Hot Buttered Soul

This was phenomenal. I can’t believe Walk on By had eluded me all my life.

I imagine this is the outcome when wish you were here and madman across the water meet up in the South Park cafeteria. I guess I would consider this progressive soul. I enjoy it though and I’ve been wanting to listen to this album for a while! The orchestra parts are a bit more polished than I prefer but I love the way they interleave with the raw guitar parts. I also love the long outros to the songs. I didn’t love the monologue in the last song but I’m open to revisiting it. 3.5

Had a good time listening to this one. Fav track: “One woman”

Very classic, clearly influential soul. Though goddamn are the songs long and there’s a lot of talking. It’s also very freeformy from time to time, which I like.

Parts were good

Unexpectedly cool album. Makes sense that this guy made the theme from "Shaft" cuz this music could go real well with a 70s crime thriller movie or something of that sort. Really good band and nice soul vibe

It does it's thing well. I can see how the last two tracks could be a bit divisive, and I personally wouldn't reach for it, but I get it.

I mean, yes this is dripping with soul. But the sexy talking takes me out of it

Not on Apple Music. Rating based on other album.

Opening song was kinda cool but this album was a drag. 17 minute song about Phoenix where he just talks for the first 9 minutes. I have sex with my shirt on this music isn’t for me

Ah ben ça fait plaisir de retrouver la voix originale de Chef dans la liste ! C'est dingue de se dire que quand South Park a commencé, Isaac Hayes avait déjà une longue carrière derrière lui et que son travail de doublage n'était même pas son activité principale ! Bref, si les deux derniers tiers de sa carrière ont l'air rempli d'albums plutôt dispensables (je me base sur les notes de Rate Your Music), ses débuts sont beaucoup plus populaires et bien notés. Hot Buttered Soul est son deuxième album et on a déjà une incroyable maturité musicale et des ambitions auxquelles Isaac Hayes est à la hauteur. Déjà, Isaac Hayes, c'est une voix. Une voix profonde, qu'on pourrait même qualifier de sensuelle (ce n'est pas pour rien qu'il a été sélectionné pour faire la voix de chef !). Il porte l'album rien que par son charisme, mais ça ne veut pas non plus dire que les compositions sont simples ou négligées. Parce que ce qui fait la force de cet album, c'est aussi la longueur de ses compositions. Elles sont savamment remplies par une instrumentation riche, on retrouve des parties plus ou moins orchestrales (je rappelle que je n'ai qu'une seule écoute au compteur, donc je suis parfois un peu hasardeux dans mes descriptions), de la guitare et, si je me souviens bien, on a même droit à de l'hammond (si je me souviens bien). C'est bien simple, impossible de s'ennuyer tant il se passe de choses sur cet album. Si je devais retenir un seul moment un peu plus faible, ça serait le début de By the Time I Get to Phoenix, qui est très long et est construit comme une montée en puissance, mais qui met pas mal de temps à démarrer et devient rapidement répétitive avant de décoller. Et c'est à peu près la seule chose négative que j'ai à dire sur cet album qui est à la fois ultra-classe et a étonnamment assez peu vieilli pour dire qu'il a presque 60 ans.

це бляха харашо

I must admit when saw the track lengths and starting listening I was ready to score low and move on. However, once I got into it, I really enjoyed this one, especially second time round. Excellent performance and musicianship from Hayes and his backing band, even thought the spoken word intro was great after my initial reservations. Will be definitely listening to this again after.

The good stuff was too.long and the stuff that wasn't good, even longer. Not great.

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.

Top notch musicianship and composition and always, but I enjoyed the first half much more than the second

It's not chocolate salty balls

This is a soul album with an orchestral sound unlike anything I’ve ever heard before. The singer plays an amazing Hammond organ on it. On the opening track, "Walk On By"—which stretches out over 12 minutes—someone also plays a great electric guitar solo. The second song starts like a psychedelic, fuzz-laden Jimi Hendrix track, though delivered in a soulful, spoken-word style. "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" is a mouthful to pronounce. Midway through, the song breaks into a legendary instrumental jam—reminiscent of a live concert—featuring a hammering, almost percussive piano dueling with gritty wah-wah guitars and driving percussion. It’s incredible; I never would have guessed what this record held in store. "One Woman" is a classic soul song, complete with swelling walls of strings and lyrics about a painful relationship. That’s typical soul—something I can tolerate in small doses, but certainly not for a whole album. In that sense, this four-track record offers much more than just soul; the singer experiments with various genres. The 18-minute "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" opens with what is arguably the first rap in music history. In its own way, it is certainly far more bearable than the testosterone-fueled gangsta rappers of the modern era. As I said, I’m amazed by this album, but I wouldn’t want to listen to it again!

