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Music : Al Green - Greatest Hits
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Rating: 
- A Must Have
This is a must have for anyone with an R&B "oldies" collection. You won't be disappointed.
Rating: - Nice collection: a king of 'crossover'
As other reviewers have pointed out, this collection is available, in pieces, on other recordings - so why this one? Well... because some of us do not collect Al Green CDs but like to have a single sampler of some of his better work. This one is it for me. The 'crossover' from 'Rhythm and Blues' (read: Black) to 'Pop' included many more performers than Al Green - but in his time - the early and mid-70's, his work was instrumental in taking the work of black artists all the way over into mainstream top-40 .... for better or for worse. I enjoyed and will continue to enjoy each and every track.
Rating: - The greatest hits of a man who ruled the radio in the early 70's
Al Green's music was one of the few good things going on in music during that bland era of popular music in the early 70's between the break-up of the Beatles and when things got even worse once disco began to dominate the airwaves in the mid 70's. Al Green was a singer of soul music with a powerful and expressive voice, and this album has his hits dating from his debut hit "Tired of Being Alone" in 1971 through 1975. Born the youngest of ten children to deeply religious Arkansas sharecroppers, Green was the last of the great southern soul singers, creating a spare, sexy, almost spiritual sound with the help of a classic Memphis soul band in the Stax/Volt tradition almost ten years after the sound had peaked. They said/say "Al Green is love," and his Greatest Hits makes gloriously clear the relationship for Green between romantic love and love of God, that others, including Prince, have pursued with much less success.
In 1974, deeply shaken by a personal tragedy, Green converted to Christianity and became an ordained pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis in 1976. At the same time, Green began to see his sales start to slip. In 1979 Green began concentrating his energies towards pastoring his church and gospel singing and basically retired from his R&B career. Thus this album has those songs Al Green performed when he was at the zenith of his career, and he had an amazing run of hits written alone or with Willie Mitchell. They are all great tunes that still hold up today. Even though "Tired of Being Alone" was not his biggest hit, it will always be my personal favorite since it captured perfectly the feelings of romantic rejection that almost anyone can relate to. I think I like listening to Green's music more now than I did thirty years ago, and I highly recommend it to anyone who appreciates R&B whether you have ever heard Al Green before or not. I think you won't regret your purchase.
Rating: - Don't miss this CD
I never realized that I liked Al Green as much as I do. When I heard the sample tracks on Amazon, I liked all of them. After ordering and receiving the CD, I listened to it over and over at work. If you like any of his songs, you will like this CD.
Rating: - A 70's Fan
I had this album when it first came out and wanted to get it on CD.
It brings back wonderful memories. A good collection for the 70's era fans.
- A Must HaveThis is a must have for anyone with an R&B "oldies" collection. You won't be disappointed.
Rating:
- Nice collection: a king of 'crossover'As other reviewers have pointed out, this collection is available, in pieces, on other recordings - so why this one? Well... because some of us do not collect Al Green CDs but like to have a single sampler of some of his better work. This one is it for me. The 'crossover' from 'Rhythm and Blues' (read: Black) to 'Pop' included many more performers than Al Green - but in his time - the early and mid-70's, his work was instrumental in taking the work of black artists all the way over into mainstream top-40 .... for better or for worse. I enjoyed and will continue to enjoy each and every track.
Rating:
- The greatest hits of a man who ruled the radio in the early 70'sAl Green's music was one of the few good things going on in music during that bland era of popular music in the early 70's between the break-up of the Beatles and when things got even worse once disco began to dominate the airwaves in the mid 70's. Al Green was a singer of soul music with a powerful and expressive voice, and this album has his hits dating from his debut hit "Tired of Being Alone" in 1971 through 1975. Born the youngest of ten children to deeply religious Arkansas sharecroppers, Green was the last of the great southern soul singers, creating a spare, sexy, almost spiritual sound with the help of a classic Memphis soul band in the Stax/Volt tradition almost ten years after the sound had peaked. They said/say "Al Green is love," and his Greatest Hits makes gloriously clear the relationship for Green between romantic love and love of God, that others, including Prince, have pursued with much less success.
In 1974, deeply shaken by a personal tragedy, Green converted to Christianity and became an ordained pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis in 1976. At the same time, Green began to see his sales start to slip. In 1979 Green began concentrating his energies towards pastoring his church and gospel singing and basically retired from his R&B career. Thus this album has those songs Al Green performed when he was at the zenith of his career, and he had an amazing run of hits written alone or with Willie Mitchell. They are all great tunes that still hold up today. Even though "Tired of Being Alone" was not his biggest hit, it will always be my personal favorite since it captured perfectly the feelings of romantic rejection that almost anyone can relate to. I think I like listening to Green's music more now than I did thirty years ago, and I highly recommend it to anyone who appreciates R&B whether you have ever heard Al Green before or not. I think you won't regret your purchase.
Rating:
- Don't miss this CDI never realized that I liked Al Green as much as I do. When I heard the sample tracks on Amazon, I liked all of them. After ordering and receiving the CD, I listened to it over and over at work. If you like any of his songs, you will like this CD.
Rating:
- A 70's FanI had this album when it first came out and wanted to get it on CD.
It brings back wonderful memories. A good collection for the 70's era fans.