The Immortal Otis Redding

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The Immortal Otis Redding
Studio album by Otis Redding
Released	June 1968
Recorded	1967
Genre	Soul
Length	30:01
Label	Atco Records
Producer(s)	Steve Cropper
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Otis Redding chronology
The Dock of the Bay (1968)	The Immortal Otis Redding (1968)	In Person at the Whiskey a Go Go (1968)

The Immortal Otis Redding is a posthumous album from soul artist Otis Redding. The album featured music recorded but not released prior to his death in 1967. "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)" was the only song previously released, having been a single in April of 1968.

The Immortal featured four charting singles including "The Happy Song", "I've Got Dreams to Remember", "Amen", and "Hard to Handle".

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "I've Got Dreams to Remember" (Otis and Zelma Redding) - 3:10
   • (R&B #6, US #41)
2. "You Made a Man Out of Me" (Deanie Parker and Steve Cropper) - 2:06
3. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (O. Redding) - 2:20
4. "Hard to Handle" (Allen Jones, Alvertis Isbell, and O. Redding) - 2:18
   • (R&B #38, US #51, UK #15)
5. "Thousand Miles Away" (O. Redding) - 2:09
6. "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)" (O. Redding and S. Cropper) - 2:40
   • (R&B #10, US #25, UK #24)

[edit] Side two

1. "Think About It" (D. Covay and O. Redding) - 2:59
2. "A Waste of Time" (O. Redding) - 3:15
3. "Champagne and Wine" (O. Redding, Roy Johnson, and Allan Walden) - 2:49
4. "A Fool for You" (Ray Charles) - 2:55
5. "Amen" (O. Redding) - 3:20
   • (R&B #15, US #36)