Otis Redding discography#Posthumous singles

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{{Infobox artist discography

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|Studio = 10

|Live = 9

|Compilation = 15

|EP =

|Singles = 48

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This is the discography of American soul singer Otis Redding.

Studio albums

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style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/otis-redding/chart-history/tlp/|title=Otis Redding Chart History - Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 8, 2021}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US R&B
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/otis-redding/chart-history/blp/|title=Otis Redding Chart History - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 8, 2021}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK
{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12105/otis-redding/

| title=OTIS REDDING – full Official Chart History| publisher=Official Charts Company| access-date=November 1, 2016}}

scope="row"|Pain in My Heart

|

| 103

| 20

| 28

|

scope="row"|The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

|

| 147

| 3

| 30

|

scope="row"|Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

|

  • Released: September 15, 1965
  • Label: Volt

| 75

| 1

| 6

|

  • BPI: Gold{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Otis Redding|access-date=August 24, 2024}}
scope="row"|The Soul Album

|

  • Released: April 1, 1966
  • Label: Volt

| 54

| 3

| 22

|

scope="row"|Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

|

  • Released: October 15, 1966
  • Label: Volt

| 73

| 5

| 23

|

scope="row"|King & Queen (with Carla Thomas)

|

| 36

| 5

| 18

|

=Posthumous studio albums=

Otis Redding's death prompted a number of releases, including live albums and compilations. Four albums of mostly new material were released, but they are more like compilations than official studio releases.

The first of these releases, The Dock of the Bay, assembled by guitarist and producer Steve Cropper, is made up of previously released singles and b-sides as well as some album tracks and a few previously unissued recordings. The other three of these albums contain a greater amount of previously unreleased material. The posthumous collections are generally considered to be of good quality,{{cite web

| url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r16358|pure_url=yes}}

| title=Tell the Truth > Overview

| publisher=Allmusic.com

| access-date=2009-07-15

| quote="When a major artist dies, labels can usually be counted on to release anything and everything the artist had in the can, regardless of quality. In the case of Otis Redding, most of the posthumous releases were of a very high quality."}} which is unusual, as many posthumous releases by other artists receive unfavorable reviews.

A fifth release, Remember Me, came out on 20 March 1992, featuring 22 unreleased tracks taken from Redding's 1963–1967 recordings, with numerous unreleased and stereo recordings. Two alternate takes of "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" and alternate takes of other famous tracks, such as "Respect", "Come to Me", and "Try a Little Tenderness", are among its highlights.

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! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US R&B

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FRA
{{Cite web|title=Discographie Otis Redding|url=https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Otis+Redding|access-date=April 8, 2020|website=Les Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|language=French}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| GER
{{Cite web|title=Discographie von Otis Redding|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=otis+redding|access-date=April 8, 2020|website=Offizielle Deutsche Charts|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=German}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| NOR
{{Cite web|title=Discography Otis Redding|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Otis+Redding|access-date=April 8, 2020|website=Norwegian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien}}

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scope="row"|The Dock of the Bay

|

  • Released: February 23, 1968
  • Label: Volt

| 4

| 1

|137

|17

|3

| 1

|

scope="row"|The Immortal Otis Redding

|

  • Released: June, 1968
  • Label: Atco

| 58

| 3

|–

|–

|–

| 19

|

scope="row"|Love Man

|

  • Released: June 20, 1969
  • Label: Atco

| 46

| 8

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"|Tell the Truth

|

  • Released: July 1, 1970
  • Label: Atco

| 200

| 26

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"|Remember Me

|

  • Released: March 29, 1992
  • Label: Atco

| –

| –

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

Live albums

Officially released live recordings by Otis Redding primarily come from three sources: a series of shows performed at the Whisky a Go Go in April 1966, the Stax/Volt Revue tour of Europe in March and April 1967, and his five-song set at the Monterey International Pop Festival on June 17, 1967.

Earlier live performances of "Pain in My Heart" and "These Arms of Mine" from November 16, 1963, were officially released on the Atco compilation album Apollo Saturday Night in 1964. These two performances are also included in the 1993 box set Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding.

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! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US R&B

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RPM chart positions:

  • Monterey International Pop Festival: {{Cite magazine|title=RPM 100 Albums|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4642&|date=November 28, 1970|magazine=RPM|volume=14|issue=15|access-date=April 8, 2020}}

