The Soul Album

by Otis Redding

The Soul Album cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 April 1966
  • Label: Volt
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:59
  • Community rating: 4.22/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Backed by the Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Otis Redding balances gritty rhythm and blues with slow, highly orchestrated ballads. The record heavily features the Memphis Horns, providing a punchy counterpoint to Redding's dynamic, pleading vocal delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, soulful, rhythmic, vocal, harmonies, bluesy

Tracklist

  1. Just One More Day (3:30)
  2. It's Growing (2:48)
  3. Cigarettes and Coffee (4:00)
  4. Chain Gang (2:59)
  5. Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out) (3:10)
  6. Good to Me (3:47)
  7. Scratch My Back (2:42)
  8. Treat Her Right (2:11)
  9. Everybody Makes a Mistake (3:23)
  10. Any Ole Way (2:34)
  11. 634-5789 (2:49)

Credits

  • Otis Redding - primary artist, written-by
  • Loring Eutemey - design [cover design]
  • Adrian Barber - lacquer cut by
  • Peter Levy - photography by [cover photo]
  • Paul C. Acree - photography by [liner photos]
  • Jim Stewart - supervised by [supervision]
  • McElvoy Robinson - written-by
  • Steve Cropper - written-by
  • Smokey Robinson - written-by
  • Warren Moore - written-by
  • Eddie Thomas - written-by
  • Jay Walker - written-by
  • Jerry Butler - written-by
  • Charles Cook - written-by
  • Sam Cooke - written-by
  • Jimmy Cox - written-by
  • Julius Green - written-by
  • James Moore - written-by
  • Roy Head - written-by
  • Alvertis Isbell - written-by
  • Eddie Floyd - written-by

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