Al Green Is Love

Al Green Is Love is the ninth album by soul singer Al Green. It was his final of six consecutive albums to hit number 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

Side one

1. "L-O-V-E (Love)" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:09
2. "Rhymes" (Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:36
3. "The Love Sermon" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle) Ã¢Â€Â“ 6:34
4. "There Is Love" (Willie Mitchell, Lawrence Seymore, Yvonne Mitchell) Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:04
5. "Could I Be the One?" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Ann Mitchell) Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:06

Side two

1. "Love Ritual" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:19
2. "I Didn't Know" Ã¢Â€Â“ 7:46
3. "Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in My Arms)" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:48
4. "I Gotta Be More (Take Me Higher)" Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:45
5. "I Wish You Were Here" (Willie Mitchell) Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:18

Personnel

• Al Green - vocals
• Larry Lee, Teenie Hodges - guitar
• Leroy Hodges - bass
• Charles Hodges - organ, piano
• Howard Grimes - drums, congas
• Conga Lou (Johnny Keyes) - congas
• Archie Turner, Michael Allen - piano
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes - backing vocals
• Andrew Love, Lewis Collins - tenor saxophone
• Wayne Jackson - trumpet
• James Mitchell - baritone saxophone, string arrangements
• Jack Hale - trombone
• The Memphis Strings - strings

See also

• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1975

References

Further reading

• Rolling Stone review