Reviews (page 5 of 14)
Hot Buttered Soul is the perfect title for this album. If you are into this kind of high-concept, luxuriant soul music, with time taken over everything, great musicianship and super-high production values, the album must be a real treat. I’m a not really that guy but I recognise the artistry.
Decent 60's soul although the near 10 minute backstory at the start of By the Time I Get to Phoenix didn't do anything for me. I also prefer the original Walk on By.
im in love with all the sounds
It was ok. Songs were super long. Don’t really understand how this made the list
Smooth buttery soul, but clearly a filler album
Late 60s soul. Great title. Landmark soul album. Incredibly smooth, quite epic.
Silence in the studio, please! Isaac is making Music 2.0 When soul music became psychedelic, the genre reached its peak. The guitar riff in Walk On By is one of the most comfortably intoxicating things ever made (great choice of sampling Compton's Most Wanted for Hood Took Me Under). 5 stars
fun - weird - buttered? three point five rounds down to THREE> some amazing sounds at the beginning though. I like the experimentally.
Pretty interesting. Not sure I would have ever found this otherwise
I could have done without the overly long, extremely awful intro to By The Time I Get to Phoenix. Yuck. The rest was fine. Good instrumentals. Songs were way too long and some of the production sounds dated at this point.
Probably more like 3.5 or 4 if I let it grow on me. I don’t listen to much soul, but I’ll probably come back to this one
Leuke vibe! Einde was wel beetje saai voor een tijdje maar verder echt leuk! 8/10
no lo volveré a escuchar pero como música de fondo supongo que es mejor que metal
This was my nickname in high school
There something about Isaac Heyes that I just cannot get into it. I mean I appreciate the musicality, but somehow his work just never clicks with me. Quite a pity actually, as this should be right up my alley.
I guess I am simply a fan of Isaac Hayes
I’m not really an R & B person so I didn’t love this one. Sounds cool and I do like how there’s only four songs, it feels like it’s one flow throughout the album. Not bad at all thought, and for 1969 it sounds very modern!
I hate when songs have long instrumental endings or solos that drag on. Hayes's voice is like butter.
Album was amazing! It was extremely easy to listen, some of the songs were long in length but didn’t feel that way. Isaac Hayes’ voice was superb. I’d different listen to the album again and it’s my favorite album from this generator so far
Need to get it in my head that this is not Gil Scott Heron
Meh
3.7
4 songs an album does not make
Goated
MTOOOOO BOMMMMMMMM
Bom álbum para namorar, deixar de fundo. Não se destacou muito pra mim.
I really enjoyed the first song, however, the last one did kinda lose me after a while of all the talking. Once it got to the music tho, very nice.
That was love making music. Good shit. South Park voice actor for chef lol.
10/10 Favorites: Walk On By By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Great production, but this dragged and dragged.
loveeee puro chisme
Amazing. Storytelling through song, each song holds its own rhythm, sound and vibe.
It was fine. I liked the first song best. 2 stars I did not like 9 minutes of talking in an 18 minute song. Also end of first song ruined it for me. Still better than every one star I have rated, 2 stars as well
2.4 2x good but not going to listen again
Long soul jams
really nice but not my style, but still rlly nice to hear
A 45 minute album with four tracks? Sounds like it would be a prog rock album, not Isaac Hayes' buttery soul. The first track was fabulous... and man this was sampled so many times. It's always a pleasant surprise to learn where samples originated from. Also, Portishead borrowed heavily from this sound. The second and third were also fab. But that last track is pure fromage! A bit of a letdown from the setup from the rest of the album.
This album has the longest song I ever heard, but I'm shocked at how quickly that 18 minutes went by. I should be asleep by now so his voice is not helping with staying awake, it's really nice to listen to, I also like the instrumental Fav is one woman
Great record. Amazing to see and hear the record's influence on other artists and projects I love. Walk On By is the masterpiece, one of the great soul tracks of all time. The rest is very good but cannot compare.
This was almost a 5 for me, but it's derailed in the final stretch by the 9 minute spoken word intro to 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix'. That's a full 20% of the 4-track album, if you're wondering. Though it has some camp appeal, the sermon is slow as molasses, mostly pointless and kills the replay value of the record as a whole. But like, I said, otherwise, this album is almost perfect. Specifically, the arrangement of 'Walk On By' is stunning and backing band the Bar-Kays are in top form on 'Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymisitc'.
Great musicianship with smooth grooves funky rhythyms and Hayes has that great smooth deep voice.
Peak. Would be a 3.5 if rating existed. 9 minute spoken word intro to the final song killed the pace but was eventually worth it.
Wasn’t the chaotic jazz I’m used to but you can tell this was incredibly influential to modern jazz
Walk on by baby
Other than the intro to phoenix, some great stuff here
7.0/10
Mochte den Vibe, manchmal aber zu "wet" für mich, gerade, wenn zu viele Streicher dabei waren.
I was already familiar with this album. It is a soul classic. Every track is great, and while By The Time I Get To Phoenix is very long, clocking in at over 18 minutes, it doesn't feel that long. My favorite track is Walk On By. I would listen to this album again for sure.
Isaac Hayes vocals and music is spectacular, but I wasn’t a huge fan of this album. My only real gripe is that the tracks are entirely too long and kinda meandering/repeating. I just felt…bored, honestly. The intros on each song took too long, and they didn’t seem to know how to end so just kept going. With that said, I cannot for one second deny his talent. His songwriting is solid even if I’m not a fan of the content (an entire song about how he feels so torn up by the affair that he’s involved in didn’t inspire sympathy). House vocals are incredible. The music is brilliantly mixed and performed. I just didn’t like the jam bandy nature of the tracks that just seemed to drone on.
