The Very Best of Otis Redding
by Otis Redding
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 1 January 2000
- Label: Rhino
- Country: United States
- Length: 44:18
- Community rating: 4.2/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A single-disc Rhino survey of Otis Redding's Stax and Volt years, from 'These Arms of Mine' to '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay'. It documents the deep soul singing style that made Redding the label's defining vocalist before his death in 1967.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, soulful, male-vocals, belting, compilation
Tracklist
- These Arms of Mine (2:34)
- Pain in My Heart (2:26)
- That's How Strong My Love Is (2:24)
- Mr. Pitiful (2:42)
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (2:56)
- Respect (2:11)
- I Can't Turn You Loose (2:39)
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (2:44)
- My Lover's Prayer (3:11)
- Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) (2:46)
- Try a Little Tenderness (3:21)
- Shake (2:41)
- The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) (2:41)
- Tramp (3:01)
- (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay (2:46)
- I've Got Dreams to Remember (3:15)
Credits
- Otis Redding - primary artist, written-by
- Stuart Batsford - compiled by
- Steve Cropper - producer, written-by
- Jim Stewart - producer
- Harry Woods - written-by
- James Campbell - written-by
- Reginald Connelly - written-by
- Sam Cooke - written-by
- Naomi Neville - written-by
- Dan Penn - written-by
- Oscar Franck - written-by
- Rick Hall - written-by
- The Stax Staff - producer
- Jimmy McCracklin - written-by
- Lowell Fulson - written-by
- Roosevelt Jamison - written-by
- Ronald White - written-by
- Smokey Robinson - written-by
- Eddie Thomas - written-by
- Jay Walker - written-by
- Jerry Butler - written-by
- Warren Moore - written-by
- David Porter - written-by
- Jimmy Cox - written-by
- Louiella Cullipher - written-by
- Allen A. Jones - written-by
- Alvertis Isbell - written-by
- Jagger-Richards - written-by
- Phil Walden - written-by
- Ahmet Ertegun - written-by
- Eddie Curtis - written-by
- William Bell - written-by
- Joe Rock - written-by
- Zelma Redding - written-by
- Bert Berns - written-by
- Solomon Burke - written-by
- McElvoy Robinson - written-by
- Deanie Parker - written-by
- Lowman Pauling - written-by
- Arthur Brooks - written-by
- Richard Brooks - written-by
- Gene Lawson - written-by
- Booker T. Jones - written-by
- Eddie Floyd - written-by