music.wikisort.org - CompositionAl Green Explores Your Mind is the eighth album by soul singer Al Green. Unlike previous Al Green albums, this album featured only one major hit, the U.S. #7 hit "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)", but did contain the original version of "Take Me to the River", a song which went to #26 on the Billboard chart when covered by Talking Heads in 1978. In 2004, the song "Take Me to the River" was ranked number 117 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
1974 studio album by Al Green
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Released | October 1974 (1974-10) |
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Recorded | 1974 |
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Studio | Royal Recording Studios, Memphis |
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Genre | Soul |
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Length | 30:26 |
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Label | Hi |
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Producer | Willie Mitchell, Al Green |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |     [3] |
Tom Hull | A−[4] |
Rolling Stone |     [5] |
The album was his fifth consecutive album to claim #1 on the Soul Albums chart, and peaked at #15 on the Pop Albums chart.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Al Green; except where indicated
- Side one
- "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" – 3:01
- "Take Me to the River" (Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:45
- "God Blessed Our Love" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle) – 3:57
- "The City" (Green, Charles Hodges) – 3:25
- "One Nite Stand" – 2:26
- Side two
- "I'm Hooked on You" (Green, Mitchell) – 3:22
- "Stay with Me Forever" (Green, Anne Sanders) – 3:15
- "Hangin' On" (Green, Michael Allen) – 4:21
- "School Days" – 3:14
Personnel
- Al Green – vocals
- Mabon "Teenie" Hodges – guitar
- Leroy Hodges – bass guitar
- Charles Hodges – Hammond organ, piano
- Howard Grimes – drums, congas
- Archie Turner, Michael Allen – piano
- Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals
- Andrew Love, Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
- James Mitchell – baritone saxophone, string arrangements
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Jack Hale, Sr. – trombone
- The Memphis Strings - strings
- Technical
- Glenn Ross, Richard Kriegler - art direction, design
- Bob Levy, Buddy Rosenberg - photography
See also
- List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1975
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