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Truth N' Time is a studio album by the soul singer Al Green, released in 1978.[6][7] It was Green's last album of mostly secular music for many years.[8]

Truth N' Time
Studio album by Al Green
Released	1978
Studio	American Music
Genre	Soul
Length	26:54
Label	Hi[1]
Producer	Al Green
Al Green chronology
The Belle Album (1977) Truth N' Time (1978) The Lord Will Make a Way (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

The album peaked at No. 44 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[9]

Production

Truth N' Time was recorded at Green's American Music studio.[4] Green produced the album.[10]

Critical reception

The Bay State Banner wrote: "The inclusion of 'To Sir With Love' and 'Say A Little Prayer' can be questioned, but Al stomps and cuts through them just like a thoroughbred racer. Some really tremendous session work also, though minus the quiet excellence of drummer Howard Grimes."[11]

In a 2006 review of a reissue, Rolling Stone stated that Truth n' Time "contains too much filler for an album not even twenty-seven minutes long."[10]

Track listing

1. "Blow Me Down" (Bernard Staton, Carol Staton) - 3:10
2. "Lo and Behold" (Bernard Staton, Fred Jordan) - 3:15
3. "Wait Here" (Green, Reuben Fairfax, Jr., Fred Jordan) - 2:45
4. "To Sir with Love" (Don Black, Mark London) - 4:09
5. "Truth N' Time" (Green) - 3:41
6. "King of All" (Bernard Staton, Carol Staton) - 2:23
7. "I Say a Little Prayer" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:13
8. "Happy Days" (Green) - 5:13

Personnel

• Al Green - vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, arrangements
• Bernard Staton, James Bass - guitar
• Brian Batie, Errol Thomas, James Turner - bass
• Fred Jordan, Gary Lax, Jesse Butler, Johnny Brown, Purvis Leon Thomas, Charles Renard Webb - keyboards
• John Toney - drums, percussion
• Ron Echols - tenor and baritone saxophone
• Buddy Jarrett - alto saxophone
• Darryl Neely, Fred Jordan - trumpet
• Buddy Jarrett, Harvey Jones, Linda Jones - backing vocals
• Fred Jordan - engineer
• Kinji Nishimura - photography

References

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