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Album: Joy
# Song Title   Time
1)    Joy More Info... 15:55
2)    I Love You That's All More Info... 6:14
3)    A Man Will Be A Man More Info... 7:21
4)    The Feeling Keeps On Coming More Info... 6:49
5)    I'm Gonna Make It (Without You) More Info... 11:12
 
Album: Joy
# Song Title   Time
1)    Joy More Info... 15:55
2)    I Love You That's All More Info... 6:14
3)    A Man Will Be A Man More Info... 7:21
4)    The Feeling Keeps On Coming More Info... 6:49
5)    I'm Gonna Make It (Without You) More Info... 11:12
 
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Performer Notes
  • Personnel includes: Isaac Hayes (arrangements); Memphis Strings (strings); Movement Horns (horns); Hot Buttered Soul Unlimited (background vocals).
  • Recorded in April and May, 1973.
  • Digital remastering by Joe Tarantino (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley).
  • Personnel: Isaac Hayes (vocals, keyboards); Hot Buttered Soul Unlimited (background vocals).
  • Audio Remixers: Joe Tarantino; Henry Bush.
  • Recording information: 04/1973/05/1973.
  • Photographer: Ken Marcus.
  • Arrangers: Isaac Hayes; Johnny Allen; Willie Hall.
  • 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. ~ Amy Hanson
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