Shaft

"Shaft" by Isaac Hayes is a pioneering soundtrack that encapsulates the essence of '70s funk and soul. Released in 1971, it's a musical journey that perfectly complements the iconic blaxploitation film of the same name. Tracks like the "Theme from Shaft" exude a seductive coolness with Hayes' deep, sensual vocals and funky orchestration. The album's production is rich, dripping with wah-wah guitar, lush strings, and a groove that's undeniably infectious. While the soundtrack's individual tracks are brilliant, the album occasionally suffers from pacing issues, making it feel somewhat disjointed as a standalone listening experience. However, there's no denying the cultural impact of "Shaft." It not only earned Hayes an Academy Award but also solidified his status as a trailblazer in the world of soul and funk music. This album remains a classic, a must-listen for any aficionado of the genre and a sonic embodiment of the era it represents.

All of the four tracks available sounded pornographic, regardless of scene description

Only got to listen to part of it.

This is an excellent film score but I just don’t know if it belongs on this list. Most of it just feels like background music which is the entire purpose of it as a score, but does not lead to very many memorable moments.

Cool 70s!

Now that's a luxe elevator, very relaxing. Wait, it's even called shaft lmao. Sounds good when picks up the energy too

pleasant jazz but not my type of jazz does not generate any interest in watching the movie

Shaft is a double album by singer-songwriter and composer Isaac Hayes, recorded as the soundtrack for MGM's 1971 movie Shaft. It was a commercial and critical success and is Hayes' best known work. Hayes originally wanted to be cast as the lead role in the movie, but settled with composing the soundtrack instead. The album topped the Billboard 200 chart as well as spent 60 weeks on it, topped the Top R&B Albums chart for 14 weeks, was certified platinum in the US within a month of release, won three Grammy's, won Hayes the 1972 Oscar for Best Original Song ("Theme from Shaft"), and in 2014 the album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. This movie score album changed how music was used in film - especially black films - ushering in a more contemporary, funk/soul sound. It may be one of the most commercially popular motion picture soundtrack records. I loved this album's sound - which means I might like the movie too. It was soulful and funky while also being non-distracting - which is good since a lot of the tracks were supposed to back the film's scenes and not overpower them. This is a great album of progressive soul / R&B music that showcases the early 70's vibes. Get shafted!

All funny obsessions about Saturday Night Fever aside, I fully agree with the review currently topping this section. As iconic as *Shaft*'s main theme is, there are plenty of better movie soundtrack albums out there. And this even if you stick to the ones with music specifically composed for a film, instead of a compilation of previously recorded stuff, à la "Pulp Fiction" or "Guardians of The Galaxy". Said music can be orchestral, obviously ("Star Wars", "The Lord Of The Rings" and "The Godfather"'s different soundtrack albums; the ones of Ennio Morricone for Sergio Leone's iconic spaghetti westerns ; Philip Glass's "Koyaanisqatsi", "Kundun" and "The Hours", Danny Elfman's long list of scores for Tim Burton). They can go from older stuff related to Hollywood's golden age ("The Night Of The Hunter", "The Wizard Of Oz", "Casablanca", Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story".. Bernard Hermann's work for Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" and "Vertigo"...) to very recent films (Hans Zimmer's soundtracks for Christopher Nolan, for instance). Such scores can also be synthetic (Vangelis' "Blade Runner"--but also his less famous "Apocalypse Des Animaux", "Opéra Sauvage" and "The Chariots Of Fire" ; plus Giorgio Moroder's "Midnight Express", Brian Eno's "Appolo" soundtrack, Zimmer's work for Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" and John Carpenter's compositions for his own films...) or jazzy (Miles Davis' "Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud" ; Bernard Hermann's "Taxi Driver"). Sometimes they can even be *both* synthetic and jazzy--see Angelo Badalamenti's stellar oeuvre for David Lynch, mostly "Blue Velvet", "Mulholland Drive" and both the "Twin Peaks" TV series and film soundtracks. They can also be related to traditional music (Goran Bregovic's scores for Emir Kusturica, Geinoh Yamashirogumi's "Akira"), or moodpieces defying categories altogether (Ry Cooder's "Paris Texas" ; Neil Young's "Dead Man"). And, last but not least, they can be collections of original songs ("West Side Story", once again, but also "Grease", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", Björk's poignant musical for Lars Von Trier's "Dancer In The Dark", the rap-rock mash-up "Judgment Night", Elton John's "The Lion King", the Kendrick Lamar-produced "Black Panther"--and, well, yes, good old "Saturday Night Fever"!). I could even include "The Blues Brothers" in this category, since it was mostly *new* recordings of older songs... So why not start there, instead of this frankly uneven double album by Isaac Hayes? IDon't get me wrong, I'm not saying each one of my references up there should be included in a list of 1001 "essential" albums--I understand that the purpose of Dimery's list is first and foremost to select stellar examples of the album format, and this independently of any other art form such as movies or TV series. But you should at least take into account the long and rich history of film scoring before selecting a movie soundtrack. Especially when said soundtrack is a rather patchy affair, with many unmemorable instrumental cuts that seem to be caught in their own "illustrative" agenda, instead of fully evoking the events they supposedly illustrate. Among those instrumental cuts, only the two referencing "Cafe Regio" manage to create a little tension, thanks to the obsessive one-note guitar licks displayed there. But honestly, the rest sounds like elevator music to my ears. And that's where you can draw the line between effective and less effective work, and this in *both* film scoring and music played for its own sake. Speaking of better soundtracks out there, I almost forgot to mention the one of another famous blaxploitation flick, *Superfly*, which allowed Curtis Mayfield to write one of his best LPs. Good *albums* is what you and I are here for, after all, and that's where the difference between the two examples gets crucial. *Superfly* is enjoyable through and through. You don't need to have watched the movie to get into it (I haven't, actually), there's more than one memorable theme song in its awesome tracklisting, and you *fully* understand the thematic groundwork of the film as you go through it. It's like listening to a regular "essential" album, plus it goes way beyond its "illustrative" function. All sorts of assets that *Shaft* doesn't really have, except in the song "Soulville" and the 20-minute jam "Do Your Thing", maybe. Isaac Hayes's work was influential when it set a template for other blaxploitation films. And the main theme song he composed was memorable and funky for sure. But as far as "essential" albums go, I think *Shaft* fails to hit the mark, really. Number of albums left to review: 490 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 240 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 115 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 152 (including this one)

Can't help but compare to Super Fly, and it came up a little short

3.5/5

Meh only listened to the like 4 tracks on spotify kinda annoying. From what I heard I thought it was ok

2.5/5 just ok jazz

Good stuff, soulful and jazzy

music for a porno that takes place on an elevator

Best Song: Café Regio's. That guitar is smooth as butter. Worst Song: A Friend's Place. Feels too much like a song from a movie, and I know that it's a song from a movie. Overall: Very slick, upbeat soul. I can imagine having it on in the background while cooking, or a low-key gathering with friends, but not to listen to directly. It's a soundtrack: it was designed to augment something else.

