An enjoyable collection of gospel (plus Bill Withers' "Lean on Me") from Al Green. There may be better Green records available, but it's always a joy to hear him sing, and...
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For its 1995 reissue, the Right Stuff revamped Al Green's Greatest Hits, adding five bonus tracks, four of which were featured on the original Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. As a...
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Dig the tail-dragger "Rhymes" or the gospel-tinged blues of "The Love Sermon." As Al moved (back) into gospel, his basic arrangement elements--pulsating organs, legato...
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In a short time, Al Green became a premier singer in R&B and pop. With songs like "Look What You've Done for Me" and "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)," among many others, Green...
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This 37-track CD covers Green's work from 1969 to 1978, taking tracks from all of Green's recordings of the era, in chronological order. All of the big hits are here except...
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CEMA Special Markets' Glory to His Name contains ten inspirational and gospel tracks culled from Al Green's early '80s recordings. Green's gospel records were among the best...
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Al Green suffered a slight lull in his gospel career with 1984's Trust in God. As a response, he reunited with producer Willie Mitchell, who admittedly preferred the secular...
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If you like Al Green's gospel material but are hesitant to check this out since there was a previous best-of-Green's-gospel compilation -- One in a Million -- there are a...
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Al Green finally recorded a holiday album in 1983, years after his popularity had waned until he was left with simply a cult following. Even though he was no longer having...
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CEMA Special Markets' budget-line collection Here I Am does a really nice job picking out highlights from Al Green's classic Hi recordings. Of course, Green was arguably the...
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Like its companion piece Here I Am, CEMA Special Markets' budget-line collection Unchained Melody does a very nice job picking out highlights from Al Green's classic Hi...
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This is a budget priced reissue of Al Green's late '80s recording Soul Survivor. Originally released on A&M, these nine cuts focus on gospel material including "Jesus Will...
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The gospel runs a little deeper and the funk hits a little harder this time out. The jazzier wah wah guitars of Curtis Mayfield may have caught Green's ears, as evidenced by...
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Al Green severed his ties with longtime producer Willie Mitchell in 1977, establishing his own backup band and seizing the production reins. But he hadn't yet made the final...
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Released by the British division of Hi, The Supreme Al Green: The Greatest Hits is a terrific 18-track collection that contains almost all of Green's hits, including "Tired...
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A wonderful live set that serves as both a retrospective and a defining release showing that Green sang the same way regardless of musical and lyrical content. He did many...
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Returning to the formula of his classic Hi albums, Al Green assembled a fine collection of originals and covers for Truth N' Time. Although Green is in good voice, and his...
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Although seasonal albums can be ponderous affairs, Rev. Al Green made sure that wasn't the case on this mid-'80s work. He attacked traditional carols, hymns, and holiday...
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This is the regular release follow-up to 1982's Precious Lord. That effort had Green doing a pretty much straight-faced religious effort. Despite a few gorgeous notes and...
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A pinnacle of the unique Green/Mitchell collaborations, pure silky soul that sounds as true today as it did then. The title song and the organ driven "Love And Happiness"...
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I'm Still in Love With You shares many surface similarities with its predecessor, Let's Stay Together; from Al Green and Willie Mitchell's distinctive, sexy style to the...
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Starting in 1971 with Al Green Gets Next to You, Al Green albums became necessities. Livin' for You is Green's sixth album, and the fourth to be certified gold. (Its...
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Higher Plane (1981) finally got the R&B/gospel synthesis Green seemingly had been trying to attain since the mid-'70s. While the best of Higher Plane played like I'm Still...
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Upon its original release in 1975, Al Green's Greatest Hits pretty much summed up everything about Green, containing his ten biggest hits up to that point. A few years...
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Hi Records reissued Al Green's first two albums for the label, Green is Blues and Gets Next to You, on one CD in the early '90s. Green is Blues is a little uneven, but Gets...
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As good as Volume 1, augmented by nonchart items that might have been hits anyway, like "Love and Happiness," "Take Me to the River, " and "For the Good Times." ~ Rob...
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Prior to this album, Al Green never had a number one song. The title track, "Let's Stay Together," achieved that status and held it for nine consecutive weeks. Green's...
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By the late '70s, Al Green had turned his concerns chiefly to gospel, releasing critically acclaimed though low-selling albums. While many were pleased that Green went full...
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The '80s found Al Green again connecting to pop and R&B audiences with his brand of charming and sometimes erotic gospel. After signing with the independent A&M in 1985,...
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More early cover renditions, such as "Light My Fire" and "Driving Wheel," but also the early hit "Tired Of Being Alone." The Green and Mitchell productions begin to hit a...
