Hot Buttered Soul

You could have told me this was written in 2020 and I would have believed it. Very modern feel with the guitar and orchestrations. Fantastic!

This is the first album on this list that I’ve listened to that made me go “Wow, I actually am glad I listened to that before I died.” Prior to listening to this album I would have described my soul as brittle, fragile, probably more on the cold side…but now? Oh BABY oh baby now I’ve got that hot buttered soul in me. I listened to this high in my car and it changed me as a woman. This album takes you on a ride. Every song is a JOURNEY. You will like the final destination. 10/10 album 10/10 title 10/10 cover 10/10 LYRICS “Cause I like it like that Your modus operandi Is really all right, out of sight Your sweet phalanges Know how to squeeze My gastronomical stupensity Is really satisfied when you're loving me” Are you kidding me?? Are you serious??? He really did that??? “Let me stop procrastinating Standin' here and narrating Find my emancipator She's a love educator Cerebral, cerebellum, a medulla oblongata” Shut the fuck up he’s got a whole ass anatomy lesson in those lyrics and it’s somehow sexy as hell????? “One Woman” is literally the most romantic song about cheating ever. I think I like get music now. Thank you, Isaac Hayes.

loved the string arrangement on one woman. The longer the song the closer to god

First Isaac Hayes album I've ever listened to, and I absolutely dig the production. Walk on By is a whole vibe. Fantastic album to listen to while reading about Trump's impeachment fall out.

This album was better than I expected it to be. I was scared by the track lengths, but I really liked listening to this album. I do agree with others that the intro to By The Time I Get To Phoenix is longer than it needed to be. It's weird to hear his voice, because I'm so used to him voicing Chef on South Park, but I got past that pretty quickly. He definitely has a nice, soothing voice. It's perfect for this style of music. To think that this was 1969 is crazy. My favourite song was Walk On By.

Wow, what an incredible album, listened straight through twice. Had to take a second in between to appreciate that this was made in 1969! Cool, sexy, and incredibly well produced. Plus, any musician that borrows this many terms from neuroanatomy gets an extra point from me. Rest in peace, Chef.

Yeah, that's a no for me, dawg. I never realized, before listening to this album, that something could be simultaneously excessive and not enough. This album is SO MUCH. Long tracks, extended vocal and instrumental stretches, a whole, spoken-word story for some reason. And yet, it leaves me wanting and feeling like I'm missing something. There's a lack of substance that I just don't get. The only reason this was saved from a one-star review is that the musicianship is incredible even if it's not being leveraged to its full potential.

Starts with a great groove but dissolves later.

That voice needs a pregnancy warning and some great grooves, I imagine he must get sampled to death. Gets a bit wank with the 8 min spoken intro to By The Time I Get To Phoenix.

Good, but his waffle on the final track gets on my tits too much to rate higher than that

Literally one of the best albums of all time. I'm not kidding. If you haven't listened to it before I beg of you to do so. Three out of the four songs are kinda lengthy but I guarantee that the payoff is worth it.

Screams soul from the get go. Side one has some great full arrangements. Second side closes out in the best song/story telling I've heard in a while. Great produced album.

Huge respect for Hayes. However, one of the problems with releasing a four-track album is that when one of them starts with a 9 minute monologue, it sort of brings the whole thing down. Best track: Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic.

No one does a slow burn like Isaac Hayes

It's no Chocolate Salty Balls but it's still damn funky. First 3 tracks are real good but my word does that closer drag. Best track: Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic

Awesomely soulful. These instrumentals have been sampled for rap and hip hop time and time again.

Looking forward to “Hot Buttered Thetans”, the 55th anniversary edition, coming out next year on OT III Records.

Great album name that fits the subject matter perfectly! Smooth as fuck, but the long ass intros add little.