A bit different actually quite enjoyed - interview at the end quite interesting too
Didn’t know 4 songs could be 45 minutes but feel like 5 minutes but also feel like they contain all the pain and beauty of a lifetime
Walk on By
Soulful, smooth, and overall a pretty solid album.
generational
walk on by is annamazing cover , second sonf was good but not top tier. loved one woman despite it being a tad bit overdone and cliched soul rather than more of the progressive soul i was expecting. BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX so so beautiful oh my god
Smooth as the bald head on the cover. Just heavenly.
The first song is great. I don't really know about the rest I was playing minesweeper the whole time so minus a few points for that.
Wow. Love the opening two tracks. Amazing sound, vocals, lyrics. Couldn’t ask for more in a song. Later songs were good, but not my favorite. 8.5/10
A bit too spoken word for me.
All of the songs were very groovy but too long for my taste
Not at all what I was expecting. Fine for what it was I guess.
A 45 minute album with 4 songs? I like soul/funk but this feels like it's going to feel longer than it is. Walk On By is a cover! Today I learned something. Also, his version once he's done singing is awesome. I like this album, it could be the alternate soundtrack to Black Caesar. Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos sample. Teddy Pendergrass owes Isaac Hayes a debt of gratitude. One Woman is a Classic Soul song where the rest of the album feels much more experimental. By The Time I Get to Phoenix is losing me. I'm a sucker for the Hammond B3 though. This was a really good album.
I like it, but i wish the songs were shorter since I get bored of the songs when they last too long. I might be living under a rock, but imo he´s an hidden gem.
Smooth.
Feeling like in a film while listening to Walk on by.
3.5
This one has grown on me a bit since i first listened to it on my 1969 dive. Believe it or not for once my favorite tracks on here were the shorter tracks but especially "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic". But even the longer tracks has their high points like the guitar work on "Walk In By"., if there's a part that really loves me a bit it is the long spoken word intro to "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" but when it gets to the actual song it's as smooth as hot butter. (8.3) ★★★★
Just the kind of soul I like. 5 stars
This is a pretty cool album. The fuzzed out guitars definitely make for a cool take on 60s soul. I prefer the first two tracks to the last two tracks by a good margin though, which makes it tough for me to go too high on a four track album. 3.5 stars.
By The Time I Get To Phoenix takes an awful lot longer than it should to get there but other 3 tracks are terrific. 4 Chocolate Salty Balls out of 5.
I think it’s a great soul album but that genre is not really my jam
Overlapping instruments on different beats really do not vibe well for me
As soon as the album starts, that butter starts sizzlin'. Yes please, thank you ma'am.
Tendría cinco estrellas si 25 de los 40 minutos que dura el álbum no se la pasara hablando.
Second time around for this album as well - really liked it, a super solid listen. Great songs and vocals.
The Hammond organ is at it again 💃🏻 Not a boring moment on this album, despite how long the songs are (including the 8 minutes of spoken word. He’s a storyteller!) Definitely returning to this.
What the fuck even is this
Isaac Hayes knows how to stretch it out. In ways that don’t sound contrived or like they’re compensating for a lack of ideas. His music may be decadent at times, but it’s also capable of using sparseness in ways that Philip Glass or La Monte Young could take notes from. “Walk On By” breaks down and pulls out music refrains before layering everything back together for a powerful final crescendo. You’re 9 minutes into “By the Time I Get To Phoenix” by the time you get to a chord change. At a moment when musicians are trying to move past 3-minute made-for-radio cuts, Isaac Hayes finds his own strategy to take the album format to new heights: not as a cheeky concept album or rock opera, but through the undying power of a vamp.
Everything about this album emits excellence. The starkly smooth cover art, the sensual name, the long but not too repetitive or drawn out grooves, and the voice of the man behind the creative control. I believe having just 4 tracks and keeping the overall playtime to 45 minutes adds to this albums greatness. You don’t need an entire evening to pick up what Hayes is putting down. The needle drops, you walk on by, and by the time you get to phoenix the album is done.
Album is stuck in the 60s
ngl I couldn’t take this seriously at times because I just heard chef lol but amazing album
I enjoyed this album, I really like the way it sounds, it's not something I would usually listen to but I like how it's so movie. I would walk through a park thinking about the one that got away to this album. I didn't give this as much attention as I should've but it's very ballad-y and I'm just not into that at the moment. Wait it's only four songs?? Interesting. I like this. Favourite: One Woman Least favourite: By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Sick guitar on the first two tracks...chef was cooking!
Damn. A 12 minute opening track. I was already showered and ready for a nap before track #2.
Sure was an interesting listen, 4 tracks 40 plus minutes slow burn soul. Indulgent, yeah guess so, I mean 8 mins before even get close to phoenix ( that’s how to cover a song) but Pretty damn good with it. Got his singles on Stax box set and own shaft but never listened to any of his other albums, as said interesting and changing that from today, 4 Star
Holy shit I can't get enough of this.
I would have liked it more if there would’ve been less of it.
Damn. Sets a mood, very cool. On another day, maybe the repetitiveness might have turned me off, but I was grooving through to the end
Hard not to like, though I'm between a 3 and a 4,
Album No. 0103 on my list. I had never heard of either Isaac Hayes nor his album “Hot Buttered Soul” (what a great name) before. All of this was completely new to me. I did like the music in general. Very cool soul, very good style of singing. I get why this is considered to be a hallmark album of the soul genre. Good stuff! The songs however are way too long, including minute-long spoken word parts. “Walk On By”, and “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” are my favorite songs, and I’m glad that single edits of these songs exist, because I’ll certainly add them to my playlist. So in the end, it’s a close 3/5 to me. I would have given 4 stars, but dramaturically, the songs are not ideal, because they are too long. Cool artist though! 3/5 stars.
