Mar 02 2023
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Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding2
I'm sure it was amazing live and in person.
It's all right. I appreciate his eclectic-ness.
Babylon is a classic. Rest of it is kind of plodding and dreary and repetitive, Silver Lining and Sail Away are all right.
Crazy that this was once 3/4 of Joy Division. So incredibly fucking 80s. Not my jam.
It's a good one, one might argue their commercial peak.
i see the genius but i think i would've appreciated it more had i not been born three decades after it was released
Fun, I remember reading about this in Michael Azzerad's book Our Band Could Be Your Life. Loved the story of them driving around trying to get the album cover shot. Also love that that their songs are short. RIP D Boon