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There's not too much to get excited about on this sprawling, almost inevitably patchy, double album set. Largely instrumental, the main purpose of “Shaft” was to serve as the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film of the same name. The best two tracks feature vocals; there's a cool groove to “Do Your Thing” and “Theme From Shaft” is famously sharp. “Soulsville” is the only other vocal piece in the set. The album was a big success - artistically and financially - and was, in fact, the best selling LP on any Stax label, subsidary or otherwise. As the Wiki tells, in 2014, the album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
The Jukebox Rebel
22–Jan–2016
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [04:39]  Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (Isaac Hayes) Disco / Funk |
| A2 | [01:51]  Isaac Hayes - Bumpy’s Lament (Isaac Hayes) Pop Ballad |
| A3 | [02:24]  Isaac Hayes - Walk From Regio’s (Isaac Hayes) Disco / Funk |
| A4 | [03:18]  Isaac Hayes - Ellie’s Love Theme (Isaac Hayes) Film Score / Incidental |
| A5 | [01:10]  Isaac Hayes - Shaft’s Cab Ride (Isaac Hayes) Soul |
| B1 | [06:10]  Isaac Hayes - Cafe Regio’s (Isaac Hayes) Cerebral Pop |
| B2 | [03:49]  Isaac Hayes - Early Sunday Morning (Isaac Hayes) Pop Ballad |
| B3 | [04:30]  Isaac Hayes - Be Yourself (Isaac Hayes) Cerebral Pop |
| B4 | [03:24]  Isaac Hayes - A Friend’s Place (Isaac Hayes) Pop Ballad |
| C1 | [03:48]  Isaac Hayes - Soulsville (Isaac Hayes) Soul Ballad |
| C2 | [06:11]  Isaac Hayes - No Name Bar (Isaac Hayes) Disco / Funk |
| C3 | [04:04]  Isaac Hayes - Bumpy’s Blues (Isaac Hayes) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| C4 | [03:04]  Isaac Hayes - Shaft Strikes Again (Isaac Hayes) Cerebral Pop |
| D1 | [19:30]  Isaac Hayes - Do Your Thing (Isaac Hayes) Disco / Funk |
| D2 | [01:56]  Isaac Hayes - The End Theme (Isaac Hayes) Disco / Funk |
