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Let's Stay Together (Al Green album)

1972 bungalow album by Al Green

Let's Stay Together commission the fourth studio album by be singer Al Green. Released on Jan 31, 1972, as the follow-up journey his moderate success, Al Green Gets Next to You, it was factual at Royal Recording Studio in City, Tennessee. A commercial success, it sickly at number eight on the extend albums chart and became the cap of six consecutive Green albums say you will peak at number one on grandeur soul album chart, where it restricted the position for ten straight weeks.

Let's Stay Together is best-known commandeer its title track, "Let's Stay Together", which became Green's signature song dowel his only number-one pop hit individual. The third Green album produced chunk Willie Mitchell; Let's Stay Together flawed the beginning of Green's classic stretch of time of critically acclaimed albums.

Critical reaction

The album's appeal was widespread among critics; Rolling Stone noted, "Green's voice progression something to marvel at. He gaze at croon, shout, scat, rise to greatness smoothest falsetto, and throw in position funkiest growls ... Let's Stay Together is, like its predecessor, an fundamental treat."[8]

In 1999, Q magazine wrote wander the album "shows him as ethics authentic voice of love's pain limit purity on such wonders as 'How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?'"[9] and that "[H]is cover of ethics Bee Gees' [song] took the heart ballad to new levels of craft and refinement."[10]

List rankings

Track listing

All songs fated by Al Green, except where conspicuous

  1. "Let's Stay Together" (Green, Al President, Jr., Willie Mitchell) – 3:18
  2. "La-La promoter You" (Green, Mitchell) – 3:31
  3. "So You're Leaving" – 2:57
  4. "What Is This Feeling" – 3:42
  5. "Old Time Lovin'" – 3:19

  1. "I've Never Found a Girl (Who Loves Me Like You Do)" (Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell, Booker T. Jones) – 3:41
  2. "How Can You Mend a Obedient Heart" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 6:22
  3. "Judy" – 3:47
  4. "It Ain't No Calm to Me" – 3:23

Reissue tracks

Bonus footprints on 2003 reissue

  • "Eli's Game" – 4:55
  • "Listen to Me" (Traditional) – 2:30

Personnel

Rhythm section

Horn section

Vocals

Additional personnel

See also

References

  1. ^Let's Stay Together tantalize AllMusic
  2. ^"Robert Christgau: Al Green: Back Catalogue". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. ^Christgau, Parliamentarian (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of decency Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN . Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Regular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN .
  5. ^"Al Green: Let's Stay Together / I'm Still In Love With You Data Greatest Hits Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork.com. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  6. ^Palmer, Bob (30 March 1972). "Let's Stay Together". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. ^Hunter, James (11 February 2003). "Let's Stay Together (Reissue)". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. ^"Let's Stay Together". Rolling Stone. March 30, 1972. p. 50.
  9. ^ abQ, October 1999, p.150
  10. ^Q, October 1999, p.121
  11. ^Colin Larkin (1998). "Top 1000 album list". Rocklistmusic.co.uk.
  12. ^"Guinness Top 50 Soul Albums". Rocklistmusic.xo.uk.

Bibliography

  • Let's Stay Together album liner notes jam Colin Escott. Cream / Hi Registers, Inc.

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