Al Green's Greatest Hits

Al Green's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits by Al Green
Released	April 1975
Genre	Soul
Label	Hi/Right Stuff/EMI
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Robert Christgau (A+) link Pitchfork Media (9.7/10) 2009
Al Green chronology
Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974) Al Green's Greatest Hits (1975) Al Green Is Love (1975) Alternate cover Al Green's Greatest Hits: Deluxe Edition

Al Green's Greatest Hits is a 1975 greatest hits hits release by soul singer Al Green. In 2003, the album was ranked number 52 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The release has consistently ranked as one of the best executed 'greatest hits' albums in history.

Track listing

1. "Tired of Being Alone" - 2:43
2. "Call Me (Come Back Home)" - 3:04
3. "I'm Still in Love With You" - 3:15
4. "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" - 4:16
5. "Love and Happiness" - 5:08†
6. "Let's Stay Together" - 3:18
7. "I Can't Get Next to You" - 3:52
8. "You Ought to Be With Me" - 3:19
9. "Look What You Done for Me" - 3:06
10. "Let's Get Married" - 5:36
11. "Livin' for You"* - 3:12
12. "Sha La La (Make Me Happy)"*
13. "L-O-V-E (Love)"*
14. "Full of Fire"*
15. "Belle"*

(* tracks added to the 1995 CD re-issue)

(† the original 1975 10 track LP edition included "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" which was never released as a single. That track was replaced by "Love and Happiness" when, in 1977, that track was released as a single in the US, a full 5 years after it was originally released on the 1972 LP "I'm Still In Love With You")

Personnel

(The following credits refer to Al Green - Greatest Hits: Deluxe Edition.)

• James Mitchell - Baritone Saxophone, String Arrangements
• Cheryl Pawelski - Production Assistant
• Michael Allen - Piano
• Teenie Hodges - Guitar
• Charles Hodges - Organ, Piano
• Leroy Hodges - Bass
• Howard Grimes - Bongos, Drums, Conga
• Archie Turner - Piano
• Al Jackson Jr. - Drums, Percussion
• Andrew Love - Horn (Tenor)
• Wayne Jackson - Trumpet
• Jack Hale - Trombone
• Ed Logan - Horn (Tenor)
• Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes - Background vocals
• Willie Mitchell - Producer, Engineer, Remixing
• Tami Masak - Production Assistant
• Robert Vosgien - Remastering
• Richard Kriegler - Art Direction, Design
• Richard E. Roth - Art Direction, Design
• Kevin Flaherty - Producer
• Tom Cartwright - Executive Producer
• Howard Craft - Mastering
• Buddy Rosenburg - Photography
• Chris Clough - Producer
• Bob Levy - Photography
• Ali Muhammed Jackson - Bongos, Drums, Conga
• Susan Lavoie - Art Direction
• Charles Chalmers - String Arrangements
• Margaret Goldfarb - Production Assistant
• Dan Hersch - Mastering
• Bill Inglot - Mastering Consultant
• Kathy Kinslow - Production Assistant
• Charles Levan - Production Assistant
• Al Green - Producer

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