Otis Redding : Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

 

OH, SHE MAY BE WEARY

AND YOUNG GIRLS,

THEY DO GET WEARIED

WEARING THAT 

SAME OLD SHAGGY DRESS

Complete & Unbelievable: 

The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul,

 or simply

 Dictionary of Soul, 

is the fifth

 studio album

 by the American 

soul singer-songwriter 

Otis Redding 

and his last 

solo studio album 

released before

 his death. 

The successful 

Otis Blue 

and the following

 performance at 

Whisky a Go Go 

led to his

 rising fame 

across the

 United States. 

The first side of the album 

mainly contains 

cover versions, 

and the second

 songs mainly 

written by Redding.

The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul 

was released in

 October 1966 

on the

 Stax label 

and peaked at

 number 73

 and at number 5

 on the

 Billboard 200

 and the 

R&B LP charts 

respectively. 

The album produced

 two singles,

 "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"

 and

 "Try a Little Tenderness". 

In 2000 

it was voted number 488

 in Colin Larkin's 

All Time Top 1000 Albums.

In 2012, the album was ranked number 254

 on Rolling Stone magazine's 

list of The

 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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