Al Green's Greatest Hits

Infobox Album |
Name = Al Green's Greatest Hits
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = Al Green


Released = April 1975
Recorded =
Genre = Soul
Length =
Label = Hi/Right Stuff/EMI
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:u1uj6joh71t0 link]
* Robert Christgau (A) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=al+green link]
* The Music Box rating|5|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/algreen-definitivegreatesthits.html link]
Last album = "Al Green Is Love"
(1975)
This album = "Al Green's Greatest Hits"
(1975)
Next album = "Full of Fire"
(1976)Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Greatest hits


Lower caption = "Al Green's Greatest Hits: Deluxe Edition"

"Al Green's Greatest Hits" is a 1975 greatest hits hits release by soul singer Al Green. RS500|52 The release has consistently ranked as one of the best executed 'greatest hits' albums in history.

Track listing

# "Tired of Being Alone" - 2:43
# "Call Me (Come Back Home)" - 3:04
# "I'm Still in Love With You" - 3:15
# "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" - 4:16
# "Love and Happiness" - 5:08†
# "Let's Stay Together" - 3:18
# "I Can't Get Next to You" - 3:52
# "You Ought to Be With Me" - 3:19
# "Look What You Done for Me" - 3:06
# "Let's Get Married" - 5:36
# "Livin' for You"* - 3:12
# "Sha La La (Make Me Happy)"*
# "L-O-V-E (Love)"*
# "Full of Fire"*
# "Belle"*

(* tracks added to the 1995 CD re-issue)

(† the original 1975 10 track LP edition included "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" which was never released as a single. That track was replaced by "Love and Happiness" when, in 1977, that track was released as a single in the US, a full 5 years after it was originally released on the 1972 LP "I'm Still In Love With You")

Personnel

(The following credits refer to "Al Green - Greatest Hits: Deluxe Edition".)
* James Mitchell - Sax (Baritone), String Arrangements
* Cheryl Pawelski - Production Assistant
* Michael Allen - Piano
* Teenie Hodges - Guitar
* Charles Hodges - Organ, Piano
* Leroy Hodges - Bass
* Howard Grimes - Bongos, Drums, Conga
* Archie Turner - Piano
* Al Jackson Jr. - Drums, Perc.
* Andrew Love - Horn (Tenor)
* Wayne Jackson - Trumpet
* Jack Hale - Trombone
* Ed Logan - Horn (Tenor)
* Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes - Vocals (Background)
* Willie Mitchell - Producer, Engineer, Remixing
* Tami Masak - Production Assistant
* Robert Vosgien - Remastering
* Richard Kriegler - Art Direction, Design
* Richard E. Roth - Art Direction, Design
* Kevin Flaherty - Producer
* Tom Cartwright - Executive Producer
* Howard Craft - Mastering
* Buddy Rosenburg - Photography
* Chris Clough - Producer
* Bob Levy - Photography
* Ali Muhammed Jackson - Bongos, Drums, Conga
* Susan Lavoie - Art Direction
* Charles Chalmers - String Arrangements
* Margaret Goldfarb - Production Assistant
* Dan Hersch - Mastering
* Bill Inglot - Mastering Consultant
* Kathy Kinslow - Production Assistant
* Charles Levan - Production Assistant
* Al Green - Producer

References