The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (studio album)
by Otis Redding

The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads by Otis Redding
Year: 1965
Overall rank: 5,040th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 76 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (43rd)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (402nd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,040th)

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Otis Redding bestography

The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads is ranked 6th 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 362 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,638.

Otis Redding album bestography « Higher ranked (4,544th)
The Immortal Otis Redding
This album (5,040th)
The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Lower ranked (6,387th) »
The Soul Album

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads rankings

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Overall rank: 5,040th | 1960s rank: 402nd | 1965 rank: 43rd

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 76 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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85/100
From 10/31/2022 15:59 | #290934
One of the greats, pls do no fly private, Goddamit. Take Northwest.
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From 07/18/2020 19:36 | #255775
This is the best Otis Redding album I've heard personally. Though I like "Otis Blue", this one is just better in my opinion track-for-track. The unbelievably spectacular opening track almost overshadows the rest of the album with its sheer power and attention it commands, but especially on repeated listens, the rest of this one shows how much of a gem it is. Perhaps one of its strengths is the occasional hint of 60s pop flavor that makes these soul ballads even more memorable.
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From 07/31/2016 20:33 | #172049
Lovely record. Great songs sung by a great singer. You just can't go wrong.
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80/100
From 02/01/2016 11:30 | #158387
The King of Soul. Sexy and smoldering this is a great record.
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From 10/07/2012 18:20 | #51875
Nobody does it like Otis Redding. This album is perfect for those in love, or those who need a reminder.
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Best Albums of 1965
1. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
2. Rubber Soul by The Beatles
3. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
4. Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
5. Help! by The Beatles
6. Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding
7. Pastel Blues by Nina Simone
8. My Generation by The Who
9. The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys
10. A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi
11. Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
12. Here Are The Sonics!!! by The Sonics
13. Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones
14. Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler Trio
15. Jackson C. Frank by Jackson C. Frank
16. I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone
17. Live At The Regal by B.B. King
18. Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds
19. Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch
20. Free For All by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
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