Shaft (Isaac Hayes album)
Shaft | ||||
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Released | July 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Studio | Stax Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Progressive soul[1] | |||
Length | 69:29 | |||
Label | Enterprise ENS-2-5002 | |||
Producer | Isaac Hayes | |||
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Singles from Shaft | ||||
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Shaft is a double album by Isaac Hayes, recorded for Stax Records' Enterprise label as the soundtrack LP for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft. The album mostly consists of instrumentals composed by Hayes as score for the film. Three vocal selections are included: "Soulsville", "Do Your Thing", and "Theme from Shaft". A commercial and critical success, Shaft is Hayes' best-known work and the best-selling LP ever released on a Stax label.[2]
In 2014, the album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Conception
Hayes initially became involved with Shaft in hopes of having director
Pleased with the results, MGM hired Hayes to compose the rest of the score, and Hayes spent two months working between tour dates on the score at the MGM studio.
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Pitchfork Media | 8.5/10[5] |
Q | [6] |
Upon its release in the summer of 1971, Shaft became the first double album of original studio material released by an R&B artist.
At the 1972
In a 2020 retrospective on the Shaft franchise, RetroFan stated that "Hayes' score helped change the way music was used in film, bringing in a more contemporary, funk/soul-driven sound. It had an especially significant impact on the coming wave of black films, setting the standard for how R&B music would be used in films, and marketed alongside of individual movies."[7]
The 2009 re-release of the soundtrack on CD by Stax Records added an additional track, "Theme from Shaft" (2009 Mix), timed at 4:45.
Track listing
All songs written and produced by Isaac Hayes.
Side one
- "Theme from Shaft" (Vocal Version) – 4:39
- "Bumpy's Lament" – 1:51
- "Walk from Regio's" – 2:24
- "Ellie's Love Theme" – 3:18
- "Shaft's Cab Ride" – 1:10
Side two
- "Cafe Regio's" – 6:10
- "Early Sunday Morning" – 3:49
- "Be Yourself" – 4:30
- "A Friend's Place" – 3:24
Side three
- "Soulsville" (Vocal Version) – 3:48
- "No Name Bar" – 6:11
- "Bumpy's Blues" – 4:04
- "Shaft Strikes Again" – 3:04
Side four
- "Do Your Thing" (Vocal Version) – 19:30
- "The End Theme" – 1:56
Personnel
- Lead vocals (tracks A1, C1, D1), keyboards (All tracks), and lyrics (A1, C1, D1) : Isaac Hayes
- Rhythm, Horns and Strings arranged by Johnny Allen (tracks A1-A2, A4-D2), J. J. Johnson (A3), and Isaac Hayes (All tracks)
- Backing vocals by Pat Lewis, Rose Williams, and Telma Hopkins (tracks A1, C1, D1)
- Instrumentation by The Bar-Kaysand The Isaac Hayes Movement
- Electric piano by Lester Snell
- Bass guitar by James Alexander
- Guitar by Charles Pitts
- Guitar by Michael Toles
- Drums by Willie Hall
- Bongo drums by Gary Jones
- Lead Trumpet by Richard "Johnny" Davis
- Flute by John Fonville
Engineers: Ron Capone, Henry Bush , Bobby Manuel, recorded and mixed at Stax studio A, Memphis TN
Charts
Billboard charts
Album
Chart | Position |
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Billboard 200 | 1 |
Black Albums | |
Jazz Albums |
Singles
Single | Chart | Position |
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"Theme from Shaft" | Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
Black Singles | 2 | |
Adult Contemporary Singles
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6 |
- "Do Your Thing" was also a Top 40 Pop Single
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[8] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Awards and nominations
See also
- List of number-one albums of 1971 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1971 (U.S.)
Footnotes
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (August 11, 2008). "In Tribute: Isaac Hayes". AllMusic. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-8256-7284-8
- ^ AllMusic review
- ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 26, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Isaac Hayes: Shaft OST [Deluxe Edition]". Pitchfork.
- ^ CDUniverse review
- ^ a b c Walker, David F. (August 2020). "Fifty Years of Shaft". RetroFan (10). United States: TwoMorrows Publishing: 6.
- ^ "American album certifications – Isaac Hayes – Shaft". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- BAFTA. 1972. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Shfat – Golden Globes". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ "14th Anuual GRAMMY Awards". Grammy Awards. Retrieved May 1, 2011.