My Greatest 100 (or so) Albums...

The Soul Album (Volt, 1966) Otis Redding. This is yet another Otis classic, and as I've reviewed Otis this week, I see I made a mistake when talking about Singer/Songwriters a couple of weeks ago with reference to Van Morrison. At that time I said I thought only Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello and Graham Parker had had periods as consistently brilliant as Van Morrison did back in the late-`60's to the mid-`70's. I was wrong. Otis Redding was every bit as brilliant and productive as any of those guys were from `64 to his untimely death in late `67. In fact, he's looking more and more like a model for some of these guys. I'll clearly also be adding Al Green to the list.

Anyway, here's The Soul Album:


Just One More Day
3:30

It's Growing
2:49

Cigarettes & Coffee
4:00

Chain Gang
3:01

Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out
3:10

Good To Me
3:52

Scratch My Back
2:42

Treat Her Right
2:11

Everybody Makes A Mistake
3:22

Any Ole Way
2:38

634-5789

I wonder how many of the songs from Dictionary of Soul, Otis Blue and The Soul Album came out of the same sessions... They are all amazing works. Get them!