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Complete & Unbelievable... reste le dernier album sorti en nom propre de son vivant par Otis Redding (seul le King & Queen en duo avec Carla Thomas lui succèdera).
Après s’être arrêté un bref instant sur un recto de pochette qui le laisse ironiquement figurer en lauréat d’université (lui qui a dû interrompre précocement sa scolarité, afin de subvenir aux besoins de sa famille), on établit un constat évident. Comme à l’habitude, le chanteur plane haut en matière d’interprétation, habitant ses compositions, s’appropriant celles des autres, avec une égale ferveur. Mais la nouveauté reste la qualité absolue à laquelle il est parvenu dans son rôle de compositeur. « Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) » et son onomatopée en imitation de riffs d’une section de cuivres, l’âpre « Hawg For You », ou un « My Lover’s Prayer » en archétype de la ballade de soul sudiste, cohabitent merveilleusement avec le « Day Tripper » emprunté aux Beatles (après le « Satisfaction » des Rolling Stones, Redding s’amuse donc de nouveau avec le répertoire des petits anglais), ou quelques apports signés Isaac Hayes (« Love Have Mercy », « Sweet Lorene ».
Le moment culminant du disque reste toutefois ce « Try A Little Tenderness » en droite ligne du patrimoine américain (la chanson date des années trente). Les arrangements, d’une extrême subtilité (avec l’entrée des différents pupitres, la part prépondérante des tambours, et de l’orgue de Booker T. Jones, ou de la guitare de Steve Cropper), participent d’une progression dramatique tout à fait novatrice pour l’époque. Et le déchaînement final, illuminé d’improvisations ad lib de Redding (parfaite explicitation d‘une évidente influence de l’Américain sur des chanteurs comme Joe Cocker), démontrent si besoin était, quel immense chanteur il représente.
En outre, la sophistication de l’ensemble, la ligne mélodique d’une richesse inhabituelle, pour une chanson supposée de consommation courante, jettent un pont évident entre une soul music, directe héritière de la tension sensuelle du blues, et des ornementations dont la pop music s’est faite une spécialité.
Complete… atteindra la cinquième place des hit parades de musique noire. Quant à « Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) » et « Try A Little Tenderness », les deux 45-tours connaîtront une carrière exemplaire, tant dans les classements de musique noire, que dans ceux de pop music.
©Copyright Music Story 2021
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Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar, Writer - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1967 Atlantic Records 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar, Writer - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - David Porter, Writer - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Pee Wee King, Writer - Redd Stewart, Writer - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Records 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Alvertis Isbell, Writer - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano, Writer - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1968 Atlantic Recording Corp. 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Al Jackson, Drums - Jimmy Campbell, Writer - Reg Connelly, Writer - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Organ, Piano - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Guitar - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Booker T Jones, Electric Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Vibes - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar, Bass - Gilbert Caple, Saxophone - Harry Woods, Writer - James Campbell, Writer - Reginald Connelly, Writer - Joe Arnold, Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Chuck Willis, Writer - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Records 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano, Writer - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - David Porter, Writer - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Records 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Al Jackson, Drums - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Organ - Rick Hall, Writer - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Piano - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Guitar - Steve Cropper, Producer, Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Dan Penn, Writer - Andrew Jackson, Tenor Saxophone - Oscar Franck, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1987 Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Otis Redding, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Fantasy, Inc.Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Otis Redding, Writer, MainArtist
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Fantasy, Inc.Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Al Jackson, Drums - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards - Deanie Parker, Writer - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Guitar - Steve Cropper, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Eddie Floyd, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1968 Atco Records
Al Jackson, Drums - Jimmy Campbell, Writer - Reg Connelly, Writer - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Andrew Love, Tenor Saxophone - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Organ - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Guitar - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Booker T Jones, Electric Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Vibes - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass - Gilbert Caple, Saxophone - Harry Woods, Writer - James Campbell, Writer - Reginald Connelly, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Fantasy, Inc. Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.
