Oct 13 2021
4
Sometimes, 35 minutes of gospel twinged soul is exactly what you need to be listening to. Opens with Let's Stay Together, never tops it, but very few have in the 50 odd years since. That sentence feels a bit harsh on How Do You Mend A Broken Heart, but you have a proper 11/10 track as the opener. I'd have hidden it halfway through the album to make sure the rest gets used!
Shout out to the band as well - the guitar never does what you're expecting it to do. Brilliant stuff.
As a side note, if I saw an album by somebody looking that cool on the front cover, I'd still give it a listen today.
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Nov 20 2021
3
His voice is so soulful and emotive. I'm digging it. Shame that he's a piece of shit wife-beater. Let's stay together or else I'll beat the piss out of you.
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Mar 20 2021
4
Oh yah... Such a lovely record from the Rev
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Jan 14 2021
5
Fucking loved it.
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Jul 04 2022
4
Soul isn't generally my genre but there's something about Al Green's effortless energy that is just wonderful. I'm not sure what else to say. The man is an incredible performer and the musicianship was top-notch. Really enjoyable.
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Jul 20 2021
5
19th July 2021
Listened in the shower then on the living room speaker while getting ready for work in the morning.
So relaxing, super chilled and so nice to listen to on a day like this. Absolute diamond.
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Jan 13 2021
5
Great way to start off this challenge. Love it energy he brings to the tracks. Everyone of them commands your attention. How can you mend a broken heart.... :'(
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Jan 13 2021
5
Soulful, listenable. Only one famous song.
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Jan 17 2024
5
Fuck yes
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Jan 15 2022
5
This album is smooth, funky, groovy, soulful. Enjoyable from start to finish.
Highlights: Let's Stay Together, What Is This Feeling, I've Never Found A Girl, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.
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Nov 06 2021
5
Saved Prior: Let's Stay Together
Saved:
9. Old Time Lovin'
8. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
7. It Ain't No Fun to Me
6. What Is This Feeling
5. Judy
4. La-La for You
3. I've Never Found a Girl
2. So You're Leaving
1. Let's Stay Together
Overall Notes: So so good. Groove is immaculate. LOVED this.
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May 30 2021
5
Big fan of the sounds of this album, only thing I'm not 100% on board with is the lyrics because it seems to mostly be about being/longing to be in a relationship. But I'm not gonna be too harsh on it. Every song on this sounds distinct while simultaneously having a nice flow throughout the entire project. Definitely gonna add it to my Discogs wantlist. Added every single song to my playlist. The highest of quality
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Jan 28 2021
5
I feel cool just listening to this. Pretty frickin' fantastic start to finish.
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Mar 20 2022
2
Great for chill background music, but only the title track stood out as a memorable song.
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Oct 09 2020
5
Kicks off with it's best track but nothing to dislike with the groove and vocal of classic Al Green
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Apr 07 2022
2
This one didn't escape background music level for me - there are some interesting melodies and Green's voice is generally pleasing in delivery, just not any solid hooks I found to grab onto here.
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Dec 07 2021
2
Wasn't my jam. Wasn't particularly bad either, just wasn't feeling this.
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Jan 22 2024
5
Itβs so beautiful. Itβs so nice to listen to good soul, and Al Green pours his into this album
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Feb 10 2021
5
Smooth from start to finish.
Laid back and chilled out, but still puts you in a happy mood.
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Jan 15 2021
5
Solid gold, and although the title track is very popular, the rest of the album is packed full of lesser known tracks which, to me, encapsulate al's early edge much better than some of his more popular work. Long time fav
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Jan 30 2021
5
LOVED it. Did not expect that whatsoever
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Jun 02 2025
4
soul is always a winner for me :)
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Dec 27 2024
4
Touching soul that invokes a smile.
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Jun 03 2024
4
Will be returning to this one for sure.
Title track, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (fantastic Bee Gees cover!) and Judy were highlights for me.
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May 29 2024
4
Al Green is one of the great soul voices of the 70βs, and Letβs Stay Together is great song. But I hadnβt heard anything else from this album. But I really enjoyed it. Thereβs a lot of Otis Redding vibe, though Greenβs voice is unique. All it all it works, really well.
Solid 4/5
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Jan 20 2024
4
This was a good, relaxed listen. Let's stay together (pulp fiction) and how can you mend a broken heart stood out. Went back and relistened to last track too.
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May 01 2025
3
Other than the title song, itβs good but not great.
