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'''''The Immortal Otis Redding''''' is a posthumous [[studio album]] by American [[Soul music|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.<ref name="Planer"/> "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".
'''''The Immortal Otis Redding''''' is a posthumous [[studio album]] by the American [[Soul music|soul]] recording artist [[Otis Redding]], released in June 15, 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.<ref name="Planer"/> "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".


== Critical legacy ==
== 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".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=March 1977|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/cg1967.php|title=Consumer Guide: A Guide to 1967|journal=[[Creem]]|accessdate=May 26, 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gambaccini|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Gambaccini|year=1978|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/list/gambaccini-78.php|accessdate=May 26, 2013|pages=83–4|publisher=[[Omnibus Press|Omnibus]]|title=Rock Critic's Choice: The Top 200 Albums}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=0899190251|chapter=A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg70/basics.php|accessdate=March 16, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
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".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=March 1977|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/cg1967.php|title=Consumer Guide: A Guide to 1967|journal=[[Creem]]|accessdate=May 26, 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gambaccini|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Gambaccini|year=1978|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/list/gambaccini-78.php|access-date=May 26, 2013|pages=83–4|publisher=[[Omnibus Press|Omnibus]]|title=Rock Critic's Choice: The Top 200 Albums}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=0899190251|chapter=A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg70/basics.php|access-date=March 16, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>


Music critic [[Dave Marsh]] gave the album five stars in ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide#Second edition|The New Rolling Stone Record Guide]]'' (1983).<ref>{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstoner00mars/page/415 415]|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide#Second edition|The New Rolling Stone Record Guide]]|publisher=[[Random House]], Rolling Stone Press|isbn=0394721071|year=1983}}</ref> Lindsay Planer from [[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".<ref name="Planer">{{cite web|last=Planer|first=Lindsay|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-immortal-otis-redding-mw0000273446|title=The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=May 26, 2013}}</ref>
Music critic [[Dave Marsh]] gave the album five stars in ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide#Second edition|The New Rolling Stone Record Guide]]'' (1983).<ref>{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|authorlink=Dave Marsh|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstoner00mars/page/415 415]|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide#Second edition|The New Rolling Stone Record Guide]]|publisher=[[Random House]]|location=New York City|isbn=0394721071|year=1983}}</ref> 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".<ref name="Planer">{{cite web|last=Planer|first=Lindsay|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-immortal-otis-redding-mw0000273446|title=The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=May 26, 2013}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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* [[Booker T. Jones]], [[Isaac Hayes]] – keyboards, piano
* [[Booker T. Jones]], [[Isaac Hayes]] – keyboards, piano
* [[Steve Cropper]] – guitar, producer
* [[Steve Cropper]] – guitar, producer
* [[Donald Dunn]] – bass guitar
* [[Donald "Duck" Dunn|Donald Dunn]] – bass guitar
* [[Al Jackson Jr.]] – drums
* [[Al Jackson Jr.]] – drums
* [[Wayne Jackson (musician)|Wayne Jackson]] – trumpet
* [[Wayne Jackson (musician)|Wayne Jackson]] – trumpet

Latest revision as of 18:11, 19 September 2024

The Immortal Otis Redding
Studio album by
Otis Redding
ReleasedJune 15, 1968
GenreSoul
Length30:01
LabelAtco
ProducerSteve Cropper
Otis Redding chronology
The Dock of the Bay
(1968) 		The Immortal Otis Redding
(1968) 		In Person at the Whisky a Go Go
(1968)

The Immortal Otis Redding is a posthumous studio album by the American soul recording artist Otis Redding, released in June 15, 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".

Critical reception and legacy

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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

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I've Got Dreams to Remember"Otis Redding, Zelma Redding, Joe Rock3:10
2."You Made a Man Out of Me"Deanie Parker, Steve Cropper2:06
3."Nobody's Fault But Mine"Redding2:20
4."Hard to Handle"Redding, Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones2:18
5."Thousand Miles Away"Redding2:09
6."The Happy Song (Dum-Dum-De-De-De-Dum-Dum)"Redding, Cropper2:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Think About It"Don Covay, Redding2:59
2."A Waste of Time"Redding3:15
3."Champagne and Wine"Redding, Roy Johnson, Allan Walden2:49
4."A Fool for You"Ray Charles2:55
5."Amen"Jester Hairston (uncredited)3:20

Personnel

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Credits adapted from Allmusic.[6]

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ a b Planer, Lindsay. "The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding". AllMusic. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (March 1977). "Consumer Guide: A Guide to 1967". Creem. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  3. ^ Gambaccini, Paul (1978). Rock Critic's Choice: The Top 200 Albums. Omnibus. pp. 83–4. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Marsh, Dave (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York City: Random House. p. 415. ISBN 0394721071.
  6. ^ "The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding : Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding > Awards > AllMusic". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  8. ^ a b c "Otis Redding / Artist / Official Charts". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
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