The Very Best of Al Green

~ Release by Al Green (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Tired of Being Alone4.452:52
2I Can't Get Next to You4.253:47
3Are You Lonely for Me Baby
cover recording of:
Are You Lonely for Me Baby
lyricist and composer:
Bert Russell Berns
publisher:
Sloopy II Music and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
43:59
4Let's Stay Together
producer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar family:
Mabon Hodges
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (Soul Organist)
saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys))
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
vocals:
Al Green
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cream Records (70s Los Angeles) (in 1971) and HI Records Inc. (in 1971)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 60) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 84)
recording of:
Let’s Stay Together
writer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Al Green and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Al Jackson Jr. Music, Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Irving Music, Inc.
4.553:17
5How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?3.656:22
6I've Never Found a Girl53:39
7I'm Still in Love With You
engineer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
producer:
Al Green and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
baritone saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar:
Mabon Hodges
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (Soul Organist)
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan and Andrew Love
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys))
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
strings arranger:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
recorded at:
Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
I’m Still in Love With You
lyricist and composer:
Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Al Jackson Jr. Music, Burlington Music and Irving Music, Inc.
4.753:14
8Love and Happiness
engineer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
producer:
Al Green and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
baritone saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar:
Mabon Hodges
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (Soul Organist)
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan and Andrew Love
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys))
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
strings arranger:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 98) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 274)
recording of:
Love and Happiness
writer:
Al Green and Mabon Hodges
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) (in 1972) and Irving Music, Inc. (in 1972)
3.655:00
9What a Wonderful Thing Love Is
3:33
10Look What You Done for Me
engineer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
producer:
Al Green and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
baritone saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar:
Mabon Hodges
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (Soul Organist)
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan and Andrew Love
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys))
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
strings arranger:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
recorded at:
Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Look What You Done for Me
lyricist and composer:
Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Al Jackson Jr. Music and Irving Music, Inc.
4.353:04
11Call Me (Come Back Home)
engineer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
producer:
Al Green and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
baritone saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar:
Mabon Hodges
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (Soul Organist)
piano:
Archie Turner
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan and Andrew Love
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys))
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
strings arranger:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
recorded at:
Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Call Me (Come Back Home)
composer:
Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Al Jackson Jr. Music and Irving Music, Inc.
4.53:03
12Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
engineer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
producer:
Al Green and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
baritone saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar:
Mabon Hodges
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (Soul Organist)
piano:
Archie Turner
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan and Andrew Love
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys))
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
performer:
Al Green
strings arranger:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
recorded at:
Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
writer:
Al Green and Mabon Hodges
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
4.34:16
13You Ought to Be With Me
engineer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
producer:
Al Green and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
baritone saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar:
Mabon Hodges
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (Soul Organist)
piano:
Archie Turner
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan and Andrew Love
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys))
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
strings arranger:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
recorded at:
Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
You Ought to Be With Me
composer:
Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Al Jackson Jr. Music and Irving Music, Inc.
3.253:15
14Let's Get Married
recorded at:
Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Let’s Get Married
lyricist and composer:
Al Green
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
3.655:34
15Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
recording of:
Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
lyricist and composer:
Al Green
52:57
16Take Me to the River4.23:43
17L-O-V-E (Love)
recording of:
L-O-V-E (Love)
lyricist:
Al Green, Mabon Hodges and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
4.653:03
18Oh Me Oh My (Dreams in My Arms)
2:45
19Full of Fire
recording of:
Full of Fire
writer:
Al Green, Mabon Lewis Hodges and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
5:11
20I Tried to Tell Myself
3:24