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G. M. Jenkins | Mountain View, CA United States | 10/21/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Listening to this album is an amazing and intense emotional musical experience from start to finish. There is not a song on the album that lags in any way and pretty much every song is as enjoyable as the singles from this album.
Nobody has a voice as powerful, intense, nuanced, and emotional as Al Green, and the production and arrangements on this album are flawless. The horn section is important, but not bombastic. The fact that this album remains relevant and beautiful after 30 years just makes me happy, and i'm only 20 years old. So people of all ages, if you don't own this album, get it as soon as you can."

Buy this now!

finulanu | Here, there, and everywhere | 07/18/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Oh yes. Definitely my favorite Al Green album, and definitely one of the greatest soul albums in history. The opening title track gives Al yet another classic ballad, with an awesome "I-hi-hi... wrapped up in your love..." vocal hook and horns adding a lot of punch. "I'm Glad You're Mine," a Latin-funk crossover with a very creative string arrangement and kick-butt vocals, is just as good; and then there's my favorite, the gospel-funk sex jam "Love and Happiness." It's amazing how well he milks that one groove, thanks to another incredibly creative horn arrangement, an enviable guitar riff, and the usual vocal goodness, with Al doing everything from whispering to moaning to screaming to monologuing. The organ sounds great too, and it's got a lot of bottom. It's also my pick for Al Green's greatest song ever. "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is" threatens to push into sap with its slightly syrupy intro, but then Al's vocals come in and everything turns all right. Because he's Al Green and he's one of the best singers ever, that's why! The song itself isn't a particular favorite, but Green's vocals are enough to make it good. "Simply Beautiful," Green singing over a guitar vamp, minimal percussion, and subdued strings, is pretty much is a showcase for Green's vocals, and it works for the simple reason that it's an awesome vocal performance. It's an interesting experiment, and it works tremendously. And his cover of "Pretty Woman" is quite good - a lot better than I had expected it to be. Al Green is great at inhabiting other people's songs, making them his own, and sometimes even improving on the originals. He also does this on his cover of the country standard "For the Good Times." And "Look What You Done for Me" is yet another of Al's very best tunes - he really testifies on the vocals, it's got all kinds of hooks, and once more, the horns are awesome! And the closing "One of These Good Old Days" ends the album on a high note. This is a total classic album."

A SYMPHONY OF SOUTHERN FRIED SOUL!!

MUZIK4THAPEOPLE!! | Seattle & San Diego | 09/06/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"THIS ALBUM IS LIKE A LETTER FROM HOME OR MOTHER'S MILK!!



If I had to choose which Al Green album had the most impact

I would have to say this one hands down!

Growing up in the south in the early 70's and being black,

this was an album you could walk down the street and hear

playing from several houses, on the radio or 8-tracks of

passing cars, or from the poolhalls, beauty and barbershops

in my neighborhood. But Al's sweet sensual soul was not only

a hit with black music fans, he had quite a white

following as well! He also gained a huge international

following as the years progressed.



To say that this album was HUGE, INFLUENTIAL, A SOUL MASTERPIECE,

would be to overstate the obvious!

Brother Al can weave a spell when he sings and you believe

every word of what he's putting down!

His vocal genius is perfectly accentuated as well as

punctuated by what was known as the HI RECORDS house band!--

Which were a few of the former members of Booker T & The MG's

(Booker T on that swirling, whirling, perculating Hammond B3 organ,

and the snappy groove-keeping brilliance of the late

Al Jackson Jr. on the drums!)

I love every song on here except his cover of the

Roy Orbison classic "Pretty Woman", which to me,

he brought absolutely nothing to!

But everything else from the effervescent title track

with the sing-a-long outro, to the greasy fatback funky

syncopation of "Glad You're Mine", to the soulful classic

"Love & Happiness", to the sublime sensuality of

"Simply Beautiful", to the sleepy southern recitation

of "What A Wonderful Thing Love Is", to his classic re-working

of the Kris Kristopherson classic "For The Good Times",

which I hadn't even heard the original version until I

became an adult, because Al's was the only one I knew!

Then, there's the sweet funk of "Look What You've Done For Me"

and "One Of These Good Ol' Days" which closes out this

classic album with a bang!

Why this album has never been featured on that

"Classic Albums" series that comes on VH-1 Classic I Don't know!

If you don't have this in your collection already, GET IT IN THERE!!

The sound is simple, soulful, straight from the heart and timeless!"