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I Get Joy is a studio album by Al Green, released in 1989 on A&M Records.[3][6] Green included many secular songs on the album, the first time he had done so since the 1970s.

I Get Joy
Studio album by Al Green
Released	May 1989
Studio	Royal Studios, Ardent Studios and Colton Row (Memphis, Tennessee); Cheshire Studios (Atlanta, Georgia).
Genre	Soul, gospel
Label	A&M
Producer	Al Green, Paul Zaleski, Eban Kelly, John Randolph
Al Green chronology
Soul Survivor (1987) I Get Joy (1989) Love Is Reality (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Hi-Fi News & Record Review	A:1*[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Production

Green wrote the majority of the songs.[7] "As Long As We're Together" features Al B. Sure! singing backup.[8] Former Tempree Jasper "Jabbo" Phillips sings backup on "Tryin' to Do the Best I Can" and "Tryin' to Get Over You".

Critical reception

Robert Christgau wrote: "What distinguishes this exercise is unflinching formal exposition--no Supremes or James Taylor ringers. Even the electrofunk belongs."[2] The Deseret News thought that Green "has a knack for writing songs that are subtle enough to work on both romantic and religious levels."[7] The Los Angeles Times opined that "Green should stick to what he does best, which, these days, is religious music."[9] The New York Times called Green's voice "the sound of a lone supplicant, gently testifying to the comforts of faith."[10]

Track listing

1. "You're Everything to Me" (Al Green, Denise Flippen) - 4:13
2. "All My Praise" (Green, Flippen) - 4:10
3. "The End Is Near" (Green, Flippen) - 4:06
4. "Mighty Clouds of Joy" (Buddy Buie, Robert Nix) - 4:16
5. "I Get Joy" (Green, Flippen) - 3:53
6. "As Long as We're Together" (Green)- 3:44
7. "Praise Him" (Green) - 3:06
8. "Blessed" (Eban Kelly, Jimi Randolph) - 4:06
9. "Tryin' to Do the Best I Can" (Green) - 3:03
10. "Tryin' to Get Over You" (Green) - 2:04

Personnel

• Al Green – lead vocals, arrangements (1-7, 9, 10), backing vocals (6, 8)
• Lester Snell – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)
• Wayne Perkins – acoustic piano (4), lead guitar (4)
• Lawrence Mitchell – keyboards (6), horns (6)
• Jimi Randolph – all instruments (8), arrangements (8)
• Johnny Brown – acoustic piano (9), organ (10)
• Angelo Earl – guitars (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)
• Gregory McIntosh – lead guitar (9, 10)
• Jimi Kinnard – bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)
• George Jouringan – bass (4, 9, 10)
• Archie Mitchell – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), bass (6)
• Tim Dancy – drums (10)
• Dennis Bates – horns (9)
• Berton Brown – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)
• William Brown III – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)
• Gloria Robinson – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)
• Harvey Jones – backing vocals (4, 9, 10)
• Linda Jones – backing vocals (4, 9, 10)
• Monique Monan – backing vocals (4)
• Reba Russell – backing vocals (4)
• Michael Allen – backing vocals (6)
• Denise Flippen – backing vocals (6)
• John Benton – backing vocals (8)
• Berkley Buckley – backing vocals (8)
• Eban Kelly – backing vocals (8), arrangements (8)
• P. Leon Thomas – backing vocals (8)
• Jasper "Jabbo" Phillips – backing vocals (9, 10)

Production

• Al Green – executive producer, producer, engineer
• Paul Zeleski – producer
• Eban Kelly – producer (8), assistant engineer (8)
• Jimi Randolph – producer (8), engineer (8)
• William Brown III – engineer
• Willie Mitchell – engineer
• Robert Nix – engineer (4)
• Kim Venable – engineer (4)
• John Eberle – mastering
• Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
• Jeff Gold – art direction
• Howard Rosenberg – photography

References

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