U-Turn (Isaac Hayes album)

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U-Turn
Isaac Hayes U-Turn.jpg
Studio album by
Released1986
Recorded1986
Genre Funk
Length44:07
Label Columbia
Producer Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes chronology
Lifetime Thing
(1981)
U-Turn
(1986)
Love Attack
(1988)

U-Turn is a studio album by the American musician Isaac Hayes, released in 1986 through Columbia Records. [1] [2] It was his first album in five years. [3] "Ike's Rap VIII" was a minor radio hit. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune called the album "slickly funky to the point of self-parody." [5] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution deemed it "a solid collection of dance-oriented tunes and bedroom-bound ballads." [6] Nick Coleman of NME said, "The pulse is slowly reduced to bellycrawl and the voice heaves like a dopey mastodon in a swamp, but all the tunes save "Doesn't Rain In London" lack the narrative/poetic extravagance which made his cover versions such essential listening back when trousers were trousers." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If You Want My Lovin', Do Me Right" Bernard Jackson, David Conley, David Townsend 4:30
2."Flash Backs"Bernard Jackson, David Conley, David Townsend4:29
3."You Turn Me On"Bernard Jackson, David Conley, David Townsend4:43
4."Ike's Rap VIII"Isaac Hayes3:22
5."Hey Girl" Carole King, Gerry Goffin 5:45
6."Doesn't Rain in London"Isaac Hayes5:29
7."Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe 6:17
8."Thing for You"Isaac Hayes5:28
9."Thank God for Love"Isaac Hayes, Pamela Phillips Oland4:04

References

  1. Amy Hanson. "U-Turn - Isaac Hayes | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  2. Hunt, Dennis (October 11, 1986). "Isaac Hayes Raps Drugs in Comeback". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 1.
  3. "Isaac Hayes Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  4. Campbell, Mary (March 20, 1987). "Isaac Hayes tries third comeback". Daily Breeze. p. E12.
  5. Brogan, Daniel (January 9, 1987). "Isaac Hayes, U-Turn". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 47.
  6. Thomas, Keith (January 5, 1987). "Record Reviews". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. B3.
  7. Nick Coleman (January 3, 1987). "33". NME . p. 22.