Great stuff. Is this album the fewest tracks (4) we’ve had on a list album? What it lacks in track quantity it more than makes up in groove density.
Such smooth grooves! I’ve always enjoyed this one, a real nice way to start my day.
This is my third 5 star rating in a row. Can we keep the streak going?
whoa dude this is so funky & groovy
My excitement when I opened this album and saw it was 46 minutes with only 4 songs cannot be described. I love long songs and I love albums where the tracklist is short and doesn’t total over 50 minutes—with some exceptions, of course, especially when it comes to punk music or concept albums. The effect and build up at the very beginning is awesome. All of Walk On By is phenomenal. I feel like I’ve heard it a lot before, but I know they wouldn’t play an eleven minute song on the radio so I honestly don’t know. Maybe something samples it? Ok apparently Me Against the World by 2Pac does, and I have that on my playlist, so that makes sense. Also 6 Inch by Beyoncé, which I’ve only listened to two or three times, but it was a fairly memorable song. Hyperbolic… has quite the title, with lyricism to match and lots of cool production. One Woman is great as well. I honestly don’t remember much because I had to listen to it in segments due to some stuff that came up, but I remember liking it—great vocals and such. By The Time I Get to Phoenix is a beautiful spoken word telling a love story. It’s a great closer for the album and really perfectly sums up what the album’s about. Amazing album. RIP Isaac Hayes.
Egentligen är det ganska trevlig musik, men det är alldeles för utdraget och enformigt
Not for me
3,5 stars Não estava à espera de gostar tanto
Good album but not for a casual listen. Long songs.
Excellent! Still sounds fresh.
Glad I got to listen to this. Now I can say I've heard his actually music rather than nostalgia of South Park.
Super funky. Highly sampled. 5/5
Not my flavor of music, but this was ok to listen to. ★★★
I love the album name but it's not really calling me for a second listen.
the basslines… the horn arranging… the vocals… the fucking closing track…. OH.
Overall Rating: 8/1 Favorite Song: Walk On By
idk i dont like that tbh not my style
Slightly sinister and soulful start! Love it - so much butter, so much soul! I probably don’t need the ‘…Phoenix’ intro again but it was cool to hear this time. The rest of the song though is amazing. Now I get the Isaac Hayes love! The musicians are full of magic here
pleasantly surprised was scared of length but this was a great and nostalgic album
Songs are very long, more background music vibes to me, good voice and base
Sacré découverte, dommage que la dernière chanson soit un peu longuette.
Soulful for sure. The prolonged spoken word killed it for me.
Short album didn’t finish it it’s smooth vibe but not my type of vibe
I'd heard of this album, but have never listened to it before. I have known Isaac Hayes from his Theme From Shaft, but really nothing else other than some acting roles and the South Park controversy. As soon as the record began, I understood why all of the praise has been given. This felt like I was in the audience for a live jam session and I was watching Hayes and the band just do their thing. Each song had lots to offer as well. The only song that I was left wanting more was One Woman, which was great but not as fully played as the others. His monologue intro on By The Time I Get To Phoenix was absolutely mind blowing, and the people who feel it's too long just don't love dramatics in music I suppose. I loved this album and every song is going on other playlists.
Love the jazz themes going on, but I don’t like the occasional silences and monologues. Songs are way too long
A primeira musica é bue fire and then we kinda got lost i think mas achei fixe Eu daria 3.5 se desse
Que vibe
Sometimes I wonder how many babies were born because of Hayes and his grooves. Many, I assume.
Half of it is great, the other I never want to listen to again. Good thing it's only 4 songs, but they really are sprawling, beast of their own so I will not complain about that. The final song in particular is painfull, the reward is good in the end, but nobody got that kind of time and his voice while magnetic is also quite monotone
Amazing. Sounds timeless. The intro to "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" might be a bit long, but it's a great song despite it. Every track is great. Would listen again.
i love this guy
Day 2 of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die with @marmeu. HOLY SHITTTT, MY FIRST TRUE SOUL ALBUM (igor dont count) AND THIS WAS INSANEEEEEEE. This was amazing. Immediately after the first track I was already hooked to this, and while listening to this album reading Rices review which is one of the best reviews I've read in a while. It's so groovy and amazing. I was legit dancing downstairs while listening to this album. Me and @marmeu had the track rating for track rating, exact same score, on everything too. He was going insane in our discord chat about how good it was (we we're in a jam). AMAZING ALBUMMMMM GO LISTEN. 98/100
Struggle to listen through to these long songs, though Hayes is very soulful
Need a relisten with more focus on the lyrics
I liked the sound not the length of songs. they felt way too dragged out. I did liked how it felt new.
Hayes has one of those voices that just lure me into whatever he is singing. The early 70s soul is hit or miss for me, but I will never skip this man’s voice. The mix is confusing because it’s either heavy in one ear or the other. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic - say that five times fast.
Nice easy listening for a while. Good background music. Nice and funky but not too crazy. Then the song started where he was talking, and I did not care for that so much. The song is long enough that it goes through phases, and is nice in some parts. But the talking really interrupted my took me out of it for a while.
Wow, these were long songs. 4th song was practically an audiobook! I can see how he was super influential. I do not have the attention span for this.