I'm surprised at how little singing there is on this record. I've always thought of Isaac Hayes as primarily a vocalist, but he composed all the tracks on this record. It's pretty obviously a soundtrack meant to sit back in a movie's audio mix, but I kind of liked it. Works great as background music for going about my day.

This one was a bit sad. It was background music, and I wanted Isaac Hayes signing more. 2.5/5

Favorite Song: N/A Super cool 60s/70s sound. Honestly, for music without many words, I really enjoyed it. Also good for napping to.

Interesting jams, pleasant instrumentals but it's not P-Funk by a long shot.

Soundtracks don't always work as a standalone album. This is one that just about does

Proper soundtrack mixing 60s and 70s soul with lush orchestration. Theme From Shaft and Do Your Thing are funk highlights. The rest are smooth soul. Very good, but I prefer Curtis Mayfield's song based soundtrack for Superfly in the blaxploitation genre.

Unexpectedly enjoyable

Who knew prog soul was a thing? While I doubt I'd listen to this again, I liked it. I preferred the instrumental songs.

LP

Groovy - feel like I need to watch the movie for full context…

Starts strong with #1 Theme From Shaft & #3 Walk From Regio's and then it unfortunately all started to blend together for me, and a 19 minute track doesnt help.

3 it' Isaac Hayes

It's Shaft. I guess I liked it.

This album was definitely an easy listen. It absolutely paints a soundscape of the time; I felt instantly transported to the 70s and while I have not seen Shaft, I understood what this album was doing and what it was conveying. There are only a couple of songs on here with vocals, and they are all sung with rich soulful ability, backed by the same rich, potent horn section that dominates so much of the rest of this album. Despite the fact that this film is no doubt part of the problematic wave of blaxploitation films that took off around this time, I feel like this album most certainly changed the way music was thought of and used as it pertains to movies, bringing in a more modern and contemporary flare to cinema.

Very funky and groovy. 3/5

Some of the songs are too long without the visual support of a movie, but most of them are great on their own. It's mainly instrumental music, so probably not for everyone. Most people value singing too much. Favorite song: No name bar.

Okay

Listened Before? N This was really not too bad. I see why he won awards for it. It's very dated but also very funky. It has inspired me to watch the movie for the first time ever. Good stuff. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Theme From Shaft

Likes: Diverse sonic palette, some jazzy bits I really enjoyed, great instrumentation and jamming Dislike: Repetitive nature of the score, not always interesting Overall solid. Fun, good vibes. A little too repetitive since its more of a soundtrack than a traditional album, but there are some great moments here. Would score higher if it was a more focused album rather than a score.

Got this guy as one of the first albums, this one is more soul compared to the last one. Pretty good.

Shut your mouth!

Good but to much of elevator music for me

Nice jammin' stuff. Starts with "Theme from Shaft" - classic. Nice grooves follow. Great to hear while getting stuff done.

Música muy de los 60-70. Estilo instrumental inconfundible. No hay muchas voces en el disco. Faltan muchas canciones para escuchar más en profundidad

The main theme is great and there are some other nice motifs here and there but a lot of the album is quite bland

SHAFT: Music to Polish Your Bedpost To

You’re damn right

Typical 70s instrumental. Nothing super astounding except for that theme song

Some solid funk jams, big-band jazzy chillness, and the voice. "That dirty frank was a bad mutha..."

not completely my style but good in his kind, nice soulalbum, and the favourite album of a good friend of mine

Good funk/soul album Great instrument sections I feel that the fact that the main theme has been parodied so many times that it ruin my enjoyment o fit as i couldn't take it seriously Its a good album but not great one and i don't think you are missing out if you give it a skip

Loved Shaft (theme song) The rest of the album is like the type of sounds in my head while I was 17, or the elevator music to a fancy burlesque club.

From the first edition of the book: "What about Saturday Night Fever?'; you may ask. Well, you won't find compilations or soundtracks by "various artists" in this book, although we have made room for soundtracks that consist entirely of original material composed by a particular artist. Otherwise, we would not have been able to tell you about Superfly, Shaft, or Purple Rain-three milestones in pop and some of the best work by Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, and Prince respectively. Once again, the author(s) twist and bend the rules of the list to fit their vision, but an otherwise decent funk-soul-jazz album. 3/5.

Mmmm behagligt. Mysigt lunk från början till slut. Soundtrack till filmen Shaft från 1971, därav mest instrumentellt. Härlig stämning genomgående. 'Café Regio's' är vad jag skulle spela om jag ägde ett café som hette Regio's. 'Early Sunday Morning' låter precis som jag vill att min söndagsmorgon ska kännas. Längden och soundtrackfaktorn gör det lite svårt att bedöma det som ett koncist album. Inget fel på musiken, men lite långt som album betraktat, tappar 1p på det. Svårt att välja favorit. Både 'Walk from Regio's' och 'Café Regio's' är bra. 'No Name Bar' är lite mer rough, kvällsdoftande. Men ändå svårt att komma från huvudspåret 'Theme From Shaft', med sin otroliga presentation av hjälten Shaft: "Who's the black private dick That's a sex machine to all the chicks? SHAFT!" "He's a complicated man, but no one understands him but his woman" SHAFT! Bästa låt: 'Theme From Shaft' eller 'No Name Bar'.

HL: "Do Your Thing", the theme, "Walk From Regio's", "Soulville", "No Name Bar" Not the 1st 70's double album with too much muchness I've heard this month, but there are enough bangers to make the listen worthwhile. I first heard "Do Your Thing" when I was 10 or something, but didn't know there were 14 more minutes of the song after the single version fades out! The blaxploitation In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 3.5 January 30, 2023

Musically a great album. But not what I want to listen to. Definitely speaks of the era.

weird

Like most soundtracks, I might have a stronger connection to this if I had a connection to the movie. But I don't think I've ever actually seen it! It was great, easy listening though. I particularly liked "Bumpy's Lament" and "No Name Bar" and "Do Your Thing" has something for everyone it's in nearly 20 minutes of rambling!