Funky and kind of cheesy.

Nice album, veel lange nummers en praat stukken

(6 estrellas)

Great experimental soul classic.

Hell yeah Chef! Not my usual stuff but soul jams are pretty rad.

Baby, I'mma butter your soul. This was a fun album to listen to. Not too many tracks, but longs ones. Too long for their level of complexity? Maybe for my listening tastes, but as ambient or sexy time music it's great (except for the last track, no good for sexy times).

The Grateful Dead/Phish of soul. Turns out I like songs that end. The vibes here were cool but every track was four minutes too long.

How could anyone not enjoy this?

Amazing

Not my style and it just goes on and on

é engraçado e incrível como esse álbum soa exatamente como o título o descreve. muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuito bom. é uma vibe tremenda. eu adorei o instrumental. me senti em um filme. muito good vibes.

Forty-five minutes of classic soul music, but just 4 tracks. Interesting. Many soul songs are just three to four minutes long, so this is surely a different approach. I think I only know Isaac Hayes from Shaft, which I really like to be honest, especially in relation to the classic movie. These tracks are really long, leaving plenty of room for the musicians to shine and show off. It is a good listen, but you really have to get in the groove to truly enjoy it; for an occasional listen or as background music, it is not really suitable. I like the funky guitar and piano work, though. I understand this album was a goldmine for many East Coast rap and hip-hop acts for samples, but I'd rather listen to the originals. Especially the first two tracks are great, but the other two were much less interesting. "One Woman" is too much of a cheesy ballad, and the 10-minute spoken-word intro on "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" bored me out quite a bit. 3/5

i need to relisten but i have it at a 2

The album was good but quite same-y; however, By The Time I Get to Phoenix is amazing and pulls this up from a 3 to a 4.

Hell yeah

Awesome album and dope sound. Songs are looong though, i think if they were shorter and more varied this might’ve been a 5. definitely have to relisten though

this was amazing

This is a lot like listening to Chef from South Park sing R&B/Soul music because, well, it’s Chef from South Park singing R&B/Soul. It’s pretty decent, but it’s a little tricky to take seriously because I’ve watched a ton of South Park. 7/10

Loved it! Truly some hot Buttered Soul.

Mmmmm now that’s smooth

He is sexally masculinity through music defined, walk on by turned into a 12 minute epic is showing what music can be

JL : 3, Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic

"I'll tell my story and feelings about it the way I want to" - basically the theme of this album. Some real good grooves, but can be long in parts.

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.

Hot buttered beautiful bald head. I got goosebumps multiple times.

Oh yes, finally an album with tracks to live in. Long tracks which grow on you. Never heard an album by Isaac Hayes, but man what a revelation this is.

Belle surprise, allez 4!

3/5. Some recognizable samples, but nothing I'd listen to out of the rest.

Music from Isaac Hayes I hadn't heard before. Nice background story and intro. Different and worth a listen to.

Excellent

This was a really interesting listen. Since each song was like 10+ minutes long, each one was really able to breath and extend out. I really liked the instrumentals and they never felt like long songs. It was almost like progressive soul hahaha.

Glad it was on the list. Very glad I listened to. Very laid back. Enjoyed. However the long tracks is a draw back. I kept thinking land the plane.

At times too much talking, but all in all not bad. Typical very early 70’s album even though it was 1969.

Beyoncé's "6 Inch" samples Walk On By! Like, in a big way.

Wow. Sooooo many great samplings of 'Walk On By'...here for the original also. I wish they made albums like this still. Influential, groovy, artistic. All the things.

eh

Albums with 6 songs or less from the late 60s stay winning. Rating 9/10

4.5/5

Smooth and a great listen

Nice soul album, the tracks on this one were on the longer side, and i liked how they progressed throughout their runtime, the grooves felt really great to settle into. The last track also was a standout, with how he told an entire story before the song to add context to it, really interesting I liked it.

The big band accompaniment is superb

This is a quiet soul album with some real hits.

I was a little nervous about 4 tracks and 45 minutes, but I love how most of this turned out. The last track was a bit slow to get going for me. But overall really enjoyed this.

Remarkable.

Bra soulalbum men inte något jag skulle lyssna på igen tror jag.

too much talking... but the parts where he shuts up and plays the music are really good :)

“Walk on By” just takes Bacharach around the corner. This album does this consistently. The guitar, organ, and horns define the funk to come. Four songs each clocking in overtime and laying down a groove that holds up throughout. After writing songs for Stax that others like Sam & Dave sang, Hayes stepped out from behind to produce a deep voice that flows smoothly over every song.