Lovely and funky and trippy and groovy record man. The 20 minute of by the time I get to Phoenix was unprecedented but I fucked w it
Shaft! Except not this time. Clearly so influential in both image and sound, this is an awesome album.
Vibes: 4/5 Instruments: 4/5 Production: 3/5 Emotional Value: 4/5 Storytelling: 2/5 Album Cover: 0 Stand Outs: Walk on By, One Woman Overall Rating: 3.4
I think this man single-handedly created the hip-hop fashion. While also making better music than any hip-hop artist ever.
Solid sound from top to bottom
Cool
Chill but boring
No wonder chef was banging Cartmans mom, he sounds just like Isaac Hayes
hot buttered soul here are some 10+ minute songs. knowing isaac hayes, it's gonna be a lil less repetitive than U2 Jr from yesterday. 10/10 classic. another treasure lost to scientology
Sooooo smooooooth. A cozy 45 min story. I think this is my new favorite Christmas album but definitely have to be in the mood.
Lauter ziemlich lange Songs - und sehr konzertant
88/100.
Very interesting album. Most sounded exactly like I expected, but had some unique sounds & silky bass lines. There was an almost 19 minute song... holy crap, that's the longest one I can think of. I think this was the wave of creativity before Parliament & Sly took over. Great hearing The Chef in his natural habitat and always thought Isaac Jones was about as cool as there is.
PEAK
epic, grand, and ambitious. love how established his sound is in only his second recording. the messaging of being a good man isn't a weakness is interesting, and turns the stereotype of the man doing wrong by his woman on it's head in the 1960s pretty progressive. chef is cool as hell.
Wow. Four songs. Unreal talent. You could get lost into this album
Aged surprisingly well. A precursor to a decade of soul and funk
Some songs made me tap my feet, good warm vibe ! Less fan of the story songs (last track)
Not really for me but has some nice tones to it. Don’t really see any reason for the length of the songs though.
Enjoyed it, heard Walk on By before but not this guys version.
I’ve always known Isaac Hayes as Shaft and I have the Shaft record (or did before my parents moved and half my records disappeared). I never knew him pre-Shaft, so this is exciting just to begin with. It reminds me a bit of Baby Huey, though Hayes’ vocals are certainly more subdued. But it’s a very aptly titled record, just dripping with soul and charisma. A great Sunday morning record, and one I’m sure I will come back to many times. I think maybe there’s something in my (very white, very folk-inspired) upbringing that makes soul feel more distant to me. I didn’t hear really anything by black artists except maybe Stevie wonder until I was old enough to seek out my own music among my predominantly white, middle class friends. And while hip hop was around enough to form a familiar touchstone and was a genre I delved into when I had the opportunity, soul has largely escaped me, unfortunately. I mean, I love baby Huey, because anybody who has heard him sing does, and as a bassist I’ve listened to not nearly enough James Jamerson to fully appreciate how singular he was. I think perhaps there is a chasm in my musical knowledge that makes me think of this album as a 3/5. Lyrically and sonically, I can recognize that it’s above and beyond, but it doesn’t quite scratch the itch I want it to, and I am struggling to articulate exactly why. I love the drawn out instrumentations, the improvisational, emotionally charged feel of the whole record. But the jams feel slightly boring—the bass lines are killer, but I think I prefer more discord and attached feel than the somewhat masturbatory jams. The lyrics are nice, in fact they’re deeply cool. Hyperbolicsyllabicesquedalymystic is fundamentally cooler than me. And maybe that’s part of the issue—I’m just not cool enough to fully appreciate this album. But lyrically it’s lacking a French you know what that’s preventing me from really latching on to this. I give it a three, closer to a four than a two. It’s an excellent album, I believe, and one that I’m not primed to give its proper flowers.
i should listen to this again very impressive next to buttery
Nice album. Chill listen with good bass, a nice voice and nice piano and guitar. Not really my cup of tea and quite long at times for one song but overall very decent.
Thought I must've clicked the wrong thing when I only saw 4 songs, but this is a solid album. Slow burn, mellow grooves. Title is perfect.
Goede shit 3/5
One of the best to ever do it.
First three songs were fire, last one was way out of whack.
i'm thinking that maybe i should become a scientologist. very good grooves. a lot of soul and funk cooks, but almost none of it is as carefully braised as this. deserves to be one of the 1001? yeah!
Incredible soul music.
Absolute sure fire classic
Okay music, but way too drawn out.
Smooth and sultry. Super long tracks though, I preferred the single edits. Very innovative for 1969.