Before listening to this I only really knew Isaac Hayes thanks to his chocolate salty balls, the theme from Shaft and his dalliance with Scientology. I really enjoyed his version of ‘Walk on By’ and thought I was going to love the album, but the next three tracks were a bit less interesting. Didn’t love it, but it might have piqued my interest enough to go and check out some of his other stuff. Would probably have given it a 2.5 stars if I could.

very nice album to listen to. the songs were really long though and i couldn't stay focused for their entirety.

Isaac Hayes is one of those artists of such soul satisfying genius it almost makes me believe in Scientology.

Every song has five minutes of psychedelic guitar and Issac Hayes talkdown before it actually starts and then another five minutes of jamming at the end. Five stars.

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Wow this was such a dope first listen. Opening track blew me away and I rode that all the way through the record. Sounds like fucken prog Soul sometimes, I'll have to listen to it again soon to see if I still like it this much. Fav songs: - Walk on by - One Woman - By the time I get to phoenix

Fantastic early soul. I'm a fan of a four track, 45 minute album. Not something for everyday, but a nice treat every once and a while.

Seems a bit churlish to complain, after going on about the lack of soul on the list (apparently no OV Wright, Ann Peebles, Howard Tate, Jimmy Scott?), but this is not the soul I was looking for. Sometimes schmaltzy, sometimes dated, one not great arrangement, really only leaves you with a couple tracks worth the time. Band is doing okay though.

Far too cool for a Monday in January, still this was decent although suffered from Mr Hayes refusal to sing for parts and instead talk for 8 mins

Un Isaac Hayes plus sexuel que jamais et cette-fois ci totalement décomplexé vis-à-vis de son crâne lisse et chauve qu'il n'hésite pas à nous glisser sous le nez à chaque fois qu'il en a l'occasion. Inutile d'essayer de l'éviter, autant poser ses narines à sa surface et renifler la couche de sébum qui le recouvre en profitant de l'instant présent.

Un Isaac Hayes un peu envahissant sur cet album. En effet dès les premières notes de cet album, ce dernier nous invite à toucher son crâne dégarni, d'une propreté il est vrai impeccable. Nous refusons poliment, mais ce dernier revient à la charge à plusieurs reprises, fonçant tête baissée en notre direction afin de juxtaposer son crâne parfaitement rasé à nos yeux ebahis. Nous ne lui en tiendrons pas rigueur au vu de la qualité exceptionnelle de ce crane.

The parts were he didn’t talk we’re pretty good. Also wasn’t this guy a Scientologist?

The first three songs I can listen to every 3rd month... the 4th... is it a song? Left and came back to the same woman 7 times...

Definitely funky. Very sexy. But songs were long and monotonous

Te lange nummers

Slightly limp early work from a bona fide soul legend.

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So funky I had a hard time falling asleep when I should have. That's the problem with starting to do this at bedtime.

I’ve never heard something like this before. I didn’t know really long soul songs was what I was missing. This could bring me to tears under the right conditions. I love when an artist/band takes their sweet time to flesh out their ideas, and Hayes does just that. There were times where elements were introduced into a song and I was physically pushed back into my bed. Sinking. This album made me feel like I was on a cloud. Good shiz

This album is so good, oh my god. It's truly a masterpiece and it almost makes suffering through all of the filler albums worth it to find one like this.

Just flat-out awesome.

So....this album is for fucking, right? Like this album is specifically made to be fucked to, right?

Good musicianship and great production - it's one of those albums best listened to in good headphones to really get the nuances of the various instrumental scoring. On my first listen, this was a 2-star album for me: too much torturing of each song, and too clever for its own good. But on a second listen, I was able to settle in and listen to it for what it is: a relaxed stroll through soulful ballads where the instruments play a call-and-response with Hayes' sultry pleading.

Solid record. Classic Isaac Hayes. Musicianship is excellent, I love the grooves on this one. Arrangements are great. Wonderful voice on this man. By The Time I Get To Phoenix kind of starts off slow but picks up about hlafway through and finishes strong. I actually liked the shorter version better. Not a 5 star record, but a solid 3.5. Rounding up to 4 for the awesome sounding drums on this album.

