Al Green Is Love

Al Green Is Love
Standard/Original artwork
Studio album by Al Green
Released	August 1975
Recorded	1974-1975
Genre	Soul
Label	Hi Records
Producer	Willie Mitchell
Al Green chronology
Al Green's Greatest Hits (1975) Al Green is Love (1975) Full of Fire (1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
MSN Music	A[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
The Village Voice	A–[4]

Al Green Is Love is the ninth album by soul singer Al Green. It was his final of six consecutive albums to hit #1 on the R&B/Soul Albums chart, and it peaked into the Top 40 on the Pop Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Al Green; except where indicated

Side one

1. "L-O-V-E (Love)" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:09
2. "Rhymes" (Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:36
3. "The Love Sermon" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle) – 6:34
4. "There Is Love" (Willie Mitchell, Lawrence Seymore, Yvonne Mitchell) – 3:04
5. "Could I Be the One?" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Ann Mitchell) – 4:06

Side two

1. "Love Ritual" – 4:19
2. "I Didn't Know" – 7:46
3. "Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in My Arms)" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 2:48
4. "I Gotta Be More (Take Me Higher)" – 2:45
5. "I Wish You Were Here" (Willie Mitchell) – 3:18

Personnel

• Al Green - vocals
• Larry Lee, Teenie Hodges - guitar
• Leroy Hodges - bass
• Charles Hodges - organ, piano
• Howard Grimes - drums, congas
• Conga Lou (Johnny Keyes) - congas
• Archie Turner, Michael Allen - piano
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes - backing vocals
• Andrew Love, Lewis Collins - tenor saxophone
• Wayne Jackson - trumpet
• James Mitchell - baritone saxophone, string arrangements
• Jack Hale - trombone
• The Memphis Strings - strings

Later Samples

• "I Wish You Were Here"
  • "Shootouts" by Nas from the album It Was Written
  • "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" by Consequence from the album Don't Quit Your Day Job!
  • "Wanna Test" by Lootpack from the album Soundpieces: Da Antidote
  • "Life's a Bitch" by Everlast from the soundtrack Black and White
  • "Verses" by Ras Kass, Scaramanga Shallah, La The Darkman and GZA from the album Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1975 (U.S.)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Christgau, Robert (February 24, 2012). "Al Green/D'Angelo". MSN Music. Microsoft. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
3. Hoard, Christian (November 2, 2004). "Review: Al Green Is Love". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: 345–346.
4. Christgau, Robert (October 27, 1975). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Music section. Retrieved 2012-02-25.

Further reading

• Rolling Stone review