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The Immortal Otis Redding
The Immortal Otis Redding
Studio album by Otis Redding
Released	June 15, 1968
Genre	Soul
Length	30:01
Label	Atco
Producer	Steve Cropper
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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

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 one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I've Got Dreams to Remember"	Otis Redding, Zelma Redding, Joe Rock	3:10
2.	"You Made a Man Out of Me"	Deanie Parker, Steve Cropper	2:06
3.	"Nobody's Fault But Mine"	Redding	2:20
4.	"Hard to Handle"	Redding, Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones	2:18
5.	"Thousand Miles Away"	Redding	2:09
6.	"The Happy Song (Dum-Dum-De-De-De-Dum-Dum)"	Redding, Cropper	2:40

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Think About It"	Don Covay, Redding	2:59
2.	"A Waste of Time"	Redding	3:15
3.	"Champagne and Wine"	Redding, Roy Johnson, Allan Walden	2:49
4.	"A Fool for You"	Ray Charles	2:55
5.	"Amen"	Jester Hairston (uncredited)	3:20

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic.^[6]

Otis Redding – vocals
Booker T. Jones, Isaac Hayes – keyboards, piano
Steve Cropper – guitar, producer
Donald Dunn – bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr. – drums
Wayne Jackson – trumpet
Andrew Love, Joe Arnold – tenor saxophone

Charts

Album

Chart	Peak position^[7]
UK Album Chart^[8]	19
US Billboard Hot R&B LPs	3
US Billboard Top LPs	58

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
"I've Got Dreams to Remember"	US Billboard Hot 100	41
"Amen"	US Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles	15
"Amen"	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

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b "The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding > Awards > AllMusic". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Otis Redding / Artist / Official Charts". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-10-28.

External links

The Immortal Otis Redding at Discogs (list of releases)

[Planer-1] 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.

[Allmusic-billboard-7] "The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding > Awards > AllMusic". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-10-28.

[OCC-8] "Otis Redding / Artist / Official Charts". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-10-28.

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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''''' 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 reception and legacy ==
-''The Immortal'' featured four charting singles including "The Happy Song", "I've Got Dreams to Remember", "Amen", and "Hard to Handle".
+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|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>
-== Critical reception ==
-[[Robert Christgau]], writing in ''[[Creem]]'' magazine in 1977, said that it is his favorite Otis Redding album 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|authorlink=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> In [[Paul Gambaccini]]'s 1978 poll of prominent rock critics, ''The Immortal Otis Redding'' was voted as the 33rd best album ever. Christgau ranked it third in his own list.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gambaccini|first=Paul|authorlink=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> 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=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 of [[Allmusic]] gave it three-and-a-half stars and said that, although it "wasn't quite on par with" Redding's other "half-dozen studio albums", the songs are "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>
 ==Track listing==
 {{tracklist
 | headline        = Side one
-| writing_credits = yes
 | title1          = I've Got Dreams to Remember
-| writer1         = Otis Redding, Zelma Redding
+| writer1         = Otis Redding, Zelma Redding, Joe Rock
 | length1         = 3:10
 | title2          = You Made a Man Out of Me
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 | length3         = 2:20
 | title4          = [[Hard to Handle (song)|Hard to Handle]]
-| writer4         = [[Allen Jones (record producer)|Allen Jones]], [[Alvertis Isbell]], Redding
+| writer4         = Redding, [[Alvertis Isbell]], [[Allen Jones (record producer)|Allen Jones]]
 | length4         = 2:18
 | title5          = Thousand Miles Away
@@ Line 41: / Line 45: @@
 | length5         = 2:09
 | title6          = The Happy Song (Dum-Dum-De-De-De-Dum-Dum)
-| writer6         = Redding, Steve Cropper
+| writer6         = Redding, Cropper
 | length6         = 2:40
 }}
@@ Line 47: / Line 51: @@
 {{tracklist
 | headline        = Side two
+| title1          = Think About It
-| writing_credits = yes
-| title7          = Think About It
+| writer1         = [[Don Covay]], Redding
-| writer7         = [[Don Covay]], Redding
+| length1         = 2:59
-| length7         = 2:59
+| title2          = A Waste of Time
-| title8          = A Waste of Time
+| writer2         = Redding
-| writer8         = Redding
+| length2         = 3:15
-| length8         = 3:15
+| title3          = Champagne and Wine
-| title9          = Champagne and Wine
+| writer3         = Redding, Roy Johnson, Allan Walden
-| writer9         = Redding, Roy Johnson, Allan Walden
+| length3         = 2:49
-| length9         = 2:49
+| title4         = [[A Fool for You]]
-| title10         = [[A Fool for You]]
+| writer4        = [[Ray Charles]]
-| writer10        = [[Ray Charles]]
+| length4        = 2:55
-| length10        = 2:55
+| title5         = [[Amen (The Impressions song)|Amen]]
-| title11         = [[Amen (The Impressions song)|Amen]]
+| writer5        = [[Jester Hairston]] (uncredited)
-| writer11        = [[Jester Hairston]] (uncredited)
+| length5        = 3:20
-| length11        = 3:20
 }}
 == Personnel ==
 Credits adapted from [[Allmusic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-immortal-otis-redding-mw0000273446/credits|title=The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding : Credits|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=May 26, 2013}}</ref>
+* [[Otis Redding]] – vocals
+* [[Booker T. Jones]], [[Isaac Hayes]] – keyboards, piano
-* Joe Arnold – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
-* [[Booker T. & the MG's]] – guest artist
 * [[Steve Cropper]] – guitar, producer
-* [[Donald "Duck" Dunn]] – bass
+* [[Donald "Duck" Dunn|Donald Dunn]] – bass guitar
-* [[Isaac Hayes]] – keyboards
+* [[Al Jackson Jr.]] – drums
-* [[Al Jackson, Jr.]] – drums
+* [[Wayne Jackson (musician)|Wayne Jackson]] – trumpet
-* [[Wayne Jackson (musician)|Wayne Jackson]] – trumpet
+* [[Andrew Love (musician)|Andrew Love]], Joe Arnold – tenor saxophone
-* [[Booker T. Jones]] – keyboards
-* [[Andrew Love (musician)|Andrew Love]] – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
-* [[The Memphis Horns]] – guest artist
-* [[Otis Redding]] – vocals
 ==Charts==
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v t e Otis Redding
Studio albums	Pain in My Heart The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads Otis Blue The Soul Album Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul King & Queen
Posthumous albums	The Dock of the Bay The Immortal Otis Redding Love Man Tell the Truth
Live albums	Live in Europe In Person at the Whisky a Go Go Monterey International Pop Festival Good to Me: Live at the Whisky a Go Go, Vol. 2 Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings
Compilation albums	The History of Otis Redding The Dock of the Bay – The Definitive Collection The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 1 Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology Remember Me
Singles	"These Arms of Mine" "Mr. Pitiful" "I've Been Loving You Too Long" "Respect" / "Ole Man Trouble" "Satisfaction" "Try a Little Tenderness" "Tramp" "Knock on Wood" "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" "You Left the Water Running"
Related topics	Discography Shake! Otis at Monterey "Otis" (song)