Al Green Is Love
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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.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer Al Green
Al Green
Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
. 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- "L-O-V-E (Love)" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:09
- "Rhymes" (Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:36
- "The Love Sermon" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle) – 6:34
- "There Is Love" (Willie Mitchell, Lawrence Seymore, Yvonne Mitchell) – 3:04
- "Could I Be the One?" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Ann Mitchell) – 4:06
- "Love Ritual" – 4:19
- "I Didn't Know" – 7:46
- "Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in My Arms)" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 2:48
- "I Gotta Be More (Take Me Higher)" – 2:45
- "I Wish You Were Here" (Willie Mitchell) – 3:18
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