...To Be Continued is a studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by American soul music

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

ian Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...

, issued in 1970 on Stax Records

Stax Records

Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and...

' Enterprise label. The LP includes Hayes' cover of the Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach

Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...

/Hal David

Hal David

Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...

 composition "The Look of Love

The Look of Love (1967 song)

"The Look of Love" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by Dusty Springfield, which appeared in the 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale.-Songwriters:...

", which was issued as a single in an edited form, peaking at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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. Hayes had covered Bacharach/David songs on his previous albums Hot Buttered Soul

Hot Buttered Soul

Hot Buttered Soul was Isaac Hayes' second studio album. Released in 1969, it is recognized as a landmark in soul music.-Album history:The album almost never came to be...

("Walk On By") and The Isaac Hayes Movement

The Isaac Hayes Movement (album)

The Isaac Hayes Movement was the third studio album released by Isaac Hayes. Released in 1970, it was the follow-up to "Hot Buttered Soul", Hayes' landmark 1969 album. Marvell Thomas had come up with "The Isaac Hayes Movement" as a name for Hayes' backup ensemble. He modeled the name after the Jimi...

("I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself

I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself

"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.-Original version:"I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" was first recorded by Tommy Hunt in a session produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, with Burt Bacharach arranging and conducting...

").

The ...To Be Continued album as a whole peaked at #1 on the Billboard Black Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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 and Jazz Albums charts, and at #11 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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Track listing

Personnel

Isaac Hayes: vocals, producer, arranger, piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... , electric piano Electric piano An electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented... , bongos Bongo drum Bongo or bongos are a Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of single-headed, open-ended drums attached to each other. The drums are of different size: the larger drum is called in Spanish the hembra and the smaller the macho... , timpani Timpani Timpani, or kettledrums, are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper. They are played by striking the head with a specialized drum stick called a timpani stick or timpani mallet... , vibraphone Vibraphone The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family.... Dale Warren Dale Warren Dale Ossman Warren was an American musician, who was best known for his work as an arranger for Motown Records in the early 1960s, and later for the Stax label where he worked with Isaac Hayes among many others... : arranger Pat Lewis: backing vocal arranger The Bar-Kays: instrumentation James Alexander James Alexander (musician) James Alexander is an American soul and R&B musician. He is a longtime member of the band The Bar-Kays, for which he plays bass guitar. He also is the father of noted hip-hop and R&B producer Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander, whom he named after his best friend and late Bar-Kays bandmate Phalon Jones... : bass guitar Bass guitar The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... Cliff Acred: bass guitar Ben Cauley: trumpet Trumpet The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... Michael Toles: guitar Guitar The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... Ronnie Gordon: keyboards Harvey Henderson: saxophone Saxophone The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... Roy Cunningham: drums Drum kit A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... Willie Hall Willie Hall (drummer) Willie "Too Big" Hall was born August 8, 1950, in Memphis, Tennessee. He began his career as a drummer in 1965, while still in high school. He played with the Bar-Kays band and Isaac Hayes's band The Movement... : drums Hot Buttered Soul Unlimited: backing vocals William Brown, Henry Bush, and Ron Capone: engineers Joe Tarantino: mastering David Krieger: art direction Herb Kole: art supervisor Joel Brodsky: photography

The Memphis Horns and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra: instrumentation Johnny "Scat" Davis: trumpet Bill Bell: trombone Ernie Bernhardt: trumpet Jackie Thomas: trombone Edwin Hubbard: flute Robert Snyder: violin Ann Spurbeck: violin James Terry: flute Nick Vergos: English horn Nick Vergos: oboe John Wehlan: violin Vincent de Frank: cello Joe De'Gerolamo: French horn Ed Freudberg: violin Gloria Hendricks: violin Nino Ravarino: viola Hal Saunders: violin Joan Gilbert: violin John Davis: trumpet Jack Fonville: flute D'Gerolamo: French horn Richard Dolph: French horn Noel Gilbert: violin

Later Samples

• "Ike's Rap I"
  • "Intro" by Nas
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    , from the album Street's Disciple
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  • "A Message to the Feds, Sincerely, We the People" by Nas, from the album Street's Disciple
• "Our Day will Come"
  • "Exchange" and "(Exchange)" by Massive Attack
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    , from the album Mezzanine
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• "Ike's Mood I"
  • "Getting Married" by Nas, from the album Street's Disciple
  • "Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz" by Biz Markie
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    , from the album Goin' Off
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  • "I Love You" by Mary J. Blige
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    , from the album My Life
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  • "One Love" by Massive Attack, from the album Blue Lines
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    -Personnel:* All tracks produced and mixed by Massive Attack, Cameron McVey and Jonny Dollar.** Robert "3D" Del Naja: vocals - keyboards** Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall: vocals** Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles: keyboards# "Safe from Harm"#* Shara Nelson: vocals...
    
    

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1970 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1971 (U.S.)