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Apr 28 2025
3
there's about eight al green albums on this list and i think they're all the same but at least they're nice with it
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Jan 21 2024
3
Wonderful gem of an album. Soulful as they come. A nice listen.
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Jul 04 2022
3
Rhythms totally his own, soulfulness as intelligent as it comes. He's touched by god and passing it along to you. Savour the moment. (A little too long on the slow tempos to compete with his best work.)
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Apr 20 2025
2
Have you ever heard an album you know is good, like well made with good singing and clearly important in its genre, but it just doesn't do anything for you? Unfortunately, I'm a pophead who is actively listening to these albums, and in doing so this album just bored me. It's good, don't get me wrong, but I'm not rating by quality I'm rating by personal taste, y'know? Anyway, 2.
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Mar 05 2021
A
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Aug 07 2025
5
Really good. Extremely solid and fun to listen to. I think it totally deserves a 5
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Aug 05 2025
5
Absolutely fantastic. Smooth, funky, authentic, soulful, just gorgeous. Love this album.
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Aug 05 2025
5
10/10 perfect album thank u al green π«‘
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Aug 05 2025
5
timeless
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Aug 05 2025
5
god finally real music..... but ngl i like the tina turner cover of let's stay together more LMFAO BLAME EOMMA FOR THAT!! either way this album made me HAPPY
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Aug 01 2025
5
Absolutely immaculate album.
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Aug 01 2025
5
Already listened to many many times before. Incredible, timeless, album.
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Aug 01 2025
5
I needed to listen to this album. I forgot how well the feel and lyricism stand out here. Al Green is A-class work as a musician.
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Jul 29 2025
5
Another easy 5. I'm a sucker for this soulful gospel type of music <3
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Jul 28 2025
5
This album was a gift; the kind you didnβt know you needed until you felt it in your toes. Al Green had me the moment he breathed out βIβmβ¦β in that title track and never let go. βLetβs Stay Togetherβ is the smoothest seduction ever pressed to vinyl, but it was his aching, stripped-down cover of the Bee Geesβ βHow Can You Mend a Broken Heartβ that sealed the deal.
Every note is drenched in velvet, every lyric delivered like a whispered promise or a late-night confession. Itβs romantic, spiritual, and sensual all at once. Honestly? This might be the best gift 1001 Albums has ever given me.
If you need me, Iβll be over here basking in the glow of Reverend Alβs falsetto and reconsidering every past breakup while pouring another glass of red.
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Jul 27 2025
5
Al Green is an amazing soul singer and here we have a perfect example. It's such a soft and smooth delivery over fast but not too crazy arrangements. This is great party, background and even dreamy-looking-out-of-the-train-window music.
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Jul 17 2025
5
Great
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Jul 15 2025
5
Almost perfect, the only weak track, Judy, is saved by a wicked middle eight!
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Jul 11 2025
5
absolutely awesome album!
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Jul 07 2025
5
100% BANGER
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Jul 05 2025
5
This was perfect listening for a 4th of July car ride, just a stellar soul album with great horns and Rev Green preaching the gospel of love, baby, love. A remedy for what ailed me on this day I didn't feel all that celebratory about America's birthday
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Jun 29 2025
5
From top to bottom, the whole album is a vibe. Not new to me, but I still love it.
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Jun 29 2025
5
didnt know what to expect going in and i was surprised to have heard a few songs. the album was short and sweet
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Jun 23 2025
5
Green's voice is a miracle of tension: hesitating but explosive, terrified but audacious, quiet but at full throttle. Every word is annunciated w/ power as well as timidity, shattering its vicinity b/c it took everything to overcome his shyness, meekness, apprehensiveness: 'It's like burnin' fire, oh shut up in my bones.' This is displayed most magnificently on the six-minute + 'How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,' a sensational incarnation of fear and focus, a mournful but muscular will to live. I love the strings and horns, the drums are tight and palpable, but it's Green's vocals that have become something of a mythical achievement in the canon of soul music. Only Otis likewise knew the magic of holding back in order to find one's grit and fortitude.
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Jun 19 2025
5
Incredible
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Jun 19 2025
5
What a great fricken album. This may be my favorite album right now. So amazing.
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Jun 17 2025
5
Classic.
Pair with Greatest Hits for good overview.
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Jun 16 2025
5
Evergreen
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Jun 16 2025
5
- Horns in this are unreal. Too funky too exist.
-Fav tracks: "So You're Leaving" and "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
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Jun 12 2025
5
Oh hell yeah! Marisol loves Al Green :). This of course is 5 stars!!
