...To Be Continued

...To Be Continued
Studio album by Isaac Hayes
Released	November 1970
Recorded	Summer 1970
Genre	Soul, jazz, funk
Length	42:03
Label	Enterprise 1014
Producer	Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes chronology
The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970) ...To Be Continued (1970) Shaft (1971)

...To Be Continued is a studio album by American soul musician Isaac Hayes, issued in 1970 on Stax Records' Enterprise label. The LP includes Hayes' cover of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition "The Look of Love", which was issued as a single in an edited form, peaking at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100. Hayes had covered Bacharach/David songs on his previous albums Hot Buttered Soul ("Walk On By") and The Isaac Hayes Movement ("I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself").

The ...To Be Continued album as a whole peaked at #1 on the Billboard Black Albums and Jazz Albums charts, and at #11 on the Billboard 200.

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Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ike's Rap I" (Isaac Hayes)	3:59
2.	"Our Day Will Come" (Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson)	5:27
3.	"The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)	11:13

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Medley: Ike's Mood I/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (Hayes/Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)	15:33
2.	"Runnin' Out of Fools" (Kay Rogers, Richard Ahlert)	5:52

Personnel

Isaac Hayes: vocals, producer, arranger, piano, electric piano, bongos, timpani, vibraphone Dale Warren: arranger Pat Lewis: backing vocal arranger The Bar-Kays: instrumentation James Alexander: bass guitar Cliff Acred: bass guitar Ben Cauley: trumpet Michael Toles: guitar Ronnie Gordon: keyboards Harvey Henderson: saxophone Roy Cunningham: drums Willie Hall: 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, from the album Street's Disciple
  • "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, from the album Mezzanine
• "Ike's Mood I"
  • "Getting Married" by Nas, from the album Street's Disciple
  • "Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz" by Biz Markie, from the album Goin' Off
  • "I Love You" by Mary J. Blige, from the album My Life
  • "One Love" by Massive Attack, from the album Blue Lines

See also

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