I honestly didn’t mind listening to this one but why is there so much talking!?!? After the first time listening to the album you would have to skip wayyyy ahead on the last song.

Isaac Hayes has to be the master of ultra smooth soul. This album, as the title suggests, is nothing but fully Hot Buttered Soul. Although the tracks are lengthy, it has a way about it that will just mellow you out and take you to another place. Best: Walk On By Worst: By The Time I Get To Phoenix

First couple of songs (only 4 very long tunes) are brilliant, then it gets talky and boring

Sexy and sweet. One of the songs gets a little out-there, both in length and its narrative of evil women. Overall positive experience.

Isaac Hayes has a smoky, yet articulate style. Harkening back to the lounge music era, this album puts the listener in the shoes of an audience member. A delightful experience, one is inspired to grab a cigar + whiskey in between a slow dance.

First thought: hey, I recognize this. Portishead sampled it. Second thought: wow, just four track in 45 minutes? Third thought (related to the second one): oh, man is this song still going? There's not an awful lot happening is there? Final thought(s): really liked the first song, the rest didn't really register much. 6/10

I think Isaac Hayes might be a genius. The meat of this was great, but the build up to get there was quite slow (4 tracks, 45 mins). With familiarity from repeated listens, I expect the appreciation and enjoyment of this would grow, but based on one listen it's a 3/5.

This one is just good ol soul. It has a few touches that are different than what the genre dictates (making it progressive soul I guess), but overall it's just good soul music. It does have a bit where it's a spoken word poem over a beat which didn't fit the album feel, but other than that it was great. Favorite track: Walk On By

First half starts off strong but that 18 minute track in the middle of the album loses the groove that had been established. "Hyperbollicsyllablesesquedalymistic" is a great title and a great track. That song is my hands down favorite of this album.

I've heard a couple of songs from Isaac Hayes, but all of this album was new to me. I'm tempted to listen to "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" again, because I'm sure I missed something in there. Hayes did say 'medulla oblongata' at some point in that song. The music was interesting too. "One Woman" wasn't quite my style, and the LONG spoken intro to "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (9 of the 18 minutes) keeps this album in the "it's okay" category.

Soul! 4 långa låtar mjuk krämig balsam bestående av fin saxofon och skönsång. By the Time I Get to Phoenix är en episk låt på närmare 19 minuter som börjar med att Isaac Hayes pratar (tidig rap???) i 5-6 minuter, och som senare bara stiger och stiger i intensitet i en halv evighet. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic vinner pris för bästa låttitel. För tankarna till Outkast, säkert inspirerade? Inledningslåten Walk on By är nog ändå den vassaste. En 12 minuter lång låt som fångar lyssnaren direkt med de otroligt vackra stråkarna i det instrumentala introt, och sedan aldrig släpper taget. Den uppmärksamme lyssnaren hör även ett beat i introt som finns samplat i The Notorious B.I.G.'s Warning. 3.5/5!!! Bästa låt: Walk on By

Never listened to a whole album by Isaac Hayes. I like his voice, and the whole funk-soul aesthetic. The album only has four tracks, so they need to all be stonkers. The slow-burning, emotive-but-groovy feel works well across the first two long tracks. Unfortunately, the longest track, "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", isn't doing that much for me, with its rambling spoken word and extremely minimal/gradual pay-off. Overall, a 3 for this - I enjoyed it, but I'm somewhat ambivalent.

Decent. A bit short. First 3 songs were good. Didn't like the 4th as it was spoken. First song is a mammoth 12 minutes, but very chilled. Would listen to again (minus the last song...)

I love this, so full of funk and long jams. Orchestration is wonderful and his voice is so unique. I only knew him from South Park and the Shaft theme and I am so glad to have heard this now. Timeless quality music

Wow. Just... Wow

First time listening. I'm very glad for this opportunity. It's crazy, it's too good! You start with Walk On By, the intro plays. And I had to stop, go back, listen again. And stop. I gave the headphones to my partner. “Listen to this intro here." I had to share it with her. Finally, back to the beginning to listen again. Second track. The piano, the beat. It doesn't stop being awesome. The tracks are very long, but you don't notice the time passing. Every second is enjoyable. One Woman is quieter. Absolutely beautiful. This is not the kind of music you listen to a song, and jump to another like a tiktok video. This one you put your phones on, sit down or lay down, ignore the time, ignore your problems, and enjoy the beat!