Album is a very solid soundtrack. My biggest complaints are: Isaac doesn't sing enough, and it just makes me want to watch the movie.

This was a solid album but it just made me want to watch the movie. Without the visuals, a lot of it kind of washed over me. It's long enough that the instrumental tracks start to blend together despite the fantastic musicianship. Favorite track is the 20 minute long Do Your Thing. There was a stretch where it sounded like a track from Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii but with horns. Pretty neat.

Too long, but I actually really enjoyed so many of the instrumental score tracks. I mean, it's hard to beat the title track just as a song of the era and one that's probably better than the movie itself (don't know; never seen it and just making a dumb assumption). But there's also some fine film composing going on here, too, and I don't know that this has been the cultural takeaway from this album at all. Which is too bad! I will single-handedly change that.

Eerste nummer erg tof maar het zakt toch wel erg snel af naar liftmuziek. Omdat ik het wel erg gemoedelijk vind toch drie sterren.

Classic movie, classic soundtrack, especially the title track. Doesn't really work as a walk to work album.

Theme tune is 5 star, the rest does sound like background music to a movie and isn’t as engaging, was still a good listen and was good that a lot was instrumental

This is the OG “write the theme tune, sing the theme tune”. Amazing talent but instrumental soundtracks aren’t really my thing.

Not bad but no lyrics. Super old school cool elevator music

- catchy! Could see this being really fun to have on in the background while working. - unfortunately I couldn’t listen to the whole thing. Only 4 of the songs were available on Spotify

good soundtrack

I had no idea that this was n the Stax label. Such details matters. Musically and this album has so much energy, so much rawness. The horn stabs come at you from all directions, building up to, well, building up to sex, basically. But you can't last all night. That's where the instrumentals come in. They're actually rally thoughtful and scenic. This album makes perfect sense as a film soundtrack. I love the way you can listen to it in isolation, and relive the film plot in your mind.

cool lil groovy instrumental album, liked it in the background quite a bit tbh 6/10

"That's a 3* album as he-" "Shut yo mouth!" "I'm only talking about the album as a whole! The title track is awesome." "... We can dig it."

Easy listening stuff

I was a bit hesitant going in this album, but I actually quite liked it. Some really good arrangements. Not sure this album needs to be on this list though. 3/5

Kinda surprised by this one. Maybe I should watch the movie. It's a great soundtrack - will definitely revisit if I'm in the mood. 3.5 stars

28th November 2022 Listened throughout the day and finished the morning after. First body pump session in Stroud in the eve. Can see why it had such an impact, very classy, funky and of it’s time but the theme tune is timeless.

a few killer tracks but a lot of muzakey funk-jazz filler - then again it’s a film score

Cool as background/movie music but not something that I would regularly listen to.

I don’t remember having ever watched Shaft but the theme song is epic; it really makes you feel like you’re 8-feet tall and the coolest person around. The rest of the album doesn’t quite reach those heights but there’s some fantastic stuff here, particularly the 2nd half with “No Name Bar” and “Do Your Thing”. Didn’t love the overall record enough just now to give it more than 3 🌟, but will definitely revisit it later, as well as more of Isaac Hayes’ work.

Cool music, not really impressive in any way, but overall OK

Lift music

Can’t get half. Funky though.

The Theme is the GOAT, but the interstitial tracks spread things too thin to warrant inclusion on this list.

Mostly music from a lift

Thought it was a nice album to have on in the background but not much more. Also, how this gets on here and not the Bee Gee's Saturday Night Fever is criminal. This is considering that the Saturday Night Fever album was a gigantic commercial success and there's only two other Bee Gee's albums on this 1001 list, none of which have the songs SNF has. 6/10.

Some nice chill music. Reminds me of the Neon Genesis Evangelion OST a lot. Overall not really outstanding though.

Funky and suave, the epitome of 70s sexual swagger - perhaps more a caricature nowadays. I can see how this album revolutionised the soundtrack genre. And let’s not forget that it’s about a bad mother clucker.

As I've seen mentioned in other reviews here: funky elevator music, but didn't leave a lasting impression.

Classic 70s. Not really my jam, but funkadelic!

3.7 - The only real advantage this soundtrack has over "Super Fly" - the superior blaxploitation soundtrack of this era - is that it was released about a year earlier. Definitely more muzak than I was expecting but there are some funky cuts mixed in like "No Name Bar" and "Soulsville." And "Do Your Thing" is epic and worth revisiting.

A great soundtrack. This had me remembering some of the scenes from the film.

Great sound track

I feel that without the context of the film, this album just feels bland and doesn't make sense, just like any other film soundtracks with some exceptions. I didn't dislike it that much tho, it has a very cool progressive soul sound.

Iconic in every way.

That Shaft is one bad mother- Only the finest in 1970s blaxploitation cinema soundtracks for Richard Roundtree and Isaac Hayes.

Funky

I was hopeful for this album, given that I like what I've heard of Isaac Hayes. Also this album is clearly important in how it how it elevated Black music and changed the way R&B music was used cinematically. It's worth a spot on this list simply for being groundbreaking in those ways. But ultimately I didn't find many of the songs to be particularly engaging. As a soundtrack album you want to sit all the way through, this album really didn't do it for me. The vocal tracks are terrific I will say. I wish more of that energy had carried over into the instrumentals, which have a great funky vibe, but tend to sound dated. "Theme from Shack" is a classic cut that never gets old. Fave Songs: Theme from Shaft, Do Your Thing, Soulsville, No Name Bar, Walk from Regio's

Hadn't really heard this album aside from the title track, and aside from having seen the movie ages ago, and was surprised at how loung-ey it sounded on the whole, with elements of funk and R&B thrown in. A good background mellow listen.

Enjoyed it at first, but got bored with it as the songs seems to similar for my liking. Good as background music.

