Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul

The music itself wasn't bad, I just wasn't necessarily a fan of the delivery. It sounded too often like he was constipated and pushing too hard. Overall an ok album. 2.5/5

oh wow, 2h album?
ok it has a lot of live and remaster tracks, will listen to the original.

its actually very good, lemme get back to the long one..

ill listen to the tracks not included in the original and call it a day...

alright lets finish this.

amazing album, definitely belongs to this list!

Meget fin stil! Et par sange jeg godt kunne finde på at høre igen, men albummet kommer nok ikke i rotation..

Discazo con dos de sus mejores canciones "Respect" y "I've Been Loving You Too Long" y dos de sus mejores versiones "My Girl" y "Wonderful World".

Truth in advertising; Otis Redding does, indeed, sing soul. Fantastic song selection and thrilling performances all across this album. The vocals are warm and honest, with controlled runs and embellishment but also gruff and occaisonly raspy with a break when it all gets too much. The backing musicians are the definition of in the pocket, on cue and on point. The basslines are so smooth, floating things along, the guitars clean light-reverb sound sets a relaxed tone, the drums keep it all moving with quick little fills to pass from section to section, and the horns build and swell to build up the tension and release it when they hit the big riffs just right. Immaculate.

So many classics and in such an incredible voice. What's not to love

What can I say about an album like this? Just sheer raw talent. Though it's comprised largely of covers, his performance is everything. It takes guts to cover Sam Cooke, but he manages to pull it off, and even make those songs his own. This absolute powerhouse of a record was basically recorded in 24 hours. 24 hours! Simply astonishing. He was a force of nature.

Good, but not quite great. He has an astounding voice, and has picked some good songs to sing (other than the rubbish cover of the Stones' 'Satisfaction') but it's just missing a bit of emotion at points. I really enjoyed it, but didn't love it.

Was really enjoyable. Some very well known songs, some done differently than I've heard before. Not familiar with this recording before listening, but will probably listen again.

Nautin kyllä Otiksen äänestä ja menosta. 4/5

So many hits here. Unbelievably good.

The "O" in soul stands for Otis.

Great singer, lovely album, mostly covers but makes them his own, just misses out on 5 stars. I think this might become by go to Soul album.

I try to consider the albums as a body of work, so while Otis Redding is an incredible artist and I enjoyed the individual songs, the album as a whole didn't work for me.

my girl ...