The Dock of the Bay
1968
Redding wrote the title song sitting on a houseboat in Sausalito, and whistled the ending because he had not finished the last verse.
★ 4.9
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Lady Soul
1968
Her sisters sing behind her throughout, and Eric Clapton plays guitar on one track without ever being credited for it.
★ 6.9
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You
1967
The Muscle Shoals session collapsed in a fight after a day and a half, and the rest was finished in New York without the argument.
★ 8.1