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After the shaky start of Green Is Blues, Al Green and producer Willie Mitchell established their classic sound with Green's second album, Gets Next to You. The main...
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Good anthology covering Green's '80 gospel material. The only problem was that Green earned his Grammys for complete projects rather than single hits, and some of these...
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A pair of glittering, majestic '70s soul albums by the decade's premier vocalist in the genre. Green's striding, relaxed, stunning delivery, the sweeping falsetto, and the...
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If it ain't broke...more of the same groovin' soul and silky ballads. Contains the original "Take Me To The River," which was hit a second time for the Talking...
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By the time of 1974's Al Green Explores Your Mind, this version of the Memphis sound was the production style for only a handful of artists. Producer Willie Mitchell used a...
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Another pair of awesome albums by the great Al Green. He simply dominated the ranks of '70s male soul vocalists. He could be lyrical, mournful, enticing, or defiant, and no...
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Al Green reached his creative peak with the brilliant Call Me, the most inventive and assured album of his career. So silky and fluid as to sound almost effortless, Green's...
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Most of the albums Al Green recorded in the 1970s are worth owning, and for the more seasoned "soul" fanatic, the 1997 four-CD boxed set, The Al Green Anthology, is joyous...
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A solid, funky gospel album showcasing Green's consistently amazing voice. Although it isn't one of Green's best efforts, it's still enjoyable and thoroughly listenable. ~...
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Full of Fire is the second to last '70s effort that Al Green co-produced with Willie Mitchell. While much of Green's previous work (I'm Still in Love With You, Call Me, Al...
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Not a knockout, mostly covers such as "Get Back," "Summertime" and "I Stand Accused," but includes the first Green and Mitchell tune, "Tomorrow's Dream."...
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The first album linking the soul-singing greatness of Al Green with the production brilliance and expertise of Willie Mitchell. The results were mutually beneficial; Green...
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Anthology 2/11/1997, Yahoo! Music, Richard C. Walls
Al Green is one of those popular music figures who in the '90s is much praised and little heard. Although many agree that he's one of the greatest soul singers ever, his...
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Theoretically, an Al Green box set should have been easy to assemble, given the overall excellence of his material, but the four-disc Anthology is a textbook example of a...
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A United Kingdom import of 18 tossed-aside songs that Willie Mitchell deemed unsuitable for release as a B-side or album cut. Hard to fathom why cause this collection will...
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Most of the entries in Arista's Heritage Master Hits series are good compilations, but Al Green's volume is different -- and it's a distinction Green fanatics will be eager...
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Al Green was riding right along, still singing with confidence, power, and authority. Although this was kind of a transition effort, with Green beginning to head toward...
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A marvelous idea that hopefully other companies emulate, these 43 tracks feature both sides of Al Green's Hi Records singles, in sequence. The uneven number of tracks (43),...
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The last time Al Green and producer Willie Mitchell worked on a secular recording together, Gerald Ford was president and hip-hop was still for rabbits, not rappers. But...
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Thomas Wolfe may have said you can't go home again, but he was wrong. People go home again all the time. Usually when they do they find that it just isn't the same. When...
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Feels Like Christmas features legendary soul singer Al Green performing ten holiday classics. It's a fairly predictable run-through: "Jingle Bells," "Silent Night," "Winter...
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After turning to his ministry full-time in the late '70s, Al Green moved from Hi Records, where he had scored most of his hits, to the religious Myrrh label. But in 1985 he...
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The first album linking the soul-singing greatness of Al Green with the production brilliance and expertise of Willie Mitchell. The results were mutually beneficial; Green...
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"Love songs" collections have become de rigueur around Valentine's Day, and EMI catalog imprint The Right Stuff's Al Green compilation puts a soul twist on the genre. The...
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After the shaky start of Green Is Blues, Al Green and producer Willie Mitchell established their classic sound with Green's second album, Gets Next to You. The main...
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Prior to this album, Al Green never had a number one song. The title track, "Let's Stay Together," achieved that status and held it for nine consecutive weeks. Green's...
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I'm Still in Love With You shares many surface similarities with its predecessor, Let's Stay Together: from Al Green and Willie Mitchell's distinctive, sexy, style to the...
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Colin Escott's informative, quote-filled liner essay for this two-disc compilation is called Al Green at Hi Records, and that may well have been a better title for the set...
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Al Green fans will be aware that The Immortal Soul of Al Green actually marks the second time that a four-CD box set of Green's recordings has been assembled, following by...
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Nearly forgotten by all but serious soul fans, Back Up Train is Al Green's debut. Released in 1967, when he was still billed as "Al Greene" and before he worked with...
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