DISQUE 2
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar, Writer - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1967 Atlantic Records 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar, Writer - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - David Porter, Writer - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Pee Wee King, Writer - Redd Stewart, Writer - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Records 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Alvertis Isbell, Writer - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano, Writer - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1968 Atlantic Recording Corp. 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Al Jackson, Drums - Jimmy Campbell, Writer - Reg Connelly, Writer - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Organ, Piano - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Guitar - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Booker T Jones, Electric Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Vibes - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar, Bass - Gilbert Caple, Saxophone - Harry Woods, Writer - James Campbell, Writer - Reginald Connelly, Writer - Joe Arnold, Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Al Jackson, Drums - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Guitar - Steve Cropper, Guitar - John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Al Jackson, Drums - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Guitar - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Guitar - Joe Arnold, Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Chuck Willis, Writer - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Records 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vibraphone - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards, Piano, Writer - Steve Cropper, Guitar - FLOYD NEWMAN, Baritone Saxophone - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass Guitar - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - David Porter, Writer - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1966 Atlantic Records 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards, Organ - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Guitar - Steve Cropper, Guitar, Writer - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1967 Atlantic Records 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment
Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Booker T. Jones, Keyboards - al jackson jr., Drums - Otis Redding, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Keyboards - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Guitar - Steve Cropper, Guitar - John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Joe Arnold, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew "Love" Jackson, Tenor Saxophone
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2016 Atlantic Recording Corporation & Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Al Jackson, Drums - Jimmy Campbell, Writer - Reg Connelly, Writer - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Andrew Love, Tenor Saxophone - Otis Redding, Vocals, MainArtist - Isaac Hayes, Organ - Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Guitar - Steve Cropper, Guitar - Booker T Jones, Electric Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Vibes - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bass - Gilbert Caple, Saxophone - Harry Woods, Writer - James Campbell, Writer - Reginald Connelly, Writer
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Fantasy, Inc. Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Chronique
Complete & Unbelievable... reste le dernier album sorti en nom propre de son vivant par Otis Redding (seul le King & Queen en duo avec Carla Thomas lui succèdera).
Après s’être arrêté un bref instant sur un recto de pochette qui le laisse ironiquement figurer en lauréat d’université (lui qui a dû interrompre précocement sa scolarité, afin de subvenir aux besoins de sa famille), on établit un constat évident. Comme à l’habitude, le chanteur plane haut en matière d’interprétation, habitant ses compositions, s’appropriant celles des autres, avec une égale ferveur. Mais la nouveauté reste la qualité absolue à laquelle il est parvenu dans son rôle de compositeur. « Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) » et son onomatopée en imitation de riffs d’une section de cuivres, l’âpre « Hawg For You », ou un « My Lover’s Prayer » en archétype de la ballade de soul sudiste, cohabitent merveilleusement avec le « Day Tripper » emprunté aux Beatles (après le « Satisfaction » des Rolling Stones, Redding s’amuse donc de nouveau avec le répertoire des petits anglais), ou quelques apports signés Isaac Hayes (« Love Have Mercy », « Sweet Lorene ».
Le moment culminant du disque reste toutefois ce « Try A Little Tenderness » en droite ligne du patrimoine américain (la chanson date des années trente). Les arrangements, d’une extrême subtilité (avec l’entrée des différents pupitres, la part prépondérante des tambours, et de l’orgue de Booker T. Jones, ou de la guitare de Steve Cropper), participent d’une progression dramatique tout à fait novatrice pour l’époque. Et le déchaînement final, illuminé d’improvisations ad lib de Redding (parfaite explicitation d‘une évidente influence de l’Américain sur des chanteurs comme Joe Cocker), démontrent si besoin était, quel immense chanteur il représente.
En outre, la sophistication de l’ensemble, la ligne mélodique d’une richesse inhabituelle, pour une chanson supposée de consommation courante, jettent un pont évident entre une soul music, directe héritière de la tension sensuelle du blues, et des ornementations dont la pop music s’est faite une spécialité.
Complete… atteindra la cinquième place des hit parades de musique noire. Quant à « Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) » et « Try A Little Tenderness », les deux 45-tours connaîtront une carrière exemplaire, tant dans les classements de musique noire, que dans ceux de pop music.
©Copyright Music Story 2021
À propos
- 2 disque(s) - 32 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 01:41:08
- Artistes principaux : Otis Redding
- Label : Rhino Atlantic
- Genre : Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company.
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