Put me on the grill... My soul is hot buttered now.

Straight up killer album, and amazing that it came out in 1969. Still sounds so fresh today

Smoother than Chef's bald head. 4 epic songs that embody the peak of 60's soul. To those complaining about the length, you can't build up to a proper crescendo without putting in the time. And Isaac Hayes crescendos are in a class of their own. Expand your short attention having, Tik-Tok binging minds a little, and just let the music wash over you. Get comfortable. Maybe have a drink. Let the music settle in and seduce you. Think of it as foreplay. You wouldn't cut your foreplay short, would you? Hot take, these songs could have been even longer if it wasn't for the format limitations of the time, and I would have been all for it. Final thoughts, the piano solo on the second half of "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" gets me every time.

All timer.

so hot!

Wow, what an album. Hayes makes these 4 tracks his own in this proggy soul album. His version of walk on by has to be one of the best songs I've ever heard. It sprawls over the 12 minute runtime perfectly, creating this grand masterpiece. The other 3 tracks are excellent as well. Hayes has such a strong presence and a great voice. The album cover is very charming as well. A true gem and an easy 5.

This one was so fucking awesome. Hot, buttered and oh so smooth!

Fantastic

those four songs were some of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard in my life despite how long the songs were, I never felt bored of them, even the last song with that massive and simple intro was still super engaging the whole time this album is too good to rate

Terrific. Flawless. I could listen to him vibe over a soul instrumental for hours

Rippers: Holy shit the horns on walk on by are incredible. one woman is also simply amazing. piano and horns give me the chills. damn, Skippers: Obviously, title of Hyperbolicsyllablecsesquedalymistic and the lyrics are ridiculous, but the music is still really great. Also not sure I need the 8:30 minute storytime before By the Time I get to Phoenix starts. Vibe: One Woman and Walk On By are fucking awesome. I want to cruise down deserted back roads at sunset in an enormous bronze Chrysler with the windows down. Gimme that and a fat joint and I'll park that old girl on the moon. Ashamed of myself for having never heard Hayes before.

Hot Buttered Soul and some Chocolate salty Balls, not a bad way to spend an evening.

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Super smooth, super groovy. Love the bold choice of just 4 long songs. Because none of them are duds, you can just get in the zone and ride the hot buttery wave.

Masterpiece!

Frabær

Beautiful

Un bonito y excelente álbum.

This album is a great listen all the way through. It launched a thousand samples and exhibits a kind of mastery over production, instrumentation, and arrangement. Can't recommend enough.

isaac hayes is cooler than me and he knows it

This is sooo good.

Hot Hell, this album has amazing texture. The 1st & 2nd song Along with “Phoenix” are amazing. I’ll be it, some of the songs drag in some parts- but they resolve beautifully. Thanks Chef

Amazing album. Wish I had more time to write my thoughts about this album

A new classic. Sounds like early 90s. Great bass lines, great production.

Wow. This album is absolutely brilliant.

Favorite Track - Walk on By Where I was - Home How I listened - Vinyl Listen Again? - 100%

Good album, the tracks are epic and needs your full attention

Loved it! Very smooth voice and funky sounds.

Album cover alone tells the whole story. Legendary!

Very good. Surprised I liked it.

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Sweet smooth soul music.

Väldigt bra, lyckas på alla fronter.

So rich so smooth so good

Wow. El mejor disco del 69, me cae.

WOW, how smooth is this.

Mmmm, first time music making me feel this way, damn.

This is what soul should sound like

Excellent album with an amazingly chill vibe.

Walk On By is great.

Love the grooves, defs listen to this again

El puro blues.