Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
Studio album by Otis Redding
Released October 15, 1966
Recorded May 1966-September 1966
Genre Memphis soul
Southern soul
Deep soul
Soul
Length 34:59
Label Volt/Atco
Producer Jim Stewart
Booker T. & the MG's
Isaac Hayes
David Porter
Otis Redding chronology
The Soul Album
(1966)
Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
(1966)
King & Queen
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone (favorable)[2]
RS Album Guide 5/5 stars[3]

Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul is the fifth album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding and his last solo studio album released before his death. Critic Jon Landau called it "The finest record ever to come out of Memphis and certainly the best example of modern soul ever recorded." In 2003, the album was ranked number 251 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"   Steve Cropper, Otis Redding 2:40
2. "I'm Sick Y'all"   Cropper, David Porter, Redding 2:53
3. "Tennessee Waltz"   Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart 2:53
4. "Sweet Lorene"   Isaac Hayes, Alvertis Isbell, Redding 2:26
5. "Try a Little Tenderness"   Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods 3:46
6. "Day Tripper"   John Lennon, Paul McCartney 2:32
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
7. "My Lover's Prayer"   Redding 3:05
8. "She Put the Hurt on Me"   Redding 2:34
9. "Ton of Joy"   Redding 2:50
10. "You're Still My Baby"   Chuck Willis 3:47
11. "Hawg for You"   Redding 3:24
12. "Love Have Mercy"   Hayes, Porter 2:48

Personnel

  • Joe Arnold – Tenor saxophone
  • Steve Cropper – Guitar
  • Donald "Duck" Dunn – Bass
  • Isaac Hayes – Keyboards
  • Al Jackson, Jr. – Drums
  • Wayne Jackson – Trumpet
  • Booker T. Jones – Bass, Keyboards, Vibraphone
  • Andrew Love – Tenor saxophone
  • Floyd Newman – Baritone saxophone
  • Otis Redding – Vocals
  • Ronnie Stoots – Cover Design

References


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