Seks het album, elk nummer duurt en duurt maar en is een soort gekke mix van funk en soul. Maar jezus wat klinkt deze man goed en besef dit komt uit 1969!! Dat alleen al vind ik echt bizar, ok ik luister de remastered versie, maar alsnog; dit klinkt echt top. Productie klinkt niet gedateerd, alleen misschien omdat elk nummer bijna of ruim 10 minuten duurt dat niet alles even goed land. Maar het is bizar, je hebt soul en R&B albums die nu uitkomen die minder goed klinken dan dit, of in elk geval meer gedateerd. Blijkt maar weer dat Soul eigenlijk heel makkelijk is, je hebt alleen maar 1 van de best klinkende stemmen ooit nodig en dan kun je prima een goed album maken. IK LEES NET DAT DEZE MAN OOK CHEF SPEELDE IN SOUTH PARK, WAT DE NEUK Dat maakt dit alles nog 10 keer beter zeg, het klinkt al heerlijk, de muziek funkt en sorry maar deze ellenlange solo's zijn eigenlijk precies wat ik nice vind! Eerlijk, wat een stem heeft deze man zeg, tering. En ja het is een beetje overdreven dat het laatste nummer 18(!!!!) minuten duurt, maar goed; Progrock bestaat ook en dat is ook soms zwaar overdreven. Laten we dit voor de goede orde dan maar progsoul noemen. Ok nee, het laatste nummer is niet helemaal mijn vibe, of tenminste de eerste 9 minuten niet... Daar gebeurd toch net ff te weinig om het echt een nummer te noemen. De eerste 3 nummers echter? Ge-wel-dig. Pure botergeile soul. En eigenlijk? Dat laatste nummer is ook gewoon heel erg vet. 13 minuten opbouwen, maar dan krijg je ook wat. Ik denk dat Isaac zich bewust is van het feit dat hij een stem heeft waarmee je mensen kan vermaken door een telefoonboek voor te lezen en dat ie dacht fuck it ik probeer het gewoon. En gelijk heeft ie, want hoewel je 9 minuten naar een soort acapella luistert verveeld het niet. En het feit dat ik eigenlijk meteen hierna verder Isaac zn disografie ben ingedoken zegt mij al genoeg; dit is een fantastische ontdekking voor mij en 5 sterren waard! FAVO: Walk on by, hyperbolic..., One woman
Good. Dragged on a little for me, but that's more on my attention span than the album.
Great voice, the songs went on a bit too long though
на любителя.
Some nice soulful tracks
Solid soul music with a good vocalist.
Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Thank you chef for the extended jams! Enjoyed every minute, just not my cup of tea.
Sample heaven. Warning by Biggie and Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos immediately came through, but I’m sure there were plenty of others as well. Gorgeous music. Only complaint is that some songs dragged a bit for me, and in particular the last one went on far too long for my taste.
Classic soul
Best Song: Hyperbolicsyllablecsesquedalymistic. Some nice piano riffs in here, I guess. Worst Song: By The Time I Get To Phoenix. So much of this 18 minute song isn't actually a song. It's a preamble to the song, telling us how important the forthcoming song is about to me. And then when the prophesied song finally arrives, it's just alright. Overall: I didn't see the great appeal of this one. Sure, he's got a great voice (buttery, even), but the songs aren't particularly interesting. There aren't that many, and the ones that are there are overly long.
Good funky
The first track is a classic, and the second track is pretty solid. The third track, One Woman, is a bit over the top for my tastes. The last track, which takes up half of the entire album in play time, is decent. Overall 3. Just not really much of an album even though it's 45 minutes long, it feels like an EP.
Good music. Strong instrumentals. I could have done without the spoken word on the last one. 2.6 outta 5
Decent funk record, not super memorable, but the long extended nature of the songs was different.
Groovy and smooth.
Pas toujours dans le mood d'écouter du Isaac Hayes mais quand c'est le temps c'est bon.
Pour une fois un soul qui me plaît, je vais lui mettre un petit 5 pour l'occasion. Particulièrement aimé la 2e partie. Et Chef dans South Park en plus...
Quelle voix suave, de la soul qui prend sont temps. J’ai ADORÉ By the time I get to Phoenix. Le début lent puis l’explosion de cordes à mi-chemin. Magnifique!
Cheesy as hell but still really good
This album certainly belongs on this list.
Smooth, groovy, and nice but not something I’ll probably come back to a lot. Never realized Chef was a Soul singer!
Can’t help but hear chef from South Park lol. But good album none the less.
This was good, especially track 2.
Starts very groovy but becomes very heavy towards the end, maybe has to do with the track lengths? Great production tho, can see why it influenced soul so much
A nice album, but not very special at the same time
This is kind of a ‘cuddling soul’, and I prefer mine with more groovy vibes. Not bad, but a bit boring, and the songs are way too long. I especially question the necessity of the length of the final track—19 minutes of just two chords going on and on and on and…
All the songs feel stretched out and actually quite a bit. I would have liked to like this album more, but I can't. Really great album cover!
Four songs on an album are enough, if they’re good. And this time, they were. Overall, a solid album.
Ah, legendary saviour of Stax records, that was recorded with the "new" The Bar-Kays after their tragedy. This record has been on my "need to have" record list for ages, but so far I've not found it in the wild. Soul took giants steps around the time this record was released and I'm here to witness those steps, how ever many decades later. This emotional tidalwave of an album is filled with groove, rolling beats that fed hiphop for ages and amazing musicianship that keeps reminding me why talent should not be just about showing off you technique and skill.
This album is so interesting, sexy, dynamic. I don’t mind the song length at all because we’re always heading towards something satisfying. I love all the vocals and instrumentation.
This is a fantastic album. What a great discovery. Isaac Hayes, born in '42, made soul music incredibly sexy. His album Black Moses is also worth checking out. From this album, "Walk On By" and "By The Time I Get to Phoenix" are wow.
No this was hot not Kollaps
Repeating the same noise ad nauseam isn't music
Nothing much here.
So smooth very groove
Dated.