I think everyone is familiar with the the Theme from Shaft, It's iconic. I had never listened tot he soundtrack all the way through. I can see how influential the mix of funk, jazz and soul was on soundtracks over the following decades. Out of context as a soundtrack, I found much of this double album a bit wallpaper. The Bar-Kays are at the height of their powers, and the orchestral overdubs are really great. The title track really stands out, as does Soulsville (with its riff lifted from Aretha's Never Loved a Man). The track that really did it for me was Do Your Thing. It's the kind of psychedelic funk that I really go for. This is for sure going on my playlist. I am thinking that, when DJing, you could put this on, go for a wizz, get a drink, pop next door to order a pizza, have a chat with friends, maybe get another drink, and still get back to the decks in time to select the next platter. Awesome.

Soul/Funk soundtrack from the early 70s that works quite well without the movie. It's nice background music. Not sure if I'd come back to this, though. 3/5

It's really great start to finish. Not an album I see myself returning to quite often, but I would love to put a vinyl version of this on for background music. Not a bad track and some definite outstanding ones from the title track to "Walk from Regio's" to the monumental 20-minute opus "Do Your Thing"

Banda sonora pràcticament instrumental amb molt de groove i molt ben encapsulada en la seva època. El tema titular, és clar, és una de les joies indiscutibles dels començaments dels '70. L'altre tema cantat, 'Soulsville' també te una gran càrrega soul. La resta és molt decent, però res exttraordinari

Groovy og funky, old-school rnb, primært instrumental, soundtrack

Wel goed, beetje eentonig.

Meh

I’ve never seen shaft, but the soundtrack definitely makes me want to

Cool songs, but feels more like a soundtrack than an album, plus a little repetitive (Also the 20 minute song near the end killed me) 2.5/5

very funky and still holds up, a lot of just background music but it was nice to chill to

good to half-clean, half-dance to; haven't seen the film

Apart from the iconic, Oscar-winning theme, these songs are probably best appreciated if you’ve seen the film beforehand. No doubt the musicians are sharp and the arrangements are smooth, but without context they just sort of drag.

2.5/5 Musically it’s a great album and probably the music is great as background in the movie. To listen to as an album is less interesting for me.

Shaft

I guess it’s fine but why?

Title song is a classic. The few others that Spotify had were neither here nor there.

It was a travel day yesterday so I only listened to this once. The title track is iconic with it's wah-wah guitar and I also like Soulsville, with Isaac's rich voice. No Name Bar I like but it wasn't on the original release. The other instrumentals are okay and probably would have more impact if I heard them during the movie.

Isaac Hayes has some pretty impressive albums, my fav being the magnificent Hot Buttered Soul which has some epic psychedelic soul jams such as Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic, Walk on by and By the time I get to Phoenix. This album has one song at that level and that's of course the Theme from Shaft, which is one of most iconic film scores ever done and is instantly recognizable. Do your thing is also quite good given that its one of the more adventurous songs on this album. Unfortunately the rest of the album is corny muzak better suited for elevators or cheesey 70s porn films. I gave Hot Buttered Soul 4 stars and since this is a one-hit album it gets a 3 from me.

theme song is the best song

Title song is incredible. Probably carries the whole album to be honest. I didn't mind the rest but it didn't knock me out like "Theme From Shaft" did. 3.5 stars.

Mooi, rustig album, wat koffiezaak vibes. Leuk om eens op te zetten in een rustige mood, maar niet te alledaags.

I made the mistake of watching the Shaft re-make film a couple of years ago and probably the only highlight of the film was the Shaft theme by Isaac Hayes. I didn't see the original Shaft film from the 70's, but judging by the film's soundtrack, the music was pretty groovy. The Shaft theme is one of the best movie theme songs ever and the rest of the album manages to generally keep the vibe alive. It's a soundtrack, so there is a lot of atmospheric stuff happening and some of it wears thin after a wile, but overall a decent listen and a real time warp.

Not bad but not something is normally listen to

I find the whole motif similar to Curtis Mayfield's Superfly - Shaft is a movie soundtrack after all. I dig it, just not as much Superfly. The opening and closing themes are incredible - the funk, the bass lines and guitar, the brass, the everything. Do Your Thing is epic, with the funk and sound and everything just as good if not better than the main theme (guitar work is ridiculous). But in between was a bit pedestrian or unexciting - except for Be Yourself (great grooves), Soulsville (vocals added some character and emotion), and No Name Bar (had some interesting variety). Superfly wasn't quite a 5 for me and Shaft isn't quite a 4 for me.

Ahh Yeah! This album certainly sounds like a 70s film soundtrack album. The opening theme is classic Isaac Hayes as well as the other two vocal tracks. The soul prog epic, “Do Your Thing” that takes up most of the last side is intense. The rest of the album does sound a bit dated as a whole. “Café Regio’s” and “Early Sunday Morning” sounds like the music that used to pop up television when the station was experiencing technical difficulties (please stand by). A decent album but not anywhere near as strong as his regular solo releases from the same time period. I’d like to give it a 4 for the great stand-out vocal tracks, especially the monster one but there’s just way too much filler on here so down to a 3 it goes. Maybe as a single album with the best of the first 3 sides on side one and Side 4 as Side 2 this might have received a 5. Sorry Isaac.

I haven't seen shaft, now I want to. Album made me feel like I was in a movie while I ate my eggs. 3.5

Yeah, that’s a stone cold vibe but apart from the title tracks it’s all very incidental.

Was great. Being a soundtrack made before the “mixed tape” era, some songs were obviously more soundscape-y, but some of the songs had some killer groove to them.

Honestly kind of meh. Given the staying power of the theme, and how much I enjoy a lot of Hayes' work, surprised that the balance of the album was just sorta background filler. Which I guess it was intended to be.

Not bad... I loved this movie as a kid and the theme song is great.

Good music for the background.

Only a few songs available on Spotify but those few seemed enough to give a representative overview. 70s Soul combined with film soundtrack, decent music, nice to hear but that's about it

Shafts Theme is one of the all time greats. Some nice instrumentals on the rest of the album too.

Genre: Soul 3/5 A soul-filled soundtrack for the most famous Blaxploitation film ever made, Isaac Hayes' Shaft is a well-produced and well-manicured film soundtrack. Shaft, our movie's protagonist, is gifted with one of the most iconic movie themes of all time, and the soundtrack album that follows fits perfectly as the kind of background music a film like that should have. Unfortunately for the listener, what we're left with is a couple of really great funk classics (Theme from Shaft, Do Your Thing), and a whole lot of transitional pieces that come across as soulful elevator music. Once the theme is over, the rest of the album is mostly instrumental pieces dedicated to scenes or transitions in the movie. These tracks obviously are perfect as background music for the film, but don't play out in much of an entertaining way as an album. With not many vocals to fill the space, these tracks kind of plod along, not in any way that would make it very exciting to listen to unless you're a big fan of the movie, or a huge fan of the genre. Overall, Isaac Hayes is the fucking man, and deserves credit for some wonderful songs, but this album as a whole isn't something I'd feel like popping on and listening to front-to-back very often. Decent, though.

