Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology

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Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology
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ReleasedAugust 18, 1998 (1998-08-18)
Recordedat Macon, Georgia, Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee from 1960 (1960) to November 22, 1967 (1967-11-22).
Tracks 20–24 on disc 2 recorded live at The Monterey International Pop Festival, Monterey, California on June 17, 1967 (1967-06-17)
Genre R&B/Soul
Label Rhino
Producer Gary Stewart, David Gorman, Bill Inglot
Professional ratings
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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.

Contents

Reception

In 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

The 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

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shout Bamalama" (performed by Redding, The Pinetoppers)Otis Redding1:57
2."These Arms of Mine"Redding2:33
3."That's What My Heart Needs"Redding2:40
4."Pain in My Heart" Naomi Neville 2:25
5."Come to Me"Redding, Phil Walden 2:47
6."Security"Redding2:38
7."Chained and Bound"Redding2:43
8."Mr. Pitiful" Steve Cropper, Redding2:40
9."That's How Strong My Love Is"Roosevelt Jamison2:25
10."I've Been Loving You Too Long" Jerry Butler, Redding3:15
11."Respect"Redding2:10
12."Ole Man Trouble"Redding2:38
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 Burke2:59
16."Shake"Cooke2:41
17."My Girl" Smokey Robinson, Ronald White 2:56
18."You Don't Miss Your Water" William Bell 2:52
19."Cupid"Cooke3:10
20."I Can't Turn You Loose"Redding2:48
21."Just One More Day" Steve Cropper, Redding, Robinson3:30
22."My Lover's Prayer"Redding3:11
23."Cigarettes and Coffee"Butler, Thomas, Walker4:00
24."It's Growing" Warren Moore, Robinson2:49
25."Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"Cropper, Redding2:43
26."Try a Little Tenderness" James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods 3:47
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(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, Jones2:55
7."Merry Christmas, Baby"Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore2:29
8."The Glory of Love"William Hill2:50
9."Tell the Truth"Lowman Pauling3:13
10."I've Got Dreams to Remember"Zelma Redding, Otis Redding, Joe Rock3:15
11."The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)"Cropper, Redding2:45
12."Hard to Handle" Allen Jones, Alvertis Isbell, Redding2:20
13."Amen"Traditional3:06
14."Direct Me"Cropper, Redding2:19
15."Love Man"Redding2:18
16."Look at That Girl"Edward Morris, Sandy Stewart2:38
17."I'm a Changed Man"Cropper, Redding2:22
18."The Match Game"Porter, Redding2:53
19."(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"Cropper, Redding2:49
20."Shake [live]"Cooke2:57
21."Respect [live]"Redding3:00
22."I've Been Loving You Too Long [live]"Butler, Redding4:08
23."(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [live]"Jagger, Richards3:33
24."Try a Little Tenderness [Live]"Campbell, Connelly, Woods5:13

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Rhino Records online store Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology reviewed at Allmusic link
  4. Rolling Stone article