Album · Isaac Hayes
Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes
Hot Buttered Soul is an album by Isaac Hayes, released in 1969. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Walk on By”, on 3 lists with a best position of #258.
Hot Buttered Soul, Isaac Hayes's second album, came out on Enterprise in 1969, and it's the record where the Stax staff songwriter, who had been writing for Sam & Dave and Carla Thomas with his partner David Porter, stepped out front and took his sweet time about it. With the Bar-Kays behind him, Hayes fills an entire LP with just four long tracks, stretching songs into slow-burning epics.
"Walk On By", the Burt Bacharach and Hal David tune, becomes a 12-minute slow-motion drama, and Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" runs close to 19 minutes, unhurried and hypnotic. Chopped down to size, the pair went out as a double A-side single in July 1969. The album is now counted as a landmark of soul music.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Hot Buttered Soul on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk on By | 3 | #258 | – | 2020–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.