Chocolate Chip (album)

Chocolate Chip
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1975
RecordedSpring 1975
StudioHot Buttered Soul Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
GenreDisco, funk, soul
Length40:32
LabelHot Buttered Soul/ABC
ProducerIsaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes chronology
Truck Turner
(1974)
Chocolate Chip
(1975)
Disco Connection
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Chocolate Chip is the seventh studio album by American soul musician Isaac Hayes. It was released in 1975 by ABC Records through Hayes' own imprint, Hot Buttered Soul Records, marking Hayes' first release after leaving the then-financially troubled Stax label.[2] The album was Hayes's segue into the emerging disco scene and featured horns and layered beats, while maintaining his traditional soulful vocals.[3] “Chocolate Chip” was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B Albums chart the week ending August 9, 1975 and stayed in the top position for two weeks. It was his seventh and final number one album.

  1. ^ Wynn, Ron. Review: Chocolate Chip. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2017-04-14.
  2. ^ Bowman, Rob Soulsville, U.S.A.: the story of Stax Records Music Sales Group, 2003 ISBN 0-8256-7284-8 ISBN 978-0-8256-7284-2 at Google Books. pp. 332-334.
  3. ^ "Chocolate Chip - Isaac Hayes | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-30.