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Jun 03 2025
5
Took this album on a trip to the middle of nowhere outside the city to a clarinet shop. Absolutely calmed the nerves
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Jun 03 2025
5
Yes
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Jun 03 2025
5
Lovely
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Jun 02 2025
5
The Devine Reverend Green!
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May 31 2025
5
Smooooooth
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May 27 2025
5
Better than Coldplay
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May 24 2025
5
This albums is so good that it's absolutely mind-boggling that it's not a Stax release. Absolutely wall-to-wall and no skips.
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May 24 2025
5
EXCELLENT soul album, listened to it twice today
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May 19 2025
5
A stone classic and the best baby-making music on the other side of D'Angelo's "Voodoo."
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May 18 2025
5
ya its fun
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May 14 2025
5
10/10, Iβm a HUGE fan of Al Green
probably more than Marvin Gaye (mayyybe, itβs close)
but yeah I love them both, so fucking good
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May 14 2025
5
I have this album π
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May 13 2025
5
Never listened to this album and it is as smooth as silk
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May 12 2025
5
Fantasitic songs, amazing voice, I love this album.
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May 10 2025
5
yes. this is the good stuff. big fan of this
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May 06 2025
5
I really enjoyed this album, Iβve never listened to Al Greenβs albums before only the song(s) which I like. I will now explore more of his albums
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May 05 2025
5
A brilliant voice with a great sense of emotion. A stellar album.
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May 02 2025
5
This shit was amazing.
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Apr 26 2025
5
The most soulful soul that emanated from any soul, even if that soul was actually a brutally violent and abusive one. Weird how that works.
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Apr 25 2025
5
Smooth and sultry from the master of soul - if you donβt just turn it off after the hit single, youβre rewarded with minimalist funk and buttery vocals for the rest of the record.
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Apr 23 2025
5
So good. More horns and strings than I imagined! Lots of talk about love too. I wish he woulda made a song about riding the bus or something.
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Apr 23 2025
5
Like it
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Apr 21 2025
5
This is a great album.
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Apr 19 2025
5
I actually love this album so much. I wasn't expecting to like it but I was surprised. The music is very calming and it is stuff I would actually listen to so that was cool.
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Apr 19 2025
5
Classic
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Apr 19 2025
5
It's Al so it gets 5.
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Apr 19 2025
5
Excellent album! I'm going 5/5. I love Al Green
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Apr 10 2025
5
I love the interplay of the bass and drums. Some really catchy songs in this album as well as nice rhythm. Just listening to this put me in a good mood!
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Apr 09 2025
5
i like this dude very funky
I LOVE AL GREEN
HIS VOICE
THE INSTRUMENTS
i can tell where gnarls barkly was inspired from
god i love this
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Apr 08 2025
5
yes
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Apr 08 2025
5
Such a great vibe.
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Apr 07 2025
5
Reverend Green is the man.
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Apr 07 2025
5
Just brilliant, rich soul music. One of my dadβs favorite albums that I heard so often in the car.
I also remember that guy singing Letβs Stay Together at karaoke one time and it was great. One of the more universally recognized great albums on this list. Everyone feels the longing and appreciates the expressiveness
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Apr 07 2025
5
Really great album. My favorite of Al Greenβs. Anyone wanna see him at Ravinia this summer?
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Apr 03 2025
5
Love it
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Apr 01 2025
5
I had heard the title track before but never actually listened to this full album. This album has SOUL like no other. Every track is a pleasure to listen to and it doesn't overstay its welcome. It leaves me wanting more. My buddy Gio also told me about Al's life story, and knowing how much he went through while still pushing on through is inspiring.
A great artist and a great album to start this project with.
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Mar 29 2025
5
Pure soul perfection.
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Mar 25 2025
5
I've put the title track on every "I'm about to get laid" playlist I've ever made, I have to pay proper respect
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Mar 13 2025
5
One of my favorites
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Mar 11 2025
5
Starting off with the title track, a bold, and absolutely correct, choice. This is a great song that is now unfortunately linked in my mind to the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Al Green is a great soul music performer. It's hard to decide if I like 70s soul or 90s/2000s neosoul better. I'm loving the horns in this. Memphis soul might be the best soul. I knew I liked his hits, but this album is a revelation. Old Time Lovin' is great. This whole album is great so far. It's crazy to me that Darondo wasn't more popular...he has a very similar sound to this album. I'm not going to oversell the importance of an album's length on my rating, but it has some importance.
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Mar 10 2025
5
4.5/5
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Mar 04 2025
5
Super blissful listen
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Feb 27 2025
5
Great morning listen with work
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