Ole Man Trouble/Respect/A Change Is Gonna Come/Down In The Valley/I’ve Been Loving You Too Long/ Shake/My Girl/Wonderful World/Rock Me Baby/Satisfaction/You Don’t Miss Your Water
Otis Blue was the classic album from soul legend Otis Redding. It is now recognised as one of the greatest soul albums. Backing is by Booker T & The MGs. (US:75 UK:6)
"Otis Blue includes covers of three songs by Sam Cooke, Redding's idol, who died the previous December. Their styles couldn't have been more different; Cooke smooth and sure, Redding raw and pleading. But Redding's versions of Shake and A Change Is Gonna Come show how Cooke's sound and message helped shape Redding's Southern soul sound. Redding's singing reaches a new level of expressiveness with this as well as with covers of B. B. King's Rock Me Baby and the Motown hit My Girl."
"Otis Blue has always been that rarest of beasts: a '60s soul album that could actually have been made as an album, rather than as a slapdash assortment of singles and fillers. The point being that there is no filler among these eleven classic Redding tracks. Otis Blue captures Redding at the very peak of his raw, unpolished powers."
"Eight of the eleven selections are cover tunes, but Otis and crew attack the material with such passion and precision that it escapes the usual haphazard feel of a full length record slapped together around a few strong singles."
"Otis Redding's Otis Blue is among the greatest albums ever made. Every moment of this record is breathtaking. This is one of the earliest albums that was true soul, and it is most likely the best. All eleven songs are incredible. Otis Blue shows just how great a singer Redding was."
"Otis Redding's voice is incredible. Few people could sing like Otis Redding. Whether it is a slower song, such as I've Been Loving You Too Long, an upbeat song, such as Respect or even a blues song, such as Rock Me Baby, Redding's voice shines. There isn't one moment on this album where one would question the greatness of his voice."
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