Branded (Isaac Hayes album)

Branded
Studio album by Isaac Hayes
Released	May 23, 1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Funk
Length	60:04
Label	Pointblank/Virgin/EMI
Producer	Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes chronology
Raw & Refined (1995) Branded (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [3]
Muzik	[4]
NME	9/10 [5]
Select	[6]

Branded is the twentieth and final studio album by the American soul musician Isaac Hayes. ^[7] It was released on May 23, 1995 by Pointblank/Virgin/EMI Records. ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Isaac Hayes, except where indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ike's Plea"		1:19
2.	"Life's Mood"		2:52
3.	"Fragile"	Sting	6:21
4.	"Life's Mood II"		3:21
5.	"Summer in the City"	John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone	6:55
6.	"Let Me Love You"		4:42
7.	"I'll Do Anything (To Turn You On)"		7:45
8.	"Thanks to the Fool"	Hayes, David Porter	7:40
9.	"Branded"		7:02
10.	"Soulsville"		4:09
11.	"Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic"	Hayes, Alvertis Isbell	12:00

References

1. Richard S. Ginell. "Branded - Isaac Hayes | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
2. Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan. p. 131. ISBN   9780312245603.
3. Bernard, James (June 2, 1995). "Branded". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
4. Jones, Bob (June 1995). "Isaac Hayes: Branded" (PDF). Muzik . No. 1. p. 81. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2022.
5. Sutherland, Steve (June 10, 1995). "Long Play". NME . p. 50. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
6. Grundy, Gareth (June 1995). "New Albums". Select . Retrieved December 10, 2024.
7. "Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2022.