Shaft (album)

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Shaft
Shaft cover
Soundtrack by Isaac Hayes
Released 1971
Genre Rhythm and blues, Soul
Length 69:29
Label Stax
Producer(s) Isaac Hayes
Professional reviews
Isaac Hayes chronology
Black Moses
(1971)
Shaft
(1971)
In the Beginning
(1972)


Shaft is an album by Isaac Hayes and is the soundtrack album to the movie of the same name.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Theme from Shaft" (Vocal Version) – 4:39
  2. "Bumpy's Lament" – 1:51
  3. "Walk from Regio's" – 2:24
  4. "Ellie's Love Theme" – 3:18
  5. "Shaft's Cab Ride" – 1:10
  6. "Cafe Reggio's" – 6:10
  7. "Early Sunday Morning" – 3:49
  8. "Be Yourself" – 4:30
  9. "A Friend's Place" – 3:24
  10. "Soulsville" (Vocal Version) – 3:48
  11. "No Name Bar" – 6:11
  12. "Bumpy's Blues" – 4:04
  13. "Shaft Strikes Again" – 3:04
  14. "Do Your Thing" (Vocal Version) – 19:30
  15. "The End Theme" – 1:56


Lead Trumpet on album: Richard "Johnny" Davis

[edit] Awards and charts

[edit] Billboard charts

Album charts
Chart Peak
Black Albums 1
Jazz Albums 1
Pop Albums 1
Singles charts
Song Chart Peak
Theme from Shaft Adult Contemporary 6
Theme from Shaft Black Singles 2
Theme from Shaft Pop Singles 1

[edit] Grammy Awards

Song Award Winner
Shaft (album) Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically For A Motion Picture or for Television Isaac Hayes
Theme from Shaft Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical Dave Purple, Henry Bush, Ron Capone
Theme from Shaft Best Instrumental Arrangement Isaac Hayes, Johnny Allen

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