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Otis Redding - The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul : Complete & Unbelievable Audio CD

A fair review of the Otis Redding "The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul : Complete & Unbelievable" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Otis Redding reviews here, or go back to the Otis Redding tabs.

Otis Redding Band: Otis Redding
Title: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul : Complete & Unbelievable
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Release Date: 1991-06-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) 2: I'm Sick Y'all 3: Tennessee Waltz 4: Sweet Lorene 5: Try a Little Tenderness 6: Day Tripper 7: My Lover's Prayer 8: She Put the Hurt on Me 9: Ton of Joy 10: You're Still My Baby 11: Hawg for You 12: Love Have Mercy

Otis Redding's Recordings
Otis Blue is in stereo if you get the double CD version because one CD is stereo, the other the original MONO. The problem with all of Otis Redding's recordings is they are all in MONO, only one was recorded in STEREO.

Personally, I hate listening to anything is MONO even Otis, and I love the man's voice.


OTIS!!! YEAH!
His cover of the ancient "Try a Little Tenderness", the only version of the song most people know, is probably his best song ever, thanks to the building emotion in the vocal that eventually explodes. While the Dictionary of Soul was written by Brown, Charles and Cooke in 1960 or so, Otis has the honor of being an editor. He goes for the more direct emotional approach on some of his own songs, such as the soul shouter "I'm Sick Y'all", and the quiet, reserved, slow soul "Sweet Lorrane". He also writes "My Lover's Prayer", a song with a wonderful melody; the fun Willie Dixon-like blues "Hawg for You", with a fine guitar solo, and the raw "Ton of Joy" on his own; the M. G. 's co-wrote, and were heavily involved in winners like "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" and "I'm Sick Y'all": the oft-covered soul of "Tennessee Waltz" (which he probably picked up from Sam Cooke) also gets a strong performance. A couple weak points include a bad cover of "Day Tripper", which fails where "Satisfaction" succeeded, and "You're Still My Baby", a dumbed-down "Tenderness". Even with those faults, this is still a worthy successor to Otis Blue.


Otis Smokes!
Buy it and you won't regret one single instant. Otis Redding is smokin' hot with his wonderful retinue of songs! If you are looking for burning soul with horns,flourishes and classy crooning then this is the one for you!
My favorite, Try A Little Tenderness squeezes out every possible high note there is, Sad Song is a great gut bustin' fa fa fa fa fa fabulous venue for the master of soul. .


that ain't no hogwash.
i don't want to spoil anyone's listening experience but if you've never heard the first song on this album before then turn your stereo up really loud before you do 'cause the first words out of his mouth are so funny you will laugh.


Singing " Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa".
He could rock like Little Richard, and then turn around and sing a ballad like Sam Cooke. Otis Redding was one of the greatest soul singers of all time. This was his fifth album, from 1966. It contains a mixture of some classic hits like "Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa" and "Try a Little Tenderness", and fine lesser known songs like "Hawg For You". But what really showcases Otis's unique talent is the cover songs here. He could take a country song like "Tennessee Waltz", a standard like "Try a Little Tenderness", a Beatles song like "Day Tripper" and and old R&B song like "You're Still My Baby" and when he got through with them they sounded like Otis Redding songs. Fans of classic sould should dig this album.


You can see a complete list of all Otis Redding discography, or go back to the Otis Redding tabs. There is also a good guide on how to read guitar tabs here.

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