Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology is a 1998 compilation album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding. Advertised as a stopgap between the greatest hits album Very Best Of and the boxset Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding,[2] this two-disc album offers most of Redding's greatest hits, a few album tracks and 5 live recordings taken from The Monterey International Pop Festival.
| Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology | |
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| Compilation album by | |
| Released | August 18, 1998 |
| Recorded | at Macon, Georgia, Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee from 1960 to November 22, 1967. Tracks 20–24 on disc 2 recorded live at The Monterey International Pop Festival, Monterey, California on June 17, 1967 |
| Genre | R&B/Soul |
| Label | Rhino |
| Producer | Gary Stewart, David Gorman, Bill Inglot |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Reception
editIn his review for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that while the music on the album is superb, it tries to be both a best of and a box set and so fails at both.[3]
Commercial performance
editThe album sold in excess of 40,000 copies and in 2003 was voted 147th on the 500 greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone.[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shout Bamalama" (performed by Redding, The Pinetoppers) | Otis Redding | 1:57 |
| 2. | "These Arms of Mine" | Redding | 2:33 |
| 3. | "That's What My Heart Needs" | Redding | 2:40 |
| 4. | "Pain in My Heart" | Naomi Neville | 2:25 |
| 5. | "Come to Me" | Redding, Phil Walden | 2:47 |
| 6. | "Security" | Redding | 2:38 |
| 7. | "Chained and Bound" | Redding | 2:43 |
| 8. | "Mr. Pitiful" | Steve Cropper, Redding | 2:40 |
| 9. | "That's How Strong My Love Is" | Roosevelt Jamison | 2:25 |
| 10. | "I've Been Loving You Too Long" | Jerry Butler, Redding | 3:15 |
| 11. | "Respect" | Redding | 2:10 |
| 12. | "Ole Man Trouble" | Redding | 2:38 |
| 13. | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Sam Cooke | 4:16 |
| 14. | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 2:46 |
| 15. | "Down in the Valley" | Bert Berns, Joseph C. Martin, Marvin Chivian, Soloman Burke | 2:59 |
| 16. | "Shake" | Cooke | 2:41 |
| 17. | "My Girl" | Smokey Robinson, Ronald White | 2:56 |
| 18. | "You Don't Miss Your Water" | William Bell | 2:52 |
| 19. | "Cupid" | Cooke | 3:10 |
| 20. | "I Can't Turn You Loose" | Redding | 2:48 |
| 21. | "Just One More Day" | Steve Cropper, Redding, Robinson | 3:30 |
| 22. | "My Lover's Prayer" | Redding | 3:11 |
| 23. | "Cigarettes and Coffee" | Butler, Thomas, Walker | 4:00 |
| 24. | "It's Growing" | Warren Moore, Robinson | 2:49 |
| 25. | "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" | Cropper, Redding | 2:43 |
| 26. | "Try a Little Tenderness" | James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods | 3:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Left the Water Running" | Oscar Frank, Rick Hall, Dan Penn | 2:47 |
| 2. | "Trick or Treat" | Isaac Hayes, David Porter | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Tramp" (performed by Redding, Carla Thomas) | Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin | 3:03 |
| 4. | "Lovey Dovey" (performed by Redding, Thomas) | Ahmet Ertegün, Memphis Edward Curtis | 2:36 |
| 5. | "Let Me Come on Home" | Al Jackson Jr., Redding, Booker T. Jones | 2:55 |
| 6. | "I Love You More Than Words Can Say" | Eddie Floyd, Jones | 2:55 |
| 7. | "Merry Christmas, Baby" | Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore | 2:29 |
| 8. | "The Glory of Love" | William Hill | 2:50 |
| 9. | "Tell the Truth" | Lowman Pauling | 3:13 |
| 10. | "I've Got Dreams to Remember" | Zelma Redding, Otis Redding, Joe Rock | 3:15 |
| 11. | "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)" | Cropper, Redding | 2:45 |
| 12. | "Hard to Handle" | Allen Jones, Alvertis Isbell, Redding | 2:20 |
| 13. | "Amen" | Traditional | 3:06 |
| 14. | "Direct Me" | Cropper, Redding | 2:19 |
| 15. | "Love Man" | Redding | 2:18 |
| 16. | "Look at That Girl" | Edward Morris, Sandy Stewart | 2:38 |
| 17. | "I'm a Changed Man" | Cropper, Redding | 2:22 |
| 18. | "The Match Game" | Porter, Redding | 2:53 |
| 19. | "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" | Cropper, Redding | 2:49 |
| 20. | "Shake [live]" | Cooke | 2:57 |
| 21. | "Respect [live]" | Redding | 3:00 |
| 22. | "I've Been Loving You Too Long [live]" | Butler, Redding | 4:08 |
| 23. | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [live]" | Jagger, Richards | 3:33 |
| 24. | "Try a Little Tenderness [Live]" | Campbell, Connelly, Woods | 5:13 |
Personnel
edit- Otis Redding – vocals, guitar
- Carla Thomas – vocals
- Booker T. Jones – guitar, piano, electronic organ
- Steve Cropper – guitar, piano, bass
- Johnny Jenkins – guitar
- Charles "Packy" Axton – tenor saxophone
- Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
- Joe Arnold – tenor saxophone
- Gilbert Caples – tenor saxophone
- Gene Parker – tenor saxophone
- Tommie Lee Williams – tenor saxophone
- Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Sammie Coleman – trumpet
- Gene "Bowlegs" Miller – trumpet
- Ben Cauley – trumpet
- Isaac Hayes – piano, organ
- Lewis Steinberg – bass
- Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass
- Wayne Cochran – bass
- Al Jackson Jr. – drums
- Rick Hall – drums
- Phil Walden – tambourine
- William Bell
- David Porter – background vocals
- The Pinetoppers
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rhino Records online store Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology reviewed at Allmusic link
- ^ Rolling Stone article