Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul är ett musikalbum av Otis Redding som lanserades 1965 på Stax Records. Det var Reddings tredje studioalbum. Skivan innehåller bland annat originalversionen av låten "Respect", och hans insjungning av "My Girl" som blev hans första singelhit i Storbritannien. Originalkompositionen "I've Been Loving You to Long (To Stop Now)" blev en av hans största singelframgångar.

Magasinet Rolling Stone listade år 2003 albumet som #74 på listan The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Skivan omnämns även i Robert Dimerys bok 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Låtlista

(kompositör inom parentes)

  1. "Ole Man Trouble" (Otis Redding) - 2:55
  2. "Respect" (Redding) - 2:05
  3. "Change Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) - 4:17
  4. "Down in the Valley" (Bert Berns, Solomon Burke, Babe Chivian, Joe Martin) - 3:02
  5. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" - (Redding, Jerry Butler) - 3:10
  6. "Shake" (Cooke) - 2:35
  7. "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) - 2:52
  8. "Wonderful World" (Cooke, Lou Adler, Herb Alpert) - 3:00
  9. "Rock Me Baby" (B.B. King) - 3:20
  10. "Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 2:45
  11. "You Don't Miss Your Water" (William Bell) - 2:53

Listplaceringar

  • Billboard 200, USA: #75[1]
  • Billboard R&B Albums: #1
  • UK Albums Chart, Storbritannien: #6[2]

Källor

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/otis-blueotis-redding-sings-soul-r47711/charts-awards
  2. ^ http://www.everyhit.com/
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Otis Redding
Studioalbum
Pain in My Heart (1964) · The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1965) · Otis Blue (1965) · The Soul Album (1966) · Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966) · King & Queen (1967) (duettalbum m. Carla Thomas)
Postuma album
The Immortal Otis Redding (1968) · Love Man (1969) · Tell the Truth (1970)
Livealbum
Live in Europe (1967) · In Person at the Whisky a Go Go (1968) · Monterey International Pop Festival (1970) · Good to Me: Live at the Whisky a Go Go, Vol. 2 (1993) · Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings (2016)
Samlingsalbum
The History of Otis Redding · The Dock of the Bay · The Best of Otis Redding · Remember Me · The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 1 · Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding · The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 2 · Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology
Singlar
"These Arms of Mine" · "Mr. Pitiful" · "I've Been Loving You Too Long" · "Respect" · "Satisfaction" · "My Lover's Prayer" · "Try a Little Tenderness" · "Tramp" · "Knock on Wood" · "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" · "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)" · "I've Got Dreams to Remember" · "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (Live) · "You Left the Water Running"
Relaterat
Diskografi · Shake! Otis at Monterey · Steve Cropper · Booker T. & the M.G.'s · Carla Thomas · Stax · Soul · Andrew Love