Al Green's Greatest Hits

Al Green's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Al Green
Released April 1975 (1975-04)
Genre Soul
Length 35:14
Label Hi/Right Stuff/EMI
Producer Willie Mitchell
Al Green chronology
Al Green Explores Your Mind
(1974)		 Al Green's Greatest Hits
(1975)		 Al Green Is Love
(1975)
Alternative cover
Al Green's Greatest Hits: Deluxe Edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA[2]
Robert ChristgauA+ (1995 re-issue)[3]
Pitchfork Media9.7/10[4]

Al Green's Greatest Hits is a 1975 greatest 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.[5] The compilation has consistently ranked as one of the best executed 'greatest hits' albums in history. The album peaked at #3 on Billboard's Top Soul LPs and at #17 on the Billboard 200.[6][7]

Track listing

  1. "Tired of Being Alone" – 2:43 (from 1971's Al Green Gets Next to You)
  2. "Call Me (Come Back Home)" – 3:04 (from 1973's Call Me)
  3. "I'm Still in Love with You" – 3:15 (from 1972's I'm Still in Love with You)
  4. "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" – 3:09 (from 1973's Call Me)
  5. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"† – 6:21 (from 1972's Let's Stay Together)
  6. "Let's Stay Together" – 4:45 (from 1972's Let's Stay Together)
  7. "I Can't Get Next to You" – 3:52 (from 1971's Al Green Gets Next to You)
  8. "You Ought to Be with Me" – 3:19 (from 1973's Call Me)
  9. "Look What You Done for Me" – 3:06 (from 1972's I'm Still in Love with You)
  10. "Let's Get Married" – 4:20 (from 1973's Livin' for You)

† replaced by "Love and Happiness" in 1977 when that track was released as a single in the US, five years after it was originally released on the 1972 LP I'm Still in Love with You.

1995 CD re-release

  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)" (from 1974's Al Green Explores Your Mind)
  13. "L-O-V-E (Love)" (from 1975's Al Green Is Love)
  14. "Full of Fire" (from 1976's Full of Fire)
  15. "Belle" (from 1977's The Belle Album)

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

  1. ↑ Al Green's Greatest Hits at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Robert Christgau
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau
  4. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (April 17, 2009). "Let's Stay Together/I'm Still In Love With You/Greatest Hits Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  6. ↑ "Al Green Al Green/Greatest Hits Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Al Green Greatest Hits Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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