Tell the Truth (Otis Redding album)

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Tell the Truth
Compilation album by Otis Redding
Released July 1, 1970
Recorded 1967
Genre Memphis soul
Deep soul
Southern soul
Length 31:01
Label Atco
#33-333
Producer Steve Cropper
Otis Redding chronology
Love Man
(1969)
Tell The Truth
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone [2]
Robert Christgau B+[3]

Tell the Truth is the fourth and final posthumously released studio album by Otis Redding (his tenth studio album overall), featuring songs recorded in 1967.

[edit] Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Demonstration"   Otis Redding, Don Covay 2:25
2. "Tell The Truth"   Lowman Pauling 3:11
3. "Out Of Sight"   James Brown 2:18
4. "Give Away None of My Love"   Otis Redding 2:54
5. "Wholesale Love"   Otis Redding 2:29
6. "I Got The Will"   Otis Redding 2:51
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
7. "Johnny's Heartbreak"   Otis Redding, Arthur Alexander 2:29
8. "Snatch A Little Piece"   Otis Redding 2:13
9. "Slippin' And Slidin'"   Richard Penniman, Edwin Bocage, James Smith, Albert Collins 1:57
10. "The Match Game"   Otis Redding, David Porter 2:55
11. "A Little Time"   Otis Redding 2:33
12. "Swingin' On A String"   Otis Redding 2:52

[edit] References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex (2011 [last update]). "Tell the Truth - Otis Redding | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r16358. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: CG: Otis Redding". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1038&name=Otis+Redding. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 

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