Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound

Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound is the fifth full-length album from metal/funk/soul pioneers 24-7 Spyz. Released through the What Are Records? label, it is the first album to feature the band as a trio. Former drummer Joel Maitoza returned to replace Anthony Johnson, but the band decided not to replace departed vocalist P. Fluid. Instead, guitarist Jimi Hazel also became the lead singer (bassist Rick Skatore also shared lead vocal duties in concert).

Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound
Studio album by 24-7 Spyz
Released	September 24, 1996
Genre	Soul metal,[1] heavy R&B, hardcore funk
Length	67:15
Label	What Are Records?
24-7 Spyz chronology
Temporarily Disconnected (1995) Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound (1996) Can You Hear the Sound? (1998)

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Allmusic	[2]

The album, clocking in at nearly 70 minutes, begins with five heavy metal tunes before entering a funk, soul, R&B, and pop section for over 20 minutes.

In March 1996, six months before the release of Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound, the Enemy label released an alternate European version of the album entitled 6. This version of the album does not include the songs "Earth And Sky" and "Save The World." Instead, the album contains covers of The Association's "Along Comes Mary" and Love's "7 and 7 Is." The album is titled 6 due to it being the sixth release by the band, if including the This is...24-7 Spyz! EP.

Together, both versions of the album helped reignite the band's popularity in Europe and the United States, but personal tensions and disagreements between Hazel and Skatore would lead to the official breakup of 24-7 Spyz the following year.