I wanted to like this, really, I did. Then it started playing. It's not that Isaac's vocals are bad on 'Walk On By', it's just that they're in a completely different key to the music. Did no one tell him? It is better when there are no vocals and I started enjoying 'Walk On By', until at about 8 minutes they just kept repeating one phrase way too many times and I thought, 'get on with it, for pity's sake'. 'Hyperbolic...' has a lot of curious grunting that switches from the left to the right channel and back again. You can see where Michael Jackson got a lot of his inspiration from, although MJ tends more towards squeaks than grunts. Then it descends into a long jazz/blues jam, again with weird channel placement. The piano wanders between left and right, was it on wheels? Irrespective, it is VERY annoying on headphones. 'One Woman', Sammie Davis Jr., is that you? At least Isaac is in the proper key this time and the song is of a respectable length. Good, because it is something that needs to end (relatively) quickly. Ah, 'By The Time I Get to Phoenix'. Starts off with Isaac speaking complete bollocks for several minutes. It's a 'deep tune' but apparently 'I have no idea what it's about' he claims, but Isaac is going to do it 'his way' anyway... Now some might argue that if you don't understand a song you CAN'T do it your way, Isaac... Oh no, I've typed all this and he's STILL talking nonsense, we're 5 minutes in now. I suppose I should be grateful for the lack of off-key singing? I like soul music. I've worshipped at the shrine of Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Nina Simone and others for decades. This is dreadful, self-indulgent nonsense. BTW we're now 8 minutes into 'By The Time...' and Isaac still hasn't started singing... ah... 8:44; the talking ends and the vocals start. It wasn't worth the wait. A scraped 2/5.
𝘏𝘰𝘵 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭 stands out through its luxurious instrumental arrangements and the unmistakable presence of Isaac Hayes’ voice. The extended orchestral passages and smooth grooves give the album a cinematic feel, and instead of rushing through songs, it lets them unfold slowly and confidently. Hayes’ vocals tie everything together — warm, commanding and full of personality — turning long tracks into immersive experiences rather than indulgences. It isn’t flawless, but when the rich instrumentation and powerful voice lock in, the album reaches a unique emotional depth that few soul records attempt at this scale. Stylish, expressive and memorable.
Hot Buttered Soul gets four stars from me on vibe alone. Well, that and the fact that I imagined South Park's Chef--who was, of course, originally voiced by Isaac Hayes--doing the spoken word part of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and prefacing every line with "Now, children..."
WOWIE ZOWIE!! love love LOVED this - except for the intro for "by the time i get to phoenix" but idk it's isaac hayes' world and i'm just listening to it. pleasure to have been brought along for the ride. 5 stars, great stuff!! highlights - walk on by, hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic, one woman
This is incredible and now you know why it’s called Soul. It’s albums like these that make me keep going with this project. Beautiful. Utterly beautiful.
Goddamn this stuff sinks right into my soul.
So so... Quiet, for listen background
Smooth, except for the annoying guitar.
Second Isaac Hayes this month. I’m fine with it. Brings backs memories of my high school days.
#3 Somehow all the songs sound the same? Prominent strings. Meandering.
Fair, but not my style. Lot of talking?
Issac Hayes is a baaaad man!
Wow, I expected to like this, but I never expected to like it as much as this. Of course I knew about Isaac Hayes from his profile in pop culture. So I was just expecting sexy slow jams. Instead I feel like this is reprogramming my priorities in life. The grooves are so great I don't know how to comment on them. The first and last songs (Walk On By, By The Time I Get to Phoenix) were already ones I enjoyed but also wondered if they contained something more... and here it is. No idea how I didn't know these versions existed. Anyway, because I'm just a white boy from Kansas I have no idea where it rates within its genre, but it's definitely a five for me.
Fun
Ikkje for meg
Isaac Hayes was out here dropping 18+ minute tracks?!
By The Time I Get To Phoenix is a JOURNEY
Unexpectedly not very sensual. Needs to be a LOT smoother and sexier to warrant the sloooooowwww buildup of these songs.
Exactly what you expect and Issac Hayes album to be
This wasn't a bad album, but it was kinda slow and chill. Almost like background music.
Very smooth and calm, perfect for some late night background music. I find the last song a bit boring, but it's cool.
Pretty good overall. Lots of talking though.
too much
The arrangements on this album are simply fantastic, magnificent. I guess it's an unpopular opinion, but, the best parts of this album are when he's not singing...... or worse, talking. Wavers between genius and tedium.
Soulful sexy jazz
Die Platte entstand überwiegend in den Ardent Studios in Memphis. Isaac Hayes, US-amerikanischer Musiker und Produzent, erweitert hier seinen Sound zu langen, arrangierten Soul-Stücken mit deutlichen Orchester- und Funkanteilen. Besonders bekannt sind „Walk On By“ und „Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic“, die zeigen, wie stark Hayes’ Ansatz zwischen opulenter Atmosphäre und repetitiver Groovestruktur pendelt. Das Album bewegt sich im Soul- und frühen Funkbereich und wirkt in seiner Konzentration auf Stimmung und Raum sehr geschlossen. Abschließend bleibt ein prägnantes Werk, das Hayes’ Stil nachhaltig geprägt hat.
