Artist: Isaac Hayes
Album: Joy
Genre: R&B
Release Date: 1973/2016
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 192 kHz
Duration: 47:41
Total Tracks: 5
Total Size: 1,67 GB

Tracklist:

01. Isaac Hayes – Joy (15:57)
02. Isaac Hayes – I Love You That’s All (06:15)
03. Isaac Hayes – A Man Will Be A Man (07:22)
04. Isaac Hayes – The Feeling Keeps On Coming (06:51)
05. Isaac Hayes – I’m Gonna Make It (Without You) (11:13)

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With seven massive number one records trailing in his wake, Isaac Hayes donned his stylin’, funky gold-chain link vest once again and capped 1973 with Joy, a set which might have proven the lucky-streak breaker — it missed the top spot by one place — but still waded into gold-record waters with ease. “Joy” itself, of course, was the album’s crowning glory, a gargantuan 15-minute piece which essentially devoured side one of the album (the accompanying “I Love You That’s All” is merely an afterthought). Heady, smoky, ubiquitous — an instrumental and vocal foray into the land of good grooves — it was sexy and sassy, with strings and innuendo stripped bare and smoothly built to lead anyone within earshot toward a classic climax. The song continued to impact via sampled revitalization from as far afield as TLC, Massive Attack, Eric B. & Rakim, and Big Daddy Kane. But don’t forget that Joy is an entire album, with Hayes continuing his silky vocal assault across a further three slow, simmering songs. The best, and perhaps most interesting, is the closing “I’m Gonna Make It (Without You).” Markedly un-steamy, the song finds Hayes trading in his come-ons, choosing instead to open up and lay himself down in the wake of a broken romance. It’s Joy’s most touching moment, equally on par with the opener. Indeed, with those two glorious bookends, this album becomes a must-have for any ’70s soul aficionado.