I liked it. It managed to pull off really long songs while still keeping me interested.

very very cool. it's a recipe with two ingredients: hot buttered vocals, and almost orchestral soul. the first half is the strongest; the big closer really only hits if you dial in and listen. favorite is obv Walk On By. soft 4

Rating: 7/10 It seems really cool but it was hard to enjoy consistently even though sounds like it's such a well made piece of music. I can do a long progressive song but also the passages in tracks 2 and 4 particularly felt like I had to wait and endure to really get to the good stuff. Obviously some world class vocals on display here and cool orchestration. Walk On By was my favorite and had me thinking I would REALLY be into this shit and I was only kinda into it. That track is 12 minutes long and had me enjoying every second of it. Maybe I got filtered just a little bit, I also think I'll be checking out more Isaac Hayes

started extremely strong

Good stuff:) The interview included in the Spotify link was really cool to hear form the artist himself

New to me, but there’s nothing not to like about these expansive slow-burn tunes.

Dag-nabbit children! How come every time you come in here you've got to be asking me questions I shouldn't be answering? ‘Chef, what's a clitoris? What's a lesbian, Chef? How come they call it a rim job Chef?’. For once, can't you kids come in here and say ‘Hey Chef, nice day isn't it’?

Don't bore us, get to the chorus.....or just don't tell a ten-minute story on a 45 minute album. This probably would have been a four, if not for that.

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

So unbelievably smooth and confident. An album that takes its time, but doesn't get boring. 4.5/5.

It’s so hard not to hear this as Chef from South Park The album started off really strong, wasn’t really sure how “Progressive Soul” was going to work but Walk On By did a great job of building up over its 10 minutes of runtime, and then the next track demonstrated a more tightly trimmed version of that same concept. Hayes’s voice is great, and conveys plenty of emotion I think this album goes downhill pretty quick though; forgettable at best for the last couple tracks, with By The Time I Get To Phoenix being a pretty boring slog with no actual singing or music over the first 5 minutes. It’s a decent story at least, but I disagree with the way he just explained it out loud rather than using his musical talents It’s a solid album, but definitely not close to the top of the genre and disappointing because this could be so much better if the first half’s quality persisted through the runtime

There is nothing wrong with long songs. Long songs are awesome! You can set up a musical idea and develop it, get into a groove and watch it play out, build up to a big payoff... ...or you can play the same bass riff over and over while you tell a story. Can't spell Hot Buttered Soul without Butt.

Amazing voice. Very long songs but the grooves make a lot of it work.

to think i almost skipped this because i wasn't in the mood for 'chef from south park'. this is incredible.

Great album to wake up to. Wasn't familiar with him and pleasantly surprised.

так и не проверила тот ли это Айзек, но приятный, хоть и мало материала и соул

Ебать сколько сэмплов отсюда вышло ребята Негры бы вымерли без этого альбома

What a ride!

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

Wow. Four tracks. Hot Buttered Soul is a great description of this album. I don't listen to much soul, but really enjoyed this album.

Better than I thought it was going to be until the last track. I could have done with maybe the first half of that going away

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

If you told me Walk On By was made five weeks ago, I would've believed you. Still sounds fresher as hell to my ears. By the Time I Get to Phoenix is another banger, even if it is a little long. That one's quite a trip

Each song is a long journey to go on, but enjoyable nonetheless.

I must have missed something here, having read some previous reviews I thought I was in for a treat. However, it just didn’t do it for me. I must have no soul

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

Great version of "Walk On By", the rest was just okay

Not really what I expected, but pretty interesting. Starts off strong with Walk On By. I didn't think any of the following songs were as strong but were still good. The extended intro for the last song wasn't great and would only get worse with subsequent listens. The rest of the song settles into a nice groove and really redeems it

nice chill on a the fantastic drowse of a saturday afternoon. Kid was like "wow I know that beat"

It's fine until the last track. There's a drone sound in the background of the first 8 and a half minutes of By the Time I Get to Phoenix that I can't take so I'm giving it one fewer star due to that.

Okay but just not my thing

Songs and melody are overall great, but the outro of Walk Away is annoyingly long, and the talking intro of the last song also... Still, it's a good album.

Chef can SING!

Minus the talking

Really good soul album with some great moments, but the long songs didn’t always hold me. I enjoyed it, just not enough to see myself replaying the whole album often. 6/10