Customer Reviews
A truly great soundtrack - By: Cosmic, 16 Jun 2008 
My dad was a big fan of Isaac Hayes & indeed a lot of the other Stax artists, as a result, I grew up listening to a lot of music from the Stax label.
So far as Isaac Hayes is concerned & film soundtracks, this really is worth buying. Isaac Hayes shows the depth of his creativity by producing an original soundtrack that has everythingin it...vocals, instrumentals, lots of strings, horns, excellant rhythym section etc.etc.
Most people will be aware of the 1st track 'The Theme from Shaft' but all the others are great as well. My particular faves include 'Soulsville', 'No Name Bar' & 'Bumpy's Lament' which specifically has been sampled/copied by numerous other rnb & rap artists.
Overall, it's a masterpiece & thoroughly deserving of its Oscar. As for the film........well the less said about that the better!
Wasted on the movie - By: Julian Stevens, 12 Dec 2006 One of my most listened to albums & still absolutely ace after all these years. It's miles better than the dull, dated & cliché-riddled movie for which it was written & was, apparently, the first album to be more successful than the movie. The definitive wucka wucka guitar on the title track with a fab recording too, downin Memphis, & all written when he was only 28. Tracks such as Soulsville are just absolutely dripping with cool (man), whilst Cafe Regio's is an utter classic of its genre.
Side 4's 19'38" Do Your Thing wasn'tin the movie at all, but somehow it's still an essential element of the album, criminally cut to a quarter of its original length for the otherwise excellent 24 bit DR edition, almost certainly to accommodate the multi-media photos, artist info & video track stuck on at the end ~ which are okay, but not worth what had to be sacrificed to make way for them.
Funny, but to this day I've never managed to hear more than the odd track from any other of his albums except for Hot Buttered Soul which didn't inspire me at all. Somehow, none could ever measure up to this one. A true & enduring classic.
Not many soundtracks come hotter than this! - By: , 27 Jan 2000 Isaac Hayes once again works his musical genious to produce a soundtrack that is second to none. The best known track is the "theme from shaft", but the others are all equally enjoyable. Definitly money well spent.
