Al Green : Greatest Hits
Genre: Soul	Dates: 1970-1975

Soul music, refined to the highest degree, straight from Memphis, Tennessee, the city that's the fountainhead of American music if any could really make the claim. Green was the most complete of soul men: he could rock ("Love and Happiness," "I Can't Get Next to You"), seduce ("Tired of Being Alone," "Call Me," "You Ought to Be With Me," "Let's Get Married"), plead ("Let's Stay Together," "Livin' for You"), even make his case to the Lord in the face of physical weakness (the supernal, eternal "Belle"). After a romantic disaster that cost a woman her life and permanently scarred Green himself, he turned the Lord for good, but, on this collection, the listener will be tempted to wonder if he didn't thing romantic love and God were one and the same. As divine as Green's vocals are, don't forget to concentrate on the music, anchored by the three Hodges brothers, and a drummer named Al Jackson, who made his bones with Booker T and the MGs and Otis Redding.

Playlist:

1. Tired Of Being Alone
2. Call Me (Come Back Home)
3. I'm Still In Love With You
4. Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
5. Love And Happiness
6. Let's Stay Together
7. I Can't Get Next To You
8. You Ought To Be With Me
9. Look What You Done For Me
10. Let's Get Married
11. Livin' For You
12. Sha La La (Make Me Happy)
13. L-O-V-E (Love)
14. Full Of Fire
15. Belle