Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul

Too good.

Looks like the album cover to a 1970 Top Of The Pops album. Disappointed with the production, it sounded mono (it possibly was) and the fadeouts were a little severe.

But at the end of the day it's Otis. Smooth bastard. My new go-to blues album if I'm ever on the pull again.

Considering I already have this album saved on Spotify, it's gotta be a 5. Otis has the greatest voice of all time and the fact that he died at just 26 years old is the biggest tragedy in musical history.

A Change Is Gonna Come is a soul classic. Some solid covers but its so foundational that it comes off as sort of bland?

Pretty much crushing it on every level.

Loved it … great songs performed by one of the greatest soul singers of all time. What more do you want?

A timeless soul album, and godDAMN what a voice.

Ein Blues-Album an der Schnittstelle von Pop, Rock, Gospel, Blues und Soul“, mit einer Reihe „kurzer, druckvoller“ Songs, „die gut angeordnet sind, um zwischen mitreißender Balladenkunst und mitreißender Ausgelassenheit zu schwanken. „My Girl“. „Wonderful World“ und „Satisfaction“ sind reizvolle Coverversionen bekannter Titel.

I’ve noticed a trend in my reviews where I explain why a very good album doesn’t quite deserve five stars. It is tedious even to me. Yet here we are again: this is cheating. You take one of the greatest soul singers, give him a lineup of great soul songs, and then package it as an album. This isn’t an album the way we understand it. This is a greatest hits, an all-star game, a dream karaoke situation. I’m not giving this five stars.

I think if anything it just proves the genius of Aretha Franklin. How you can change a song about implied spousal abuse to a women empowerment anthem by barely changing a word. The rest of the album is good. satisfaction is better here than the rolling stone version. Honestly better than I was expecting. He's got such a unique voice.

Good album, a few classics/early versions of songs.

A little whiny tbh

Holy crap what a voice. I mean this has to be one of the most powerful voices in soul that I've ever heard.

But you can't get away with making a cover album.

His voice really was something. Loved the idea of an album of very popular songs at the time. Satisfaction was quite a pleasant surprise

I don’t have much to say about this album. Otis Redding has a great voice, but this album of covers didn’t do much for me. Nothing wrong with it, I wouldn’t be upset to hear it again, but I wouldn’t go out of my way for it either.

Overlong for an album, but an easy listen.

Pretty nice, but the fact that only 2 songs are original takes away from it a bit.

I'm not really sure how much to say about this one. It's Otis Redding so it's great. But as great as it is, I just don't connect with this music much. Or maybe it's not that I don't connect with it, it might be that it just sounds so dated to me. Not just this album but the whole soul and early R&B genres in general. I think this kind of music, though great for the time, just doesn't play as well anymore.
I don't know. It's a great album but would I ever seek it out again? Probably not. 3/5

One of the defining albums of ’60s soul! Otis, with the backing band from Stax again. Booker T, Donald Dunn, Isaac Hayes, Steve Cropper; a literal who’s who of the genre. This is musical perfection.

Nice soul album. Good covers.