Love Songs (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  R&B  »  Stax/Southern Soul
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: January 13, 1998
• Label: Rhino Records (USA)
• UPC: 081227295523
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106073885
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #90946 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #5133 in R&B (See Top 100 R&B Bestsellers)
• #92 in Stax/Southern Soul (See Top 100 Stax/Southern Soul Bestsellers)

Personnel includes: Otis Redding (vocals); Steve Cropper (guitar); Booker T. Jones (piano, organ); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Al Jackson Jr. (drums); Isaac Hayes, David Porter.

Producers: Steve Cropper, Jim Stewart.

Compilation producers: David Nathan, David McLees.

Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot & Dan Hersch.

Admittedly, the concept is a tad arbitrary, if not misleading. Yes, these are all romantically themed songs, but there are just as many up-tempo songs as slow ballads, and Otis's own hits are interspersed with cover versions (some obscure) of other R&B artists' hits, including songs by Jerry Butler ("For Your Precious Love"), Clyde McPhatter ("A Lover's Question"), the Temptations ("My Girl"), and Jackie Wilson ("Higher and Higher"). There's not a note here that isn't soulful to the max, and even if you've heard some of these songs a zillion times, they still sound fresh when recontextualized.

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