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The Immortal Otis Redding

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The Immortal Otis Redding is a posthumous album from soul artist Otis Redding. The album featured music recorded but not released prior to his death in 1967. "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)" was the only song previously released, having been a single in April of 1968.

The Immortal featured four charting singles including "The Happy Song", "I've Got Dreams to Remember", "Amen", and "Hard to Handle".

Track listing

Side one

  1. "I've Got Dreams to Remember" (Otis and Zelma Redding) - 3:10
    • (R&B #6, US #41)
  2. "You Made a Man Out of Me" (Deanie Parker and Steve Cropper) - 2:06
  3. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (O. Redding) - 2:20
  4. "Hard to Handle" (Allen Jones, Alvertis Isbell, and O. Redding) - 2:18
    • (R&B #38, US #51, UK #15)
  5. "Thousand Miles Away" (O. Redding) - 2:09
  6. "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)" (O. Redding and S. Cropper) - 2:40
    • (R&B #10, US #25, UK #24)

Side two

  1. "Think About It" (D. Covay and O. Redding) - 2:59
  2. "A Waste of Time" (O. Redding) - 3:15
  3. "Champagne and Wine" (O. Redding, Roy Johnson, and Allan Walden) - 2:49
  4. "A Fool for You" (Ray Charles) - 2:55
  5. "Amen" (O. Redding) - 3:20
    • (R&B #15, US #36)