I think these tracks work fairly well as singles but not quite so well as extended "prog" (heavy on the quotes) tracks. Walk On By is alright at the beginning - a sort of mellow soul, heavy on the organs and strings - but devolves in the last six minutes into an extended noodle. The energy does increase, but it's so gradual that it doesn't really achieve the desired effect. Instead of excited, we feel perhaps a little frustrated. Cool guitar solo at the end though. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic (horrifically misspelled as "Hyperbolicsyllablecsesquedalymistic" on Spotify) is another consecutive "long, chill" track that doesn't allow the album to pick up steam at all. Again, it reads as an extended jam, which isn't terrible by itself but teeters on boring in an album context. The only song that doesn't (egregiously) follow this pattern is One Woman, which non-coincidentally is also the one I found the most engaging. It's balladesque and uses a slew of soppy romantic instruments that create a perfectly cheesy listening experience. Think soft harmonising trumpets, high strings, a xylophone, a crooning Sinatra-like vocal... great for slow dancing around a gramophone. I won't call it a masterpiece, because it isn't. It's not even particularly catchy. But you can't keep a huge grin off your face awhile you think about Isaac Hayes's love life and how it's so much better than yours. The behemoth of a closing track, the 18-minute By The Time I Get To Phoenix, starts off at a sluggish pace. The first part of the song is entirely summed up by "dude rambles over rhythmic cymbal tap". That first minute turns into two minutes. And then three. Then five, then seven. Finally, at just shy of nine minutes into the song, we finally get something that sounds half-decent, but at the cost of me dismissing the entire song as unnecessary filler slop that is very clearly designed to push up the album length. Tragically, good music is about good sounds, and (in my opinion) lyrics generally don't contribute much to the experience unless they're extremely bad. These ones aren't extremely bad, so they fade into the background and we end up with a cool 20% of the album being utterly devoid of the content I signed up for. Even the instrumental and singing after the 9-minute mark are noticeably less interesting than those of the previous three tracks. Which is kind of unforgiveable. If you don't have a full album's worth of solid material, dang it, don't release an album. Very surprised by how many 3, 4, and 5 star reviews there are here. 2/5 Key tracks: One Woman
Remek djelo prog soula
Brilliant album. And just what it says on the tin - hot buttered soul!
A very awesome record. I listened to it twice because it’s so great.
Soulful, but boring. Great voice and the music is nice, but just kind of falls flat for me.
The only Isaac Hayes song I knew before this album was the “theme from shaft.” I still love that song. I was hoping this album would bring some of the same whatever that song had. It didn’t. It was okay.
4 out of 5. This is a hot buttered album.
I feel like a biscuit
LOVE this album! This is the first time I've even heard of this album. It's also one of the reasons I chose to make my way through this 1001 Albums challenge: to discover classics like this. This contains a master class in how to make a cover song your own, not once but twice. "Walk on By" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" are epic both in length and in substance. The open, almost luxurious arrangements here will make this a repeat listen for sure. I always knew Isaac had a terrific vocal style. I'm quickly learning of his very satisfying arranging too. Rating 5/5 Favorite song: "Walk on By."
I got pregnant while listening to this album by myself, which is already a miracle, but I'm also a man. The build-up on the last song was just a little too long for me, and I ended up getting a little lost. Major props to the drummer for keeping the beat that entire time, though. I also didn't realize how long the songs were at first, and I thought the first song was just going to be instrumental. A really incredible album. I didn't love his voice, but, for once, that really ended up not really mattering, mostly because the instrumentation is so incredible throughout the album, and almost all of the various instruments get their own time to shine. Favorite Song(s): Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
I possibly enjoyed this more as it was a welcome break from a guitar heavy week. This only really functions as an album as each track in isolation is not that memorable but as a whole it worked.
I thought we were in for a long slog with ‘walk on by’ to start as it plodded along and lost a lot of the little accents that make the original so good. The three tracks that followed were good though so I’m glad I stuck it out. When it found its groove it was a great mix of funk and soul which, interestingly, was often when Hayes took more of a step back and just let the band play.
Me ha gustado mucho, sobre todo siendo Soul. El inicio del álbum es buenísimo.
funky soulful and kinda strange.
truly a masterpiece
I very much enjoyed this album listen! This isn’t music I typically listen to but growing up watching South Park it was fun to actually listen to an album by Isaac Hayes. This album was a soulful and funky good time and I would give it another listen in the future!
Only four tracks but they all justify their length. Some fantastic grooves and vocals from Hayes here, packaged up with some very lush and rich production. And coming out at the tail end of the 60s, it feels like it set the template for a lot of more progressive soul going into the next decade.
Turns out I like my soul hot and buttered.
Should have include Chocolate Salty Balls on this one
this album cover and name is bonkers in the best way. I wonder if this is a landmark soul album.
Well butter my soul, this is hot
On my first listen, I was working and this was excellent. On my second listen, I was driving with my family and I was less enthusiastic about it. I think it’s still solid.
It’s groovy, and I’m all for quality over quantity, but these songs are insanely long. 19 minutes long for that final track, and a lot of spoken word just doesn’t quite do it for me. It’s fine as background music but I’m just not feeling it. Best Track: One Woman
chill vibes. nice to have on in the background. last track was very long and mostly just talking over instrumentals
Couldn’t really get into it but it wasn’t awful!
Four songs. Four hot buttered bangers. Four stars.
3/5
I listen to this album while working out. It was calm and smooth and allowed me to really focus on my workout and lifting. It wasn't distracting and his cool mellow voice was a perfect compliment to heavy dreaded weights. I'd recommend this album
the first song has amazing instrumentals . downloaded first
Good voice but not my cup of tea
1969? No puede ser. Espectacular. 8/10
Really quite lovely stuff. Yes it dragged a bit towards the end. But the first half was absolutely brilliant.
Isaac Hayes isn't like Otis Redding. Otis delivered his soul in 3:30 songs, but Isaac takes his time. Kind of interesting that they both came out of Stax; I think this is a testament to Stax. Isaac was destined for sountrack music--Hot Buttered Soul proves it, and Shaft delivered. My only criticism is that "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" is more vamp than slow burn.
Great stuff
Chef's early work is top notch. It doesn't have the comedic punch of Chocolate Salty Balls, but it's every bit as sexy. Seriously though, this is interplay between music and vocals is so delightful on this album, with its looong tracks that feel like a grand tour. Had to listen to it three times before being fully convinced: it's a four star showing.
Epic. Grand. 9/10
What a wonderful album. One I'll happily revisit. Just the right blend of intellectually interesting and genuinely enjoyable to listen to.
