The Soul Album
by Otis Redding
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The Soul Album is ranked 7th 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 361 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,625.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 02/28/2026 22:18 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 06/23/2025 03:46 | MrOlan | 953 | 76/100 | |
| 05/21/2025 02:05 |  EyeKanFly | 8,636 | 65/100 | |
| 02/11/2025 05:18 | RecordJudge44 | 8 | 91/100 | |
| 12/15/2024 13:37 | dukeboxkool | 2,149 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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It is probably fair to describe Otis Reddings fourth studio album, "The Soul Album" as one of his lesser known, perhaps largely because the album does not contain any of his greatest classics or hits. Only single was taken from the album, his and Steve Cropper's own "Just One More Day", which in many ways is akin to "I've Been Loving You Too Long" from the previous album "Otis Blue"
This does not in any way make it a weaker album than Redding's other. His vocals are always top notch, and the songs fit in most cases his voice perfectly.
The musicians are the famous Stax people, with Steve Cropper and Booker T Jones as some of the best known.
Only three of the songs have Redding credited as a songwriter. In addition to the single "Just One More Day" they are the slow ballad "Good to Me" and the more optimistic "Any Ole Way", which could have been written by Sam Cooke. A great Sam Cooke song is "Chain Gang", which is also one of the album's highlights. Redding actually makes this song into something completely different, new and more exciting than Cooke's otherwise fine original.
Classic R & B ballads are "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" and less "Cigarettes and Coffee" - both convincingly interpreted by Redding.
"Scratch My Back" and "Treat You Right" are two "good time" numbers and well-known live favorites recorded in countless versions over time.
The final number "634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)" is another higlight, at least as strong as Wilson Pickett's more famous version.
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