- Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
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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
SoulLength 34:59 Label Volt/Atco Producer Jim Stewart
Booker T. & the MG's
Isaac Hayes
David PorterOtis 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 [1]
Rolling Stone (favorable)[2] RS Album Guide [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
Categories:- 1966 albums
- Otis Redding albums
- Stax Records albums
- Atco Records albums
- Albums produced by Isaac Hayes
- English-language albums
- Albums produced by Jim Stewart (music)
- Albums produced by David Porter (musician)
- Albums produced by Steve Cropper
- Albums produced by Donald "Duck" Dunn
- Albums produced by Al Jackson, Jr.
- Albums produced by Booker T. Jones
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