The Very Best of Otis Redding

500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! (500 items)
list by JxSxPx

I'm an incurable comparer of people, so.
I'm not sure if I like him better than Chuck Berry, although he reminds me more of Buddy Holly, which is okay. I also like his version of "Respect" better; it's just calmer when he does it. I guess that "Sitting on the dock by the bay" doesn't have the same fame of Berry's "Roll over Beethoven" or "Rock and Roll Music", but not everything has to hav... read more

Description: No other Otis compilation quite satisfies the way the old double-LP best-of does, but never mind: any way you hear Redding's many great moments is a good one. The Very Best splits ballads and up-tempo stuff half-and-half, letting you hear the great one's humanity in every mood--the pile-driving rock of "Respect," the preaching fervor of "Try a Little Tenderness," the nascent reflection of "Dock of the Bay." A record collection with no Otis is a poor thing: here's yours. --Rickey Wright
No other Otis compilation quite satisfies the way the old double-LP best-of does, but never mind: any way you hear Redding's many great moments is a good one. The Very Best splits ballads and up-tempo stuff half-and-half, letting you hear the great one's humanity in every mood--the pile-driving rock of "Respect," the preaching fervor of "Try a Little Tenderness," the nascent reflection of "Dock of the Bay." A record collection with no Otis is a poor thing: here's yours. --Rickey Wright

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