The Best of Isaac Hayes: The Polydor Years

Artist: Isaac Hayes
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 731452948748
EAN: 0731452948748
ASIN: B000001EIK

Release Date: 1996-02-06

The Best of Isaac Hayes: The Polydor Years

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| R&B | Styles | Music

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| Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

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| Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Moonlight Lovin' (Mge rois)
Zeke the Freak
Out of the Ghetto
Don't Let Go
What Does It Take
Few More Kisses to Go
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
You Can't Hold Your Woman
It's All in the Game
Wherever You Are
Lifetime Thing
It's Heaven to Me

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Customer Reviews:

Not his best, but still worth a listen.......2006-01-10

Though Isaac Hayes's best years were in the late 60's and early 70's when he was a staple on Stax Records, he still had some successes, though moderate, when he moved to Polydor Records. One of his biggest hits, "Don't Let Go" (cut #4), shows that Hayes, like most artists of the day, was significantly influenced by disco.

The 9:38 long "Moonlight Lovin' (Ménage a Trois)" sounds like a melding of both Hayes' Oscar-winning "Theme from Shaft" and the extended "Joy", making for a treat for his true fans.

However, it is on the slower tracks, beginning with "What Does It Take," where the singer really shines. Though he and contemporary Barry White were often compared because both had deep basses, Hayes was more refined, clearer, and more soothing.

For the younger generation that only know Hayes for his voiceover work as "South Park's 'Chef'," this compilation is a fair introduction to the singer and may serve to spurn interest in pursuing some of Hayes's landmark Stax recordings.

THE ALL-TIME BEST SOUL-BALLAD ALBUM EVER!!.......2001-10-31

...the first four tracks? some soulful-disco-uptempo-freak-funk-stuff...some strong four and a half star material fasho!
track 5?
okay the man's feelin lonely as hell, he's breakin it down to some sweet young thang tryin to get his groove on...i feel him, it's cool...
track 6?
hey hol' up! at this point everything on here begins to gel into one biggo erotic super-event! "...i've got to take my time, control my mind...even tho it's hard to dooooo...the longer we wait the better it's gonna be...."?
awnaw!! is my lil girl still up lissenin to this!?! j, go to bed right now, daddy said so!
track 7!?!?!?!
there's like a two minute slowburn intro goin on here before brother ike kicks in with the lyrics, but his background singers keep thangs flowin until then but if you aint on the phone tryin to wail at some tender young thing by then...or if you aint already grabbed your woman up in your arms and started your slow-roll before ike gets to singin...then forget this and the rest of it....go and lawrence welk it for the rest of the night.
this man done showed us his whole soul with this one. polydor did an excellent job puttin this collection together.
a true r-n-b treasure!
get this sit back and for at least one evening - in your own mind - hugh hefner aint got nothin on you!

fast funky and very catchy.......1999-05-19

isaac is back in the groove with this hot little number,a true songster in every sense of the word. you must hear it for yourself, but let me say that after this you'll be hooked on hayes.

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