Home / Music / Otis Blue is one of the definitive soul albums of the 1960sMusic linernotes album music otis-reddingOtis Blue is one of the definitive soul albums of the 1960sOtis Blue was Redding’s first fully realized album and critics place it among the definitive soul albums of its era. It topped the US R&B chart and reached No. 6 in the UK. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHow Otis Redding’s ‘King & Queen’ Pushed the Rolling Stones Toward Choirs and French HornsHow Otis Redding Turned Stones' 'Satisfaction' Into a Soul Anthem in 1965Otis Redding recorded Otis Blue in under 24 hoursThree of the eleven songs on Otis Blue are Sam Cooke covers — a tribute to a friend killed months earlier.The Immortal Otis Redding produced four posthumous singles — including 'Hard to Handle'ExploreSoundgarden's compilation spans 16 tracks across their whole careerKraftwerk's Trans-Europa Express packs its vision into 8 tracksWorld Container fits 11 Tragically Hip tracks into 42 minutesYs has only 5 tracks — each one a 7-to-17-minute narrativeSyd Barrett wrote all but one track on The Piper at the Gates of DawnPrevious Otis Blue was recorded in a single 24-hour session at StaxNext Otis Blue came out on Volt Records, a Stax subsidiary