music.wikisort.org - CompositionThe Immortal Otis Redding is a posthumous studio album by American soul recording artist Otis Redding, released in June 1968 by Atco Records. It compiles 11 songs recorded by Redding in a three-week stretch of sessions that concluded days prior to his death in December 1967.[1] "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)" was the only song previously released, having been a single in April 1968. The Immortal Otis Redding featured four charting singles including "The Happy Song", "I've Got Dreams to Remember", "Amen", and "Hard to Handle".
1968 studio album by Otis Redding
The Immortal Otis Redding |
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Released | June 1968 |
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Recorded | Spring–Fall 1967 |
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Genre | Soul |
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Length | 30:01 |
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Label | Atco |
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Producer | Steve Cropper |
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Critical reception and legacy
Writing for Creem magazine in 1977, Robert Christgau called The Immortal Otis Redding his favorite album by Redding and "probably among my five most-played LPs", because it "showcases the unduplicated warmth, tenderness, and humor of his ballad singing".[2] The following year, it was voted the 33rd best album ever in Paul Gambaccini's poll of prominent rock critics, published in his book Rock Critics' Choice: The Top 200 Albums. Christgau ranked it third in a list accompanying the book.[3] The album was included in "A Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[4]
Music critic Dave Marsh gave the album five stars in The New Rolling Stone Record Guide (1983).[5] Lindsay Planer of AllMusic gave it three-and-a-half stars and said although it "wasn't quite on par with" Redding's several other studio albums, the songs on The Immortal Otis Redding were "welcome (if not mandatory) additions to all manner of listeners".[1]
Track listing
Side oneTitle | Writer(s) |
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1. | "I've Got Dreams to Remember" | Otis Redding, Zelma Redding, Joe Rock | 3:10 |
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2. | "You Made a Man Out of Me" | Deanie Parker, Steve Cropper | 2:06 |
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3. | "Nobody's Fault But Mine" | Redding | 2:20 |
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4. | "Hard to Handle" | Redding, Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones | 2:18 |
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5. | "Thousand Miles Away" | Redding | 2:09 |
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6. | "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum-De-De-De-Dum-Dum)" | Redding, Cropper | 2:40 |
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Personnel
Credits adapted from Allmusic.[6]
Charts
Album
Chart |
Peak position[7] |
UK Album Chart[8] |
19 |
US Billboard Hot R&B LPs |
3 |
US Billboard Top LPs |
58 |
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Singles
Song |
Chart |
Peak position[7] |
"The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)" |
US Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles |
10 |
US Billboard Hot 100 |
25 |
UK Singles Chart[8] |
24 |
"I've Got Dreams to Remember" |
US Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles |
6 |
US Billboard Hot 100 |
41 |
"Amen" |
US Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles |
15 |
US Billboard Hot 100 |
36 |
"Hard to Handle" (B-Side of "Amen") |
US Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles |
38 |
US Billboard Hot 100 |
51 |
UK Singles Chart[8] |
15 |
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References
- Planer, Lindsay. "The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding". AllMusic. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- Christgau, Robert (March 1977). "Consumer Guide: A Guide to 1967". Creem. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- Gambaccini, Paul (1978). Rock Critic's Choice: The Top 200 Albums. Omnibus. pp. 83–4. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- Marsh, Dave (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York City: Random House. p. 415. ISBN 0394721071.
- "The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding : Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- "The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding > Awards > AllMusic". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
- "Otis Redding / Artist / Official Charts". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
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The Immortal Otis Redding è un album raccolta di Otis Redding, pubblicato dalla ATCO Records nel 1968. Il disco contiene sia brani inediti sia brani pubblicati in precedenza solo come singoli.
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