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scope="row"|Live in Europe

|

  • Released: July 10, 1967
  • Label: Volt
  • Recorded: March 1967

| 32

| 8

|–

|–

| 14

|

scope="row"|In Person at the Whisky a Go Go

|

  • Released: October, 1968
  • Label: Atco
  • Recorded: April 1966

| 82

| 7

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"|Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival
(with The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

|

| 16

| 15

|43

|9

| –

|

  • RIAA: Gold{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Otis Redding|access-date=September 4, 2021}}
scope="row"|Recorded Live: Previously Unreleased Performances

|

| –

| –

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"|Good to Me: Live at the Whisky a Go Go, Vol. 2

|

  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Stax
  • Recorded: April 1966

| 200

| –

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"|In Concert

|

  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Stax
  • Recorded: April 1966 & March 1967

| –

| –

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"|Live in London and Paris

|

  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Stax
  • Recorded: March 1967

| –

| –

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"|Respect: Live 1967

|

| –

| –

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"|Live on the Sunset Strip

|

  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Stax
  • Recorded: April 1966

| –

| 66

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"|Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings

|

  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Stax
  • Recorded: April 1966

| –

| –

|–

|–

| –

|

Compilation albums

=Charted compilations=

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! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US R&B

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS
{{Cite web|title=Discography Otis Redding|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Otis+Redding|website=Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=April 8, 2020}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| BEL
(Wa)

{{Cite web|title=Discographie Otis Redding|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Otis+Redding|website=Ultratop Wallonie|publisher=Hung Medien|language=French|access-date=April 8, 2020}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| NL
{{Cite web|title=Discografie Otis Redding|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Otis+Redding|website=Dutch Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|language=Dutch|access-date=April 8, 2020}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| NZ
{{Cite web|title=Discography Otis Redding|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Otis+Redding|website=New Zealand Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=April 8, 2020}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SWI
{{Cite web|title=Discography Otis Redding|url=https://hitparade.ch/artist/Otis_Redding#charts|website=Swiss Hitparade|publisher=Hung Medien|language=German|access-date=April 8, 2020}}

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scope="row"|The History of Otis Redding

|

  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Volt

| 9

| 1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| 2

|

scope="row" |The Best of Otis Redding

|

  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Atco

| 76

| 34

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"|The Dock of the Bay – The Definitive Collection

|

  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Atlantic

| –

| –

|–

|–

| 56

|–

|–

| 50

|

  • ARIA: Gold{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Otis Redding|type=album|certyear=2000|access-date=December 27, 2021}}
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
scope="row" |The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 1

|

  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Rhino

| –

| –

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| 26

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
scope="row" |Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology

|

|–

|–

|–

|–

|62

|–

|–

|–

|

scope="row"|Pure Southern Soul: Otis Redding

|

  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Rhino

|160

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|

scope="row"|The Very Best Of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding Together

|

  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Rhino

|–

|–

|19

|77

|–

|11

|12

|–

|

  • BPI: Silver

=Other compilations=

  • Soul as Sung by Otis Redding and Little Joe Curtis (1968, Alshire Presents)
  • Ten Years Gone (1977, Atlantic; Japan-only 3-LP compilation)
  • The Ultimate Otis Redding (1986, Warner Bros.)
  • The Otis Redding Story (1987, Atlantic)
  • Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding (1993, Rhino)
  • The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 2 (1995, Rhino)
  • I've Been Loving You Too Long and Other Hits (1997, Rhino/Flashback). RIAA: Gold
  • Love Songs (1998, Rhino). BPI: Silver
  • Stax Profiles (2006, Stax)
  • The Definitive Soul Collection (2006, Rhino). BPI: Gold
  • The Best: See & Hear, Otis Redding (2009, Shout! Factory)
  • Soul Legend - The Best of Otis Redding (2011, Music Club Deluxe/MCI)
  • Lonely & Blue - The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding (2013, Stax)
  • The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Collection (2013, Shout! Factory)
  • Soul Manifesto: 1964-1970 (2015, Rhino)

Singles

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style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/otis-redding/chart-history/hsi/|title=Otis Redding Chart History - Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 8, 2021}}

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R&B

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/otis-redding/chart-history/bsi/|title=Otis Redding Chart History - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 8, 2021}}

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! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK

scope="row"| "She's All Right" (as Otis Redding and The Shooters)
b/w "Tuff Enuff" (The Shooters)

| rowspan="2" |1960

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

| rowspan="3" |Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Gettin' Hip"
b/w "Gamma Lama"

| –

| –

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "Shout Bamalama"
b/w "Fat Gal"

| 1961

| –

| –

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "These Arms of Mine"
b/w "Hey, Hey Baby"

| 1962

| 85

| 20

|–

| –

|

| rowspan="3"| Pain in My Heart

scope="row"| "That's What My Heart Needs"
b/w "Mary's Little Lamb" (non-album track)

| rowspan="2"| 1963

| –

| 27

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "Pain in My Heart"
b/w "Something is Worrying Me"

| 61

| 11

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "Come to Me"
b/w "Don't Leave Me This Way" (non-album track)

| rowspan="5" | 1964

| 69

| 26

|–

| –

|

| The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

scope="row"| "Security"
b/w "I Want To Thank You" (from The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads)

| 97

| 23

|–

| –

|

| Pain in My Heart

scope="row"| "Chained and Bound"
b/w "Your One and Only Man"

| 70

| 6

|–

| –

|

| rowspan="3"| The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

scope="row"| "Mr. Pitiful"

