favorite records. So hey, let's go.

This is everything that I liked about "Shaft" but stretched out, sometimes with an almost improv kind of feeling. I did not expect these instrumental bits! The crazy long end of "Hyperbolicsyllablecsesquedalymistic" reminded me of Can. (Or maybe better to say that the bass on "Tago Mago" reminds me of "Hyperbolicsyllablecsesquedalymistic," since this came out 3 years earlier.)

What interested me most when I first saw the tracklist was this 18-minute-long version of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." What? I didn't know what to expect with this, an 18-minute soul version of what I remember as a lightweight Glen Campbell song from when I was a kid. But damn, his long intro that created a story around why the guy in the song was doing what he was doing caused this version to be pretty heartbreaking.

4/5

Ik had Black Moses wel eens geluisterd maar dit is nog beter. Wat een grooves, wat een productie.

Hoe is dit opgenomen in de jaren 60? Deze man leefde ver in de toekomst.

Holy cow! This was 1969!!??

Literally light years ahead of its time. Didn’t know what to expect, but this is just superb.

Got a dirty nasty vibe at times and then it’s smooooooth. Definitely deserves its place on the list.

3. Drops points because it lost me a bit in the end. Definitely coming back to it though.

Incredible, timeless sounds with soul that cannot be contained. Can't believe I've never listened to this before. MAGIC.

This is my third 5 star rating in a row. Can we keep the streak going?

i love this guy

I think this man single-handedly created the hip-hop fashion. While also making better music than any hip-hop artist ever.