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Al Green's Greatest Hits

 
Album Review: Al Green's Greatest Hits

  • Artist: Al Green
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1975 04
  • Total Time: 31:20
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

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 later, it was followed by a second volume, which contained hit singles that had charted since the release of the first collection. In 1995, The Right Stuff reissued Al Green's Greatest Hits, adding five of the highlights from the second volume of greatest hits as bonus tracks. The result was a definitive single-disc compilation, featuring 15 of Green's absolute best songs, including "Tired of Being Alone," "Let's Stay Together," "I'm Still in Love With You," "Call Me," "Here I Am," "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)," and "L-O-V-E (Love)." The original version of Greatest Hits was great, but the revision made it nearly perfect. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Tired of Being Alone (Lyrics) Al Green Al Green (2:50)
Call Me (Come Back Home) Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson, Jr. Al Green (3:03)
I'm Still in Love With You (Lyrics) Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson, Jr. Al Green (3:12)
Here I Am (Come and Take Me) Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges Al Green (3:09)
Love and Happiness (Lyrics) Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges Al Green
Let's Stay Together (Lyrics) Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson, Jr. Al Green (4:45)
I Can't Get Next to You (Lyrics) Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield Al Green (3:42)
You Ought to Be With Me (Lyrics) Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson, Jr. Al Green (3:15)
Look What You Done for Me (Lyrics) Al Green, Willie Mitchell, George Jackson Al Green (3:04)
Let's Get Married (Lyrics) Al Green Al Green (4:20)
Livin' for You [*] Al Green, Willie Mitchell Al Green
Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) [*] Al Green Al Green
L-O-V-E (Love) [*] Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges Al Green
Full of Fire [*] Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges Al Green
Belle [*] Al Green, Reuben Fairfax, Jr., Fred Jordan Al Green

Credits

Al Green (Vocals), Al Green (Producer), Al Green (Main Performer), Willie Mitchell (Producer), Willie Mitchell (Engineer), Willie Mitchell (String Arrangements), Willie Mitchell (Remixing), Margaret Goldfarb (Assistant Producer), Howard Grimes (Drums), Dan Hersch (Mastering), Charles Hodges (Organ), Charles Hodges (Piano), Leroy Hodges (Bass), Mabon "Teenie" Hodges (Guitar), Bill Inglot (Mastering), Wayne Jackson (Trumpet), Kathy Kinslow (Assistant Producer), Charles Levan (Assistant Producer), Ed Logan (Sax (Tenor)), Andrew Love (Tenor (Vocal)), The Memphis Strings (?), James Mitchell (Sax (Baritone)), Cheryl Pawelski (Assistant Producer), Charles Rhodes (Vocals (Background)), Archie Turner (Piano), Tom Cartwright (Executive Producer), Al Jackson, Jr. (Bongos), Al Jackson, Jr. (Conga), Al Jackson, Jr. (Drums), Glenn Ross (Art Direction), Glenn Ross (Design), Marlene Bergman (Design), Marcia McGovern (Pre-Production Director), Tami Masak (Assistant Producer), Richard Kriegler (Art Direction), Richard Kriegler (Design), Richard E. Roth (Art Direction), Richard E. Roth (Design), Howard Craft (Mastering), Jack Hole (Trombone), Rhodes (Vocals (Background)), Michael Allen (Piano), Bob Levy (Photography)
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Al Green's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits by Al Green
Released April 1975
Genre Soul
Label Hi/Right Stuff/EMI
Professional reviews
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

References


 
 
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Al Green's Greatest Hits [Deluxe Edition] (2005 Album by Al Green)
Al Green's Greatest Hits [UK] (1998 Album by Al Green)
The Very Best of Al Green [Shock] (2001 Album by Al Green)

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