Jesli nie liczyc Purple Rain, ktory sam w sobie byl opowiescia autobigraficzna soundtrackowom do filmu o tym samym tytules, to drugi pick od pana Hayesa na liscie bedzie pierwszym soundtrackowym albumem listy, plyta z 71, ktora zamyka w 70 minutach i 15 trakach, ktore jak przystalo na material Hayesowy sa mocno funkowo jazzowe, ale jednoczesnie maja w sobie cos soulowego, glownym instrumentalem oczywiscie klawisze, ktore sa wspierane przez sekcje dete i smyczkowe oraz chorki zenskie, samego filmu nie widzialem, ale dwa lub trzy traki liryczne nakreslaja obraz oldskulowych filmow kryminalnych, w ktorych nie wiadomo kto byl wiekszym zlodupcem stroz prawa, czy ciemna strona mocny, film z gatunku blaxploitation, wiec czarne kino dla czarnych ludzi, nigdy nie lubilem takiego zamykania sztuki ze wzgledu na kolor skory, a zeby bylo jeszcze zabawniej, to postac detektywa Shafta jest autorstwa bialego pisarza, wiec jak to najczesciej bywa jesli jest popyt, to zawsze bialy czlek zrobi na tym interes, nawet jesli chodzi o czarnych bohaterow, wiec przesluchane, sam seans wyjatkowo lekki, a moze poprostu hardougotowany, jak to w przypadku kryminalow, ale sluchalo sie tego szybko i przyjemnie, na plejke leci openingowy shaft theme, ktory rysuje postac shafta jak w jakims bajeczkowym openingu, a kolejnym utowrem bedzie do your thing, nie wiedzialem ze palce i za czym nadgarstki potrafia sie tak zameczyc samym pisaniem, wiec chyba w tym tygodniu przystopuje z notkami albumowymi, tylko nie wiem czy stopowac caly projekt, czy jedynie wystawiac oceny, ale zostawie zmartwienia dla jutrzejszego na jutro

It’s SHAFT baybay! The title track is obviously an ICONIC song. One that complements Richard Roundtrees badass detective. Isaac Hayes for all his personal faults has a silky smooth delivery throughout and each note is funkier then the last.

I have very much enjoyed some previous isaac hayes on the list, but this is a soundtrack and it shows. It has fewer ideas

Pretty funky. Maybe works better while watching the movie though

Difficult to rate a soundtrack, but the title track is cool

Ok this was a cool little disco romp. Never seen the movie. 3/5.

I mean it’s an album you can just chill out to, but it’s nothing to write home about.

I'd heard of but still have not seen the film, and the only song from this album with which I was vaguely familiar is the theme song. There are some really solid tracks on this album; I'm drawn particularly to the funk/R&B grooves. Some of the tracks sound a bit like, well, what they needed to be for what this is: a soundtrack for an early 70s movie. Overall, good stuff. I love that it was super-popular in its time. Very cool.

Not bad - long though. 97% instrumental, and that vibe is so specific.

I can see how the Shaft Soundtrack went onto influence future movie soundtracks - especially those with a predominantly black cast. It's a very catchy offering, provides some good background music, coupled with some funky items that will no doubt get you into the feel of the movie itself. Best: Theme From Shaft Worst: No Name Bar

Cool stuff, but a bit long to listen through.

Un peu longuet mais sympathique La bass et le drum sonnent en ta! Les arrangements de brass sont cool aussi. C'est psychotronique sur les bords mais j'aime bien. Étant un fan d'instrumental les soundtracks me plaisent habituellement et celui ci s'écoute particulièrement bien

RIP Chef

Shaft by Isaac Hayes (1971) This motion picture soundtrack album provides high quality mood music for the marginally memorable 1971 MGM blaxploitation film Shaft, starring Richard Roundtree. The movie, indeed, was instrumental in establishing the ‘blaxploitation’ genre and the coining (in 1972) of the negatively critical term ‘blaxploitation’. Is this nostalgia or would it be better to forget? I’ll have to ask my CRT facilitator. The highlight of the album, is, of course, the opening track “Theme from Shaft”, which captured everyone’s attention upon its release, and won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Song. (Check out the YouTube video of Isaac Hayes performing it at the ceremony. It’s breathtaking.) This song is remarkable for its innovative use of (very!) steady high hat rhythm and percussive use of electric guitar wah pedal. Lyrically it sets up the film’s protagonist with a touch of humanity (and even the humorous spice of street profanity at 3:22, apocopated by the female backup singers’ “Shut yo mouth!”). For those who have never heard it, it’s definitely worth listening to just this one 4:39 track. For those of you who (like me) primarily listened to this song on (mono) AM radio, put on the stereo headphones, crank it up, and be prepared for a real treat from 4:02 to the end. The rest of the double LP (running a total of one hour and 10 minutes) is, well, soundtrack. It is mostly instrumental, and obviously topical, filled with nice soul grooves and copious, exuberant orchestrations, but it is limited to supporting the artistic impetus of individual scenes in the film, albeit with good texture and drama. Without the ‘movie’, it doesn’t really work as an ‘album’. Great music in the motion picture soundtrack genre. 3/5

Sounds like a soundtrack- for good reason! Lots of instrumental tracks, or ones with only a few lyrics. Title track is obviously well known and an all time classic, but most of the others are pretty forgettable. Decent background music for doing something else, I guess.

Nice vibes

This album was alright. Not my favorite but a decent listen

It's cool but more like background music. I liked the vibes though

Buen disco

Tiene cosas buenas, sí… Pero no tengo idea de por qué está en la lista. ¿Neta no puedes morir sin haber escuchado el soundtrack de Shaft setentero? Dejando de lado si tiene sentido o no, la neta es que tiene buenos momentos como de soul/latin jazz/funk, como un rollo de Santana pero con harta más melanina. En fin, lo podría conservar como referencia a cuando haga mi seria de detectives o algo.

Verbazend genoeg herkende ik de themesong. Het was wel eens leuk om dit te luisteren

Only a few songs were available to listen to. That shaft theme is iconic. I miss the big horns in more recent music.