| 41

| 10

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "That's How Strong My Love Is"

| 74

| 18

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "I've Been Loving You Too Long"
b/w "I'm Depending on You" (non-album track)

| rowspan="5" | 1965

| 21

| 2

|–

| –

|

  • RIAA: Gold

| rowspan="2" | Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

scope="row"| "Respect"
b/w "Ole Man Trouble"

| 35

| 4

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "Just One More Day"

| 85

| 15

|–

| 29

|

| The Soul Album

scope="row"| "I Can't Turn You Loose"

| –

| 11

|–

| –

|

| History of Otis Redding

scope="row"| "My Girl"
b/w "Down in the Valley"

| –

| –

|–

| 11

|

| rowspan="2"| Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

scope="row"| "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
b/w "Any Ole Way" (from The Soul Album)

| rowspan="3"| 1966

| 31

| 4

|–

| 33

|

scope="row"| "My Lover's Prayer"
b/w "Don't Mess with Cupid" (from The Dock Of The Bay)

| 61

| 10

|–

| 37

|

| rowspan="4"| Complete & Unbelievable:
The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

scope="row"| "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"
b/w "Good to Me" (from The Soul Album)

| 29

| 12

|–

| 23

|

scope="row"| "Try a Little Tenderness"
b/w "I'm Sick Y'all"

| rowspan="8"| 1967

| 25

| 4

|–

| 46

|

  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
scope="row"| "Day Tripper"
b/w "Shake" (from Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul)

| –

| –

|–

| 43

|

scope="row"| "I Love You More Than Words Can Say"

| 78

| 30

|–

| –

|

| rowspan="2"| The Dock of the Bay

scope="row"| "Let Me Come on Home"

| –

| –

|–

| 48

|

scope="row"| "Shake" (live)
b/w "You Don't Miss Your Water" (from Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul)

| 47

| 16

|–

| 28

|

| Live in Europe

scope="row"| "Tramp" (with Carla Thomas)
b/w "Tell It Like It Is"

| 26

| 2

|15

| 18

|

| rowspan="2"| King & Queen

scope="row"| "Knock on Wood" (with Carla Thomas)
b/w "Let Me Be Good to You"

| 30

| 8

|–

| 35

|

scope="row"| "Glory of Love"
b/w "I'm Coming Home"

| 60

| 19

|–

| –

|

| The Dock of the Bay

=Posthumous singles=

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!rowspan="2"|Certifications

!rowspan="2"|Album

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! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US
R&B

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| BEL
(Wa)

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! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK

scope="row"| "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
b/w "Sweet Lorene" (from Complete & Unbelievable:
The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
)

| rowspan="8"| 1968

| 1

| 1

|4

|79

|16

|4

|7

| 3

|

  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • BPI: 3× Platinum

| The Dock of the Bay

scope="row"| "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)"
b/w "Open the Door" (from The Dock of the Bay)

| 25

| 10

|19

|–

|–

|17

|–

| 24

|

| rowspan="4"| The Immortal Otis Redding

scope="row"| "Amen"

| 36

| 15

|36

|–

|–

|20

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "Hard to Handle"

| 51

| 38

|36

|–

|–

|–

|–

| 15

|

scope="row"| "I've Got Dreams to Remember"
b/w "Nobody's Fault but Mine"

| 41

| 6

|–

|–

|–

|7

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "Lovey Dovey" (with Carla Thomas)
b/w "New Year's Resolution"

| 60

| 21

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

| King & Queen

scope="row"| "White Christmas"
b/w "Merry Christmas, Baby"

| –

| –

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

| Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (live)
b/w "Direct Me" (from Love Man)

| 21

| 10

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

| In Person at the Whisky a Go Go

scope="row"| "A Lover's Question"
b/w "You Made a Man out of Me" (from The Immortal Otis Redding)

| rowspan="6"| 1969

| 48

| 20

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

| Love Man

scope="row"| "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (with Carla Thomas)
b/w "Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis"

| –

| –

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

| King & Queen

scope="row"| "Love Man"
b/w "Can't Turn You Loose" (from Live in Europe)

| 72

| 17

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| 43

|

| rowspan="3"| Love Man

scope="row"| "Free Me"
b/w "Your Love Has Lifted Me (Higher and Higher)"

| 103

| 30

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "Look at the Girl"
b/w "That's a Good Idea"

| –

| –

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "Demonstration"
b/w "Johnny's Heartbreak"

| 105

| 32

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

| rowspan="2"| Tell the Truth

scope="row"| "Give Away None of My Love"
b/w "Snatch a Little Piece"

| 1970

| –

| –

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

scope="row"| "I've Been Loving You Too Long" (live)
b/w "Try a Little Tenderness" (live)

| 1971

| 110

| –

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

| Monterey Pop Soundtrack

scope="row"| "You Left the Water Running"
b/w "The Otis Jam" (by Memphis studio band)

| 1976

| –

| –

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

|

| Non-album tracks

References

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