NewCC0062: Otis Redding
Submitted by lbangs on Thu, 05/10/2001 - 07:54
Tags:
- The Very Best of Otis Redding (93): *****
- Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (66): *****
- Pain in My Heart (64): **** 1/2
- The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (65): **** 1/2
- The Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (66): **** 1/2
- The Dock of the Bay (68): **** 1/2
- In Person at the Whiskey a Go Go (68): **** 1/2
- The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 2 (95): **** 1/2
- Live in Europe (67): ****
- The Soul Album (66): ****
- King & Queen (67): ****
- The Immortal Otis Redding (68): *** 1/2
- Love Man (69): *** 1/2
- The Ultimate Otis Redding (86): *** 1/2
- Tell the Truth (70): ***
- Remember Me (92): ***
- Love Songs (98): ***
- Good to Me: Live at the Whiskey A Go Go, Vol. 2 (93): ** 1/2
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever