Hot Buttered Soul

Me ha gustado en general y me he guardado "Walk on by", ya sé de donde saca Kiwanuka parte de su inspiración. El disco original parece corto, 4 canciones pero al final son unos 45 minutos que se pasan volando.

One of the best soul albums of all time in my eyes. Every song is given so much room to breathe. The bass in particular is so badass.

Sorry smooth deep-voiced man. Listening to you talk isn’t all that interesting to me. I couldn’t wait for you to get to Phoenix and finish that damn song.
Walk on By was pretty enjoyable but even there the outro is way too long.
Overall this album is more about the backing musicians than the vocals. Talented people.

So smooth, so soulful

Sing us a song Chef!

A lovely listen. Big fan of the 4 song 50 minute style

Pretty impressive listen - the influence that this one album has on so much later music is clear. It's insane to think this was released in 1969 with how modern it looks/sounds. Some bits drag on but overall I'm very glad I heard this album. 3.6/5 -> 4/5

I can't believe this is how I find out that Isaac Hayes sang Chocolate Salty Balls... incredible

I liked this album, such a smooth voice. Didn't even notice the songs were mega long because I was enjoying the vibe

4 ⭐️

What's so important in your lives busy brains that you can't spare 7 or 8 minutes for Isaac to talk about love and the song he's going to lay on you. For shame.

I can't be the only one who finds it hard not to hear Ghostface's urgent pleas at the start of Walk On By.

‘I got another gang story to tell, peep...’ - perhaps like others, I know this from Compton’s Most Wanted and the classic they spawned. This one is soulfully and richly produced. What makes it even better is Hayes’s choice of songs to cover. By the Time I Get to Phoenix - like Bowie doing Wild is the Wind.

Pretty good. Overly long songs, but I'll definitely listen to Isaac Hayes again. This was a good introduction to the artist for me

Fantastic.
The balls to hold one chord on an organ for 10 minutes and just talk over it. And it's still brilliant.
This version Walk On By is THE version.
They don't make em like this anymore.

I am most definitely up for a twelve minute version of Walk On By. Didn't feel nearly that long. I also had no problem with the extended spoken word intro to By The Time I Get To Phoenix.

60's Funk/soul. This is the same dude who scored the movie Shaft. I has that soundtrack already on this generator. Interestingly, Isaac was also the voice of Chef in South Park.

This music was solid, but I could have done without the 9 minute spoken word short story at the first of the song By the Time I Get to Phoenix.

Favourite songs: Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic

Least favourite songs: By the Time I Get to Phoenix

3/5

Pure Isaac Hayes. Not a fan of these incredibly sex positive musicians becoming conservative Christians. but the album is exactly what you expect. Sex, disappointment, more sex.

Considering the music released in the present, this actually aged quite well. Incredible performance on this album, and amazing music overall. Great orchestration, great vocals. I enjoyed it a lot.

Really nice soul music; however, the long songs overstay their welcome, and the song By The Time I Get To Phoenix starts off rather boring but does get better around halfway in.

Standout track: One Woman

There's me thinking I didn't like soul music

This is the second of two Issac Hayes albums I've listened to on this journey, having heard the Shaft film soundtrack. My enjoyment of Hot Buttered Soul is admittedly greater than that of the Shaft soundtrack, partly due to what is advertised on the tin. Issac's vocals were hot and buttery, as he worked his way around the keyboard while the session musicians played effortlessly to create this luscious psychedelic soul sound.

There may be only four songs, and three of those four run over nine minutes, but it never felt long for the most part because the song construction felt meaningful, as the album ebbed and flowed with a serene audible tide. The only exception to this feeling was the eight-and-a-half-minute introduction to the cover of Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix". I understand if Issac wanted to tell the story behind that song, though it does hurt the replay value.

Overall, this was a pleasant album to have going on. It's worth checking out.

Trivia of the day - I didn't know Isaac Hayes wrote "Soul Man" (with writing partner David Porter - the two were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005). Originally recorded by Sam Moore and Dave Prater (Sam & Dave), with Booker T. and the M.G.'s as the house band (and Isaac Hayes on organ). That was fun to learn. Ok, re: Hot Buttered Soul - Hayes has an amazing distinctive voice. Latter day music listeners mostly know him as Chef from South Park, but he had an amazing musical career (look it up). Side 1 of this album is outstanding. Love the groove on Walk on By (which has been sampled a gazillion times for good reason). Hyperbolicsyll...um, not going to type that out...is very cool, with a great jam. Side 2 brings things down a little for me. You still get Hayes' amazing singing, but One Woman is a pretty basic track and By the Time I Get to Phoenix goes on forever. Unfortunately, Side 2 brings my overall score for the album down, but there's no denying Isaac Hayes was the essence of cool and an amazing singer. RIP.