The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Complete & Unbelievable (studio album)
by Otis Redding

The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Complete & Unbelievable by Otis Redding
Year: 1966
Overall rank: 2,956th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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Award Top albums of 1966 (29th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (264th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,956th)

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The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Complete & Unbelievable is ranked 3rd best out of 24 albums by Otis Redding on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Otis Redding is Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul which is ranked number 365 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,638.

Otis Redding album bestography « Higher ranked (1,779th)
The Dock Of The Bay
This album (2,956th)
The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Complete & Unbelievable
Lower ranked (3,000th) »
Pain In My Heart

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.

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From 02/13/2021 19:43
Mostly strong performances of an uneven collection of songs.
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From 11/16/2019 00:59
At his peak, Otis Redding was the greatest soul singer of all time. It's absolutely incredible to listen to the richness and breadth of his discography and remember that he died in a plane crash at age 26. Complete and Unbelieveable is the best of his albums; the only thing in my opinion that could have been better about it would have been fewer covers and more of Redding's own compositions. I'd much rather hear more tunes in the vein of "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" than listen to his cover of "Day Tripper." A fantastic album nonetheless, with some of the greatest soul singing you'll ever hear.
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From 01/26/2017 20:49
An enjoyable and gritty soul album from Otis Redding. Some fine originals and some decent cover versions make this a very good, if not quite great, album.
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That voice, that soul. It doesn't get much better than this.
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My favorite from Otis! Great, honest dose of deep soul.
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From 07/09/2012 22:48
Otis Redding gushed emotion on his albums. How can he not be higher ranked? Best soul singer ever.
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