Cool chill album

Three cracking singles, one of which is just amazing. The soundtrack itself, revolutionary at the time, is a series of funky and slow jams, great to work to and great in a movie, but not a compelling listen.

2.5 really , cool baselines and is pretty funky, nothing too substantial here to dig into here, will need to check out the film this is scored to for more context.

Musical. Agradable. Normal.

A little cheesy for me, but I can appreciate it. Do Your Thing is the best track, by far, IMHO with all of the funk jamming.

01/19/2022

This is a lot of fun

Incredible theme song, there's no denying. Most of the rest of the score instrumentals lack the theme's punch and pizzazz. We finally wake up the pulse again with "No Name Bar" and "Do Your Thing" (supremely smooth but honestly long and repetitive at over 19 minutes). Curtis Mayfield did it better with "Superfly".

The Shaft theme itself is a killer track. I know it more so as a pervasive pop culture reference than a song. But it slaps. The rest of the album is fine. It’s fine.

Was not impressed

Shaft fucks.

So much better than inches of snow

SHAFT

Groovy

Ihan letkeetä funkkimeininkiä. Ei tunnaribiisin lisäks mitään erityisen mieleenpainuvaa, mutta voisin kyllä lisätä mun sample-kokoelmaan.

Maanantaiaamun kävelyihin asennetta. Ilmeisesti aloitti 70-luvun funk-leffasoundtrack-manian. Pääteema on tykki joka kerta.

Not all tracks available on Spotify. Of the 4 that were, they were funky fun times

Much more MOR than I expected.

Big fan during high school days….. really enjoyed all albums that had soundtracks from movies we’d see. You could go home and play the album and think ur still in theater

Whoa, second Isaac Hayes album and it's a classic soundtrack! Still haven't seen the movie, which would probably make this better for me. But the theme is undeniably cool. I actually have this one on vinyl too, but listening to it all the way through isn't as exciting as I'd hoped. Lots of great background music though. I wonder if we'll have any other soundtracks on this list? Favorite tracks: Theme from Shaft/End Theme, Walk from Regio's, Ellie's Love Theme. Album art: Love, love, love this style. Defined an era of blaxploitation films that will live forever. I also think it's great that they included a picture of Isaac Hayes, you don't see that very often with a film score! 3.5/5

Literally only 6 of 15 songs on the album were available to listen to, but the theme song alone puts this to 3 stars. Come on, it's Shaft!

6/10

Some great songs and a great sound, but it's pretty same-y all the way through and drags on a little.

I would enjoy this more if I was hearing it whilst watching Shaft.

Second half was very enjoyable. But wouldn't listen again.

Cool when he's actually on the tracks. Too much background listening.

6/10

This album is good, it’s just a little too long and instrumental focused to be an attention-grabbing album to me. Totally understandable as a movie soundtrack, and still pretty enjoyable

hoe rate ik dit er zijn maar 3 nummers... wil de film wel al lang zien !

Sorry only 3 tracks on Spotify

Probably a good soundtrack, a bit boring to listen on its own. The main theme is a cultural icon.

funky

It was a fun listen.

Funky and fun.

Some funky guitar and bass here, and I'm loving that. The theme song is great too and the jamming on Do Your Thing was good too. The only thing is as its a soundtrack, the songs kind of repeat themselves and theres little variety to warrant a double album. Overall it's not as good as Hot Buttered Soul, the other Issac Hayes entry in this generator. Listening to a few songs at a time would be my go to when I feel like some funk. Summary, funky but too long to like the album as a whole.

Although all good and with some standout pieces, most of this to me sounded like just what it was - incidental music for a movie soundtrack. As opposed to, say, Superfly, it didn’t quite hold up as a stand-alone album.

Good but some songs made me sleepy

Fun album and all new to me excluding the Shaft theme song.

3.5

Gillar albumet. Svårt att hitta på Spotify dock.. Perfekt när man ska jobba. 3,5/5 Bästa låtar: Soulsville Café Regio's Ellie's Love Theme

Good vibes, I would love more vocals though. 3

Solid. Great funk. Really dig it and want to start saying things like Honkey and Jive Turkey.

Pretty good. A little repetitive. Opens with a bang and kind of lulls you to sleep from there

Enjoyed more than expected for a soundtrack. Very cool.

funky. slightly repetitive.

Unfortunately spotify doesn't have the entire album. The 3 songs I did get to listen to were great.

Shaft is a fuckin vibe.

The tracks that are actually songs (with lyrics and singing) such as everyone's favourite 'Theme From Shaft' and 'Soulsville' are great. 'Do Your Thing' bangs but it's almost 20-minute length is too long. It runs out of steam long before the end. A lot of the rest of this album comes across as background music (it is a soundtrack album after all). It's largely enjoyable and funky, but still background music nonetheless.

Funkier than a mosquito's tweeter. He has better albums though.

Bei Spotify nicht vollständig verfügbar, soweit zu hören gut aber Not for me...

Funky and stylish

It started amazing but pretty much slowed down, still pretty fine

i haven't seen shaft, but i have seen black dynamite. I spent most of the album randomly shouting 'Cream Corn you jiiiive motherfucker' and it fit with absolutely every track. thats a good thing.

Relajante. Sólo pude oir 3 canciones en Spotify., el resto en YouTube

This album sounds great, the recording is crystal clear. Isaac Hayes us a great composer/arranger. “No Name Bar” has some killer solos. “Do Your Thang” is an instrumental banger, they get elbow deep in the groove on that track. However, this album is more of a score than its cousin/competitor Superfly which is more of a soundtrack. It pales in comparison to Superfly, “Soulsville” is a bad imitation of Superfly. That being said, this album does just what it promises as a score, great mood music, a funky background to shady. And very solid. Just a B for me though. 3.

Not Isaac's greatest film soundtrack, but it had me boppin and groovin

Background music at hotel bar. It’s nice but forgot I was even listening to anything lol I liked it

Sexy motherfucker

Come on admit it, you all sang along as "SHACK" instead of "Shaft" didn't you?

I was not feeling it a couple of instrumentals in, but I came around. Cafe Regio’s, Be Yourself, Soulsville.. I enjoyed the music. Didn’t need 19 min of “Do Your Thing”

Not something I’d listen to regularly but I’m aware it’s the soundtrack to a classic.

