Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

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Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul cover
Studio album by Otis Redding
Released October 15, 1966
Recorded May 1966-September 1966
Genre Memphis soul
Southern soul
Deep soul
Soul
Length 34:59
Label Rhino
Volt
Sundazed
Atco
Professional reviews
Otis Redding chronology
The Soul Album (1966) Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966) King & Queen (1967)


Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul is the fifth album from Otis Redding and the last studio album completed before his death. Critic Jon Landau called it "The finest record ever to come out of Memphis and certainly the best example of modern soul ever recorded." In 2003, the album was ranked number 251 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" (Steve Cropper, Otis Redding) – 2:40
  2. "I'm Sick Y'all" - (Cropper, David Porter, Redding) – 2:53
  3. "Tennessee Waltz" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart) – 2:53
  4. "Sweet Lorene" (Isaac Hayes, Alvertis Isbell, Redding) – 2:26
  5. "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry Woods) – 3:46
  6. "Day Tripper" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:32
  7. "My Lover's Prayer" (Otis Redding) – 3:05
  8. "She Put the Hurt on Me" (Otis Redding) – 2:34
  9. "Ton of Joy" (Otis Redding) – 2:50
  10. "You're Still My Baby" (Chuck Willis) – 3:47
  11. "Hawg for You" (Otis Redding) – 3:24
  12. "Love Have Mercy" (Hayes, Porter) – 2:28