DAMN! Chef sure can cook! I prefered the first half of the album, but this was a really fine listen start to finish.
Quite a cool album. There's some stuff on there I've definitely heard sampled on rap songs too!
This record surprised me in a good way. Hell yeah Chef.
Great till the last song
Impossible not to picture Chef singing these songs. 3.5
The last song kinda lost me and that’s tough when an album is 4 songs
This challenge introduced me to the concept of “psychedelic soul.” Isaac Hayes has a buttery voice and command of atmosphere, able to turn pop song covers into 15-minute epics. I enjoyed it.
Wow what a pleasant surprise! As someone not well versed in soul music, it was mind blowing to come upon this album and see that it’s made up of only four mostly long tracks. The Bar-Kays as the rhythm section! Isaac Hayes singing, playing organ and conducting the band live! String section overdubs! Kind of a psychedelic vibe throughout this whole album and the tempos are all fairly slow and steady. Great to learn about this album and looking forward to future replays.
Oh yes. Oh yes.
Decent soul album
Good album if wildly indulgent in that way that r&b can get at it's extremities. I do like him and have been to see his stuff at Stax. When no one was around I touched his amazing car. I like his style and panache.
Another day another great album. This is a classic for good reason. Really influential but also just great fun to listen to. The 2 covers here are the clear highlight, although the other 2 are nice as well. The covers have been dissected, pulled apart and stretched to make side long epics. Isaac Hayes voice is utterly beautiful and the guitar playing with the swelling strings is epic as well. Great album.
Such a mood! An 18 minute long, mostly spoken word prequel to a country song is so bold. And it’s kind of great to listen to? Yes Chef!
This was so lovely. I hadn’t really heard soul music before, and I’d absolutely throw this on while working. Would 100% revisit again.
Totally cool. Like everyone else, I thought the spoken word intro to Phoenix goes on way too long. Really great production and creativity throughout.
3.5
Wish it was longer! Good stuff.
Превосходно, шикарно, великолепно. Такого соула я еще не слышал. "Люксовая", "богатая" музыка
Good album. Intrigued me on the first listen but didn't offer a lot on the second. Cool to see the Genesis of dance and r&b
SOO good, not usually my type of thing but this is now saved for anytime I want this vibe. Instrumentals were deep and hit hard and the storytelling is impeccable.
chef
No muy guau. Nota: 2.7
A interesting album, from his own take on walk on by to the mammoth By the Time I Get To Phoenix, this album is full of surprises. Not what was expecting but enjoyed it nevertheless
Holy shit this was awesome
Right up my alley; added to the must listen again list
Before today, my only experience of Isaac Hayes was from Shaft, and his soulful, and hilariously inappropriate advice to the children of South Park, and this was a nice, relaxing listen today. A bit surprising that there were only 4 songs on the album, but the songs rarely got tedious, even when pushing quarter of an hour long. That said, my favourite song was the shortest, One Woman. It's a solid 3 stars from me, but the highlight was when Spotify churned out Theme from Shaft after the album had finished. Absolute tune.
Short sweet, and packs a punch. You can hear how Marvin Gaye was inspired by this album, and how it laid the groundwork for later soul Albums
nice say i like it
SO ahead of its time, especially the first two.
Flawless.
3.5
This was good for the first 3 songs but the last one was fairly boring
I mean, the vibe and the playing on this is impeccable, and yet ... I find it hard to say whether I enjoyed it. There's stretches where it sounds like he's left the band to play while he goes off for a cig - the band is incredible though. And the song where it's so hard for him because he's forced to cheat on his woman made me laugh. The length of time it takes for him to say "I'm about to sing a song" before By The Time I get To Phoenix is insane. A truly heroic amount of filler. And yet... A lot of the time I'm thinking it's really good, especially side 1.
An apt title. This is hot, smooth soul. Perhaps, though, a few more concise tracks would a been a better choice than 4 bloaters? Although the 18 minute ‘By The Time I Get To Phoenix’ is great the first time; once heard, the 8 minute single-note talky intro is surplus to requirements on subsequent listens. So whilst probably brilliant at a live show, on a studio album it’s a waste of vinyl. My first listen took 45 minutes. Subsequent listens took less than 30 (plus the time taken to trim the fat). The lean was lovely though.
Right away, I recognized “Walk On By” from the Ludacris classic Southern Fried Intro, which was a cool surprise. That track alone hooked me, but the rest of the album kept me in. From start to finish, it’s smooth, soulful, and just plain easy to listen to. Isaac Hayes’ voice is as rich and calming as the music behind it. The arrangements feel warm and full, and even though the final track runs a whopping 18 minutes, it never drags. Somehow, he manages to keep it interesting the whole way through. Hot Buttered Soul is the definition of a chill record. Hayes took soul to a deeper, more cinematic place, and it works beautifully. It’s relaxing, confident, and timeless. Favorite song: Walk on By
Thoroughly enjoyed. Maybe just in the mood for it.
Silky smooth voice! Love them! This was not my favorite album, however.
Very chilled and easy listen perfect with the newspaper and coffee on a Sunday morning . Issac has a very smooth and soft voice which feels like velvet , enjoyed the album very much and is a departure from my usual listening habits.
18 min long songs Cool soul vibes
Glad I heard a little something new and different. Was actually a little more jammy than I expected, which was a pleasant surprise. I'm just not really a "soul" man, so I don't see myself returning to this album.
45 minutes of extended sweet psychedelic soul jams by the Stax guys. What the hell is not to like? Hayes burns it down. So weird. So luxe. So epic.