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Otis Redding's talent began to surge, across songs and their stylesand absorbing them, with the recording of The Soul Album. In contrast to The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads, which was an advance over its predecessor but still a body of 12 songs of varying styles and textures, rising to peaks and never falling before an intense, soulful mid-range, The Soul Album shows him moving from strength to strength in a string of high-energy, sweaty soul performances, interspersing his own songs with work by Sam Cooke ("Chain Gang"), Roy Head ("Treat Her Right"), Eddie Floyd ("Everybody Makes a Mistake"), and Smokey Robinson ("It's Growing") and recasting them in his own style, so that they're not "covers" so much as reinterpretations; indeed, "Chain Gang" is almost a rewrite of the original, though one suspects not one that Cooke would have disapproved of. He still had a little way to go as a songwriter -- the jewel of this undervalued collection is "Cigarettes and Coffee, co-authored by Eddie Thomas and Jerry Butler -- but as an interpreter he was now without peer, and his albums were now showing this remarkable, stunningly high level of consistency. Also significant on this album was the contribution of Steve Cropper, not only on guitar but as co-author of three songs.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Steve Cropper, Guitar, Writer - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - McElvoy Robinson, Writer - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1968 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Warren Moore, Writer - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Writer - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Jerry Butler, Writer - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - Eddie Thomas, Writer - Jay Walker, Writer - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Sam Cooke, Writer - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - Jimmy Cox, Writer - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - Julius Green, Writer - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - JAMES MOORE, Writer - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - Roy Head, Writer - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - Gene Kurtz, Writer - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Alvertis Isbell, Writer - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Eddie Floyd, Writer - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Steve Cropper, Guitar, Writer - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Piano - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Sammy Coleman, Trumpet - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, Trumpet - Steve Cropper, Guitar, Writer - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Eddie Floyd, Writer - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - Charles "Packy" Axton, Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Saxophone
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Album review
Otis Redding's talent began to surge, across songs and their stylesand absorbing them, with the recording of The Soul Album. In contrast to The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads, which was an advance over its predecessor but still a body of 12 songs of varying styles and textures, rising to peaks and never falling before an intense, soulful mid-range, The Soul Album shows him moving from strength to strength in a string of high-energy, sweaty soul performances, interspersing his own songs with work by Sam Cooke ("Chain Gang"), Roy Head ("Treat Her Right"), Eddie Floyd ("Everybody Makes a Mistake"), and Smokey Robinson ("It's Growing") and recasting them in his own style, so that they're not "covers" so much as reinterpretations; indeed, "Chain Gang" is almost a rewrite of the original, though one suspects not one that Cooke would have disapproved of. He still had a little way to go as a songwriter -- the jewel of this undervalued collection is "Cigarettes and Coffee, co-authored by Eddie Thomas and Jerry Butler -- but as an interpreter he was now without peer, and his albums were now showing this remarkable, stunningly high level of consistency. Also significant on this album was the contribution of Steve Cropper, not only on guitar but as co-author of three songs.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:01
- Main artists: Otis Redding
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
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