Hip and funky and a fun listen - never watched the movie but might be worth it for the music alone

Cool album! I've never watched the movie, so kind of fun listening without context. Super easy listening. Love the horns. Favorite track "No Name Bar"

the 70s was probably the golden era of the film soundtrack.

I always thought of Isaac Hayes as an actor and singer, so was surprised to learn he composed, recorded and produced this. Impressive. Everyone knows the theme tune, which is a movie classic, and the 19 minute 'Do Your Thing' is ace. Otherwise, this is a good and distinctive movie soundtrack but there is too much of the score element for it to stand up as an album in its own right. It's obviously no Chocolate Salty Balls, but judging as an OST it gets a 4/5. Without the movie context it would be a 2, so overall I'll give it a 3.

Smooth. Only heard the title track before

Música setentera, asada de moda y que ha envejecido mal, pero evoca recuerdos de esos momentos que no volverán. No carece de calidad, sino de actualidad.

Nice easy listening - not bad!

Cool, soulful, funky. A lot of instrumental stuff. Clearly designed to be a soundtrack to a variety of moods and scenes.

Un tema

Feel like a black cop in one of those old movies. Kinda has a motown feel? or more accurately jazzy? Can see images in my head as soundtrack plays. Makes me wanna call someone cracka.

strange

Fun background album

What a fun soundtrack. Best line to any opening track on any album ever? Look no further than Theme from Shaft (you're damn right)

JOHN SHAFT!

fresh 3

Iconic but not really what I would listen to every day. Light jazz. Sorry.

super chill, great for the rainy day

One long groove

This was a lot of fun to listen to. Never listened to the whole album. Beyond a soundtrack this was great.

Niet het hele album staat op spotify, maar de nummers die er wel opstonden waren lekker

I would say a typical 70's movie soundtrack. I've enjoyed it. 3.5

I don't know why I thought Isaac hayes sang more

It was okay not a fan of mostly instrumental

Opening banger, then the rest is too chill

Shaft!

Very smooth and cool!

Good background music but not much more than that

Spotify only has three songs from this album. They were good. Listened to one of his "Greatest Hits" albums too. Really liked it. Nice and soulful.

Not enough on Spotify

Way more atmospheric than I expected

I have not seen this movie, but judging by the selections on this album, I assume it's a soundtrack to the film in the truest sense of the word: Most of these songs were lacking vocals and probably played behind the scenes, with only a few tracks giving us the soulful vocals of Mr. Hayes. I really wanted to dig this, but unfortunately it didn't hit for me. The first half of the album was filled with uncomfortably short grooves that were really good, but always seemed to end right when it felt like they were getting somewhere. Then, on the other hand, did "Do Your Thing" really need to be 20 minutes long? I just would have been happy with ten actual songs with vocals, but maybe my vision of a soundtrack is skewed by what we were given as soundtracks in the 90s. Anyway, how's the movie? Is it any good?

Unlike "Hot Buttered Soul", which I rated five, this soundtrack album is left destitute of a distinct sound. It also needs more vocals so much but be barely get them. The fact that it is made for a film does not help much; the music is just backround meterial that fails to deliver much. Frankly, "Shaft" is quite weak and should not be on the list.

nao sou o maior fã de albums instrumentais, mas esse tem uma vibezinha legal ate. so aquela faixa de 19 min que quebrou a brisa. nota 4/10

Kjedelig. Hadde kanskje hjulpet om man hadde sett Shaft?

Only a few songs on Spotify, ok'ish

The theme song carries this score a long way as it was by far the most memorable aspect of the record. The opening riff could have been used as a motif throughout the album, and I would have enjoyed the record more. I would take a theme song repeat, because too many compositions were mundane. A few of the slower tracks had some somber appeal as I assume they came in the more contemplative moments of the film. No other track delivered the jolt of the theme song, which is odd considering it is an action film. Understand its iconic status, but seems entirely due to one tune.

I like Isaac Hayes, but I'm not a huge fan of this particular album. Feels like a hit and some filler. I realize its for the movie, but even then, the rest of the music is just ok.

When Supafly is on this list, this one is a bit supafluous

It's great for a soundtrack, but was a bit of a slog to sit through

Boring as hell

Fine background music but not interesting at all as a standalone listen Favourites: Theme From Shaft, Soulsville

2.8/5 need more listen theme is fire but rest is just soundtrack

This is #day661 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to crossing out another artist from the list, as this is my second and final album by Isaac Hayes. I kind of don't mind this smooth, jazzy, and funky backdrop. I only wonder whether it really made sense to include a soundtrack on a list of albums you must hear before you die. A soundtrack to a movie I've never seen and probably never will. Hot Buttered Soul could have been left as the one essential entry. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day662, aka the first day of summer 2026.

elevator music

Nope. Didn't need to listen to this entire album of mostly instrumentals. I'm sure it's a important soundtrack historically but I don't think it's deserving of a place on the list. 2/5.

No está mal. Solo es instrumental, no tiene letras. De fondo, zafa bien, pero hay algunas canciones que no me gustaron nada

why

It’s cool but I mean, not the biggest fan of movie soundtracks

This was like living in a sexy, funky elevator bookended by some very smooth songs

Outside of the first song, idk not in the mood today. Didnt hit me right.

Works as a film score, but not good enough for a standalone album for me.

Sure, why not. Never going to listen to this again.

Some cool moments, but too much instrumentals. It is feeling to much like a film soundtrack, which it is. 2.5 stars

This is fine, but outside of being a score for the film, I'm not super into it as something I'd just listen to. The title theme is pretty iconic, but a lot of the other tracks just sound like standard 70s TV/film score stuff. I feel like I'm watching the Rockford Files or something. 2.5 stars.

I suppose the question here is whether to share or to shaft? The main theme is obviously top class and there are some snippets of real fire music on this although actually large swathes of this soundtrack double album is just weak mr men wallpaper. It does look like Robert Dimery has shafted us with this one and I would certainly would choose not to share this drib drab fest on 1001.

An enjoyable listen for the most part, but this is a movie soundtrack. Mostly instrumental. Funky. The songs aren’t pop songs per se, again they are movie soundtrack tracks. I wouldn’t seek it out again.

The title track is cool and so is that 29-minute jam near the end. the rest didn't do much for me.

The few songs with vocals are really good, the rest meanders between elevator music and decent instrumental soul or jazz. It's probably good as a soundtrack, but as an album on its own it's too long and uninteresting.

