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Essential Albums, released in 2011, compiles the Stax label’s remastered/expanded versions of Hot Buttered Soul (1969), Shaft (1969), and the double-disc Black Moses (1971), all of which were released individually in 2009. The first two albums are as essential as late-‘60s and early-‘70s soul gets, while the sprawling Black Moses is pretty close to it. All three topped Billboard’s R&B; Albums chart and represent Hayes' most creative and finest album-length work. When the set -- a sturdy box holding the three individual releases, with flimsy stickers slapped onto it -- came out, it retailed for roughly the same cost as the sum of the three reissues.
tracks: disc 1
| Sample | Title/Composer | Time | Stream | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12:00 | |||
| 2 | 9:36 | |||
| 3 |
One Woman
feat. The Bar-Kays
|
5:09 | ||
| 4 | 18:40 | |||
| 5 | 4:25 | |||
| 6 | 6:46 |
tracks: disc 2
tracks: disc 3
tracks: disc 4
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