Sings Soul Ballads (1965)

"Released in 1965, Otis Reddings second album "Sings Soul Ballads" features a fine choice of sweet and tender songs. Backed up by the STAX house band consisting of such soul greats as Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald Duck Dunn, and Al Jackson Jr., Redding delivers the goods with impressive style. His renditions of Sam Cookes Nothing Can Change This Love and Chuck Willis Its Too Late can be seen as improved versions of the originals. Biggest hit on the album proved to be Mr. Pitiful, a nickname given to Redding by a local Memphis radio DJ." (Bertus / MOV)