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- Date Released: March 28, 2001
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Soul, Soul/R&B
- Label: Fantasy / Stax
A skillful combination of lush, extensive arrangements with multi-part songs and symphonic influences.
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We Say...
Fans curious about how Hayes could follow the innovative Hot Buttered Soul were delighted when his mighty cover of Jerry Butler's "I Stand Accused" became this album's lead single. Hayes fully matched Butler's dramatic reading, while adding some intriguing flourishes of his own. Again he skillfully combined lush, extensive arrangements with multi-part songs and symphonic influences. Hayes concluded the session with a dashing, over-the-top version of "Something," punctuated by John Blair's slicing violin lines.
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They Say...
Although this is Isaac Hayes' third long-player, he had long been a staple of the Memphis R&B scene -- primarily within the Stax coterie -- where his multiple talents included instrumentalist, arranger, and composer of some of the most beloved soul music of the '60s. Along with his primary collaborator, David Porter, Hayes was responsible for well over 200 sides -- including the genre-defining "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," "Soul Man," "B-A-B-Y," "Hold On, I'm Comin'," and "I Had a Dream." As a solo artist however, Hayes redefined the role of the long-player with his inimitably smooth narrative style of covering classic pop and R&B tracks, many of which would spiral well over ten minutes. The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970) includes four extended cuts from several seemingly disparate sources, stylistically ranging from George Harrison's "Something" to Jerry Butler's "I Stand Accused" and even Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself." These early Hayes recordings brilliantly showcase his indomitable skills as an arranger -- as he places familiar themes into fresh contexts and perspectives. For example, his lengthy one-sided dialogue that prefaces "I Stand Accused" is halting in its candor as Hayes depicts an aching soul who longs for his best friend's fiancée. Even the most hard-hearted can't help but have sympathy pains as he unravels his sordid emotional agony and anguish. Hayes' lyrical orchestration totally reinvents the structure of "Something" -- which includes several extended instrumental sections -- incorporating equally expressive contributions from John Blair (violin). Both "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" and the comparatively short (at under six minutes) "One Big Unhappy Family" are more traditionally arranged ballads. Hayes again tastefully incorporates both string and horn sections to augment the languid rhythm, providing contrasting textures rather than gaudy adornment. These sides offer a difference between the proverbial "Black Moses of Soul" persona that would be responsible for the aggressive no-nonsense funk of Shaft (1971) and Truck Turner (1974).
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| 01. |  |
I Stand Accused |
11:40 |  |
| 02. | |
One |
5:54 | |
| 03. | |
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself |
7:03 | |
| 04. | |
Something |
11:45 | |
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Credits
- Henry Bush - Engineer // Ron Capone - Engineer // Ron Capone - Remixing // Ron Capone - Remix Engineer // Isaac Hayes - Arranger // Isaac Hayes - Keyboards // Isaac Hayes - Vocals // Isaac Hayes - Producer // Isaac Hayes - Main Performer // George Horn - Mastering // Pat Lewis - Vocal Arrangement // Dale Warren - Arranger // Ed Wolfrum - Engineer // Joe Tarantino - Mastering // David Krieger - Art Direction // Joel Brodsky - Photography // Herb Kole - Art Supervisor
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