Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
by Otis Redding
- Type: Album
- Released: September 15, 1965
- Label: Volt
- Country: United States
- Length: 2:03:09
- Community rating: 4.37/5 from 15 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul' is regarded as Otis Redding's first fully realized studio album and a definitive statement of the Southern soul genre. Recorded in a single, urgent 24-hour session, the album features Redding's impassioned vocals over the raw, syncopated backing of Booker T. & the M.G.'s and the Memphis Horns. The tracklist balances Redding's own seminal compositions like "Respect" and "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" with transformative covers of songs by Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, and B.B. King, creating a holistic and powerful summary of contemporary R&B.
Genres
Descriptors: soulful, vocal, bluesy, cover, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Ole Man Trouble (02:36)
- Respect (02:10)
- A Change Is Gonna Come (04:14)
- Down in the Valley (02:59)
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (03:01)
- Shake (02:40)
- My Girl (02:55)
- Wonderful World (03:30)
- Rock Me Baby (03:37)
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (02:51)
- You Don't Miss Your Water (03:06)
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (03:31)
- I'm Depending on You (02:33)
- Respect (02:18)
- Ole Man Trouble (02:46)
- Any Ole Way (02:32)
- Shake (02:33)
- Ole Man Trouble (03:55)
- Respect (02:06)
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (06:03)
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (04:34)
- I'm Depending on You (03:03)
- Any Ole Way (02:42)
- Ole Man Trouble (02:38)
- Respect (02:10)
- A Change Is Gonna Come (04:21)
- Down in the Valley (02:58)
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (03:16)
- Shake (02:41)
- My Girl (02:55)
- Wonderful World (03:10)
- Rock Me Baby (03:28)
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (02:49)
- You Don't Miss Your Water (02:48)
- Respect (01:56)
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (04:10)
- My Girl (02:42)
- Shake - Live in Europe; 2008 Remaste (02:53)
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (02:53)
- Respect (03:06)
Credits
- Otis Redding - vocals, songwriter
- Booker T. Jones - keyboardist, bandleader, keyboards, piano
- Steve Cropper - guitar, producer
- Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass, bass guitar
- Al Jackson Jr. - drums
- Isaac Hayes - piano, keyboards
- Wayne Jackson - trumpet
- Gene "Bowlegs" Miller - trumpet
- Andrew Love - tenor saxophone
- Floyd Newman - baritone saxophone
- William Bell - backing vocals
- Earl Sims - backing vocals
- Tom Dowd - engineer, recording engineer
- Jerry Butler - songwriter
- Jim Stewart - producer, supervision
- Haig Adishian - design [cover], design [cover design]
- Bob Rolontz - liner notes
- Pete Sahula - photography by [cover]