Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
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| Studio album by Otis Redding | ||||
| Released | October 15, 1966 | |||
| Recorded | May 1966-September 1966 | |||
| Genre | Memphis soul, Southern soul, Deep soul, Soul | |||
| Length | 36:15 | |||
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Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, or simply Dictionary of Soul, is the fifth studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding and his last solo studio album released before his death. The successful Otis Blue and the following performance at Whisky a Go Go led to his rising fame across the United States. The album has two sides: the first mainly contains cover versions, and the second songs mainly written by Redding.
The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul was released on October 15, 1966 on the Stax label and peaked at number 73 and at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and the R&B LP charts respectively. The album produced two singles, "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" and "Try a Little Tenderness". In 2016, the album was ranked number 254 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. An expanded version, which includes stereo and mono mixes of the original album, as well as additional tracks, was released in 2016.
The success of Redding's third album, Otis Blue, saw a rearrangement of the Stax company. Producer and co-founder of the American label Stax Records, Phil Walden, signed musicians including Percy Sledge, Johnnie Taylor, Clarence Carter and Eddie Floyd, and together with Redding they founded the production companies "Jotis Records" (derived from Joe Galkin and Otis), on which only four recordings were released, two by Arthur Conley and one by Billy Young and Loretta Williams, and Redwal Music (derived from Redding and Walden).
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