The list of "1001 Albums..." was compiled by blessed people; otherwise, I can't explain the logic behind the fact that it doesn't include EPs or greatest hits collections, but does include live albums and, wait for it, soundtracks. And while the Earth, Wind & Fire album I came across earlier, while technically a soundtrack, is perfectly listenable without the film, this double album by Isaac Hayes is just a complement to the events unfolding onscreen. Not only is the album long, it's also almost entirely instrumental. Vocals are found on only three songs, one of which is Hayes's signature twenty-minute psycho-soul jam. It's all a bit of a challenge, and I generally don't understand how people listen to instrumental film music without the film itself (or why Hans Zimmer sells out his concerts). It's not bad as a background, but as a position for such a list, it's a complete failure.

2/10 I'm not totally averse to this list having soundtracks, but this is certainly not the kind of soundtrack that should be on it. Boring, boring, boring, not iconic (at least not 50 years later), and not interesting in the slightest. Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Romeo + Juliet, and Great Expectations would all be terrific soundtracks for this list. Shaft? Nah.

Album No. 0205 on my list. My second Isaac Hayes album already. I’m not at all familiar with the movie “Shaft” or the whole Blaxsploitation genre for that matter (should maybe close that gap in my education at some point). This is my second soundtrack album from that genre already, the first being “Superfly” by Curtis Mayfield. Anyway. “Shaft” is a soundtrack album, and one can clearly hear that. I like the album for its groovy sound that is somehow laid back and intense at the same time. However, in contrast to “Superfly” (may frame of reference here), most songs are instrumentals. Laid back, intense instrumentals, but still. My lowbrow ears hear little distinction between each of them, everything kinda blends into each other, which makes listening to this a bit boring, unfortunately. The songs with actual singing and lyrics are okay, though. I’ll hence add “Theme From Shaft”, and “Soulsville” to my playlist. 2/5 stars.

A little lackluster to be honest. The opening theme song is fantastic, the rest falls very short in comparison.

You need to see the movie to get the album.

Never heard anything from Isaac Hayes before so went into this completely blind. This album is mostly instrumental based and is pretty jazzy, smooth and soulful. I found a fair amount of tracks quite pleasant and relaxing, especially as background music. However, much of the record is pretty forgettable, especially with the album being a soundtrack. Personally I don’t really see myself coming back here although the album isn’t “bad” per se, just unmemorable and not my style. 2/5 since I can’t give a 2.5/5

I really wanted to like this, but it just isn't thaz good. A lot of filler, and even the few songs that are famous (like Theme From Shaft) are more lilke soundbytes than songs.

Wasn't expecting this to be mostly instrumental. Some of it was good. Some of it made me felt like I was on an elevator. All respect to Shaft, though.

Abseits des monotonen Titelthemas verliert sich der Soundtrack in langen, filmisch gedachten Passagen, die ohne visuelle Begleitung schnell an Zugkraft verlieren.

Ik vond ‘ t eerste nummer erg leuk, het had wat weg van het Bipsman team song. De rest van het album is zo overduidelijk filmmuziek, wat oké is, maar wat toch wel een heel ander soort categorie is. Het voelt ondersteunend, maar zonder film voelt het als los zand. Ik kan me wel scènes indenken tijdens het luisteren, maar ik vind ‘ t toch lastig te beoordelen. Ik vind muziek van Lord of the Rings ook vet, maar ik zal ‘ t nooit opzetten.

The sound is bad-ass and it is beautifully recorded. I appreciate the historical significance. So I agree, everyone should hear it. That said, as a listening experience? Excepting the three actual songs, it's a score; musical passages meant to accompany scenes in the movie. It's a component of a work of art. So while it's great playing in the background of a party, it's not a unitary work of art that one can sit down and actively listen to start to finish.

Someone can preach to me all they want about having an open mind and appreciating an album for what it offers but even God draws a line. Music is only good on its own for so long without vocals or some sort of action that supports it. I’m highly disappointed that this album doesn’t have more singing in it. I’m assuming the movie was more popular than Superfly but hot damn, man oh man does The Superfly album kill this one in quality. Musically sound but an album meant for an elevator or McDonalds. So much more could have been done.

A funky instrumental album. It's nice to listen to while working. And it has those happy vibes that light up your soul but I prefered the tracks with vocals. Favorite Songs: Theme from Shaft ;

The title theme is iconic. The rest of this doesn’t do much without the film to accompany it.

This is the second soundtrack I got on this list and I don’t think they should be on here… soundtracks are best enjoyed when accompanied with the visuals and the storyline and the characters. Just listening to these with none of those things it’s just… meh

I'm sure that every single album on this list has someone somewhere in the reviews asking the condescending question "why is this on this list". I have the same feeling for this, but I thought on the other hand, why not. It's not that I don't like it just because it's a soundtrack for a movie. That would disqualify a massive part of music. I just plain don't find this evoking any emotion in me.

Not remarkable to me.

Ehghh

I’m with everyone else, not sure why there’s a soundtrack on this list. Title song is fine, the rest is elevator music taking you to a cool club

This is probably an album I’d like more if I knew the film it came for. It was pretty solid background music at work though!

Half missing on Spotify. Otherwise, I know it's a definitive album for this kind of sound, it just wasn't the best version of it that I've heard.

Es bueno, sin embargo, escuchar esto por más de 5 minutos me aburre hasta el culo. Dos porque tiene buenos grooves y algunos temas en específico me gustaron bastante, pero escucharlo de pe a pa es un medio martirio.

I don’t think I’m in the best position to appreciate this album having never seen the movie. But it doesn’t really feel like something you’d want to actively listen to. Worked quite well as background music as I was working. Nearly made working on corporate PowerPoint slides interesting.

Felt exactly like listening to a 74 minute soundtrack. Three vocal songs save this from 1 star (Theme, Soulsville, Do your Thing)

Difficult because the theme song is such a classic, but that is absolutely no reason for this album to be on this list.

I probably would rate this album higher if I actually just watch the movie instead there are some good songs on here. It’s a vibe probably gonna have to give it a two.

Progressive soul, psychedelic soul.

Real soundtracky

Just not my thing. Some okay grooves, but some were annoying too.

shaft with good grooves ever

Фільм я не дивилася і поняття не знаю звідки ці саундтреки. Взагалі трохи дивно, що вони тут. Для мене саундтреки це окрема тема, трохи окрема від стандартної музики