20 November, 2012

213. Isaac Hayes | Shaft (1971)



Tracks
  1. Theme from Shaft
  2. Bumpy's Lament
  3. Walk from Regio's
  4. Ellie's Love Theme
  5. Shaft's Cab Ride
  6. Cafe Regio's
  7. Early Sunday Morning
  8. Be Yourself
  9. A Friend's Place
  10. Soulsville
  11. No Name Bar
  12. Bumpy's Blues
  13. Shaft Strikes Again
  14. Do Your Thing
  15. The End Theme

Shaft is a forgettable album, mostly. The music is soul. This is a soundtrack album filled with filler. No matter how good the band is, they're still performing uninteresting, uninspired and pointless music.

This is not an album that I would willingly choose to listen to. There are some good moments on this album, but even if they were to counterbalance the filler, it wouldn't become a proper album. As far as soundtracks go, it's quite good, but to judge it as a soundtrack is not one of the criteria. Therefore, I don't recommend this unless soundtracks are your thing. I certainly don't think this belongs on the 1001 Albums list.

There are some good songs on this album. The stand outs are: Theme from Shaft, Be Yourself, Soulsville and Do Your Thing.

★★★★★★★☆☆☆

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