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Let's Stay Together

Al Green

1972

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Let's Stay Together
Album Summary

Let's Stay Together is the fourth album by the soul singer Al Green, released in 1972, and is the follow-up to his moderate success Al Green Gets Next to You. It was recorded at Royal Recording Studio, 1320 S. Lauderdale, in Memphis and was a success, peaking at number eight on the pop albums chart and became the first of six albums to peak at number-one on the soul album chart (where it claimed the position for ten weeks). It is best known for the title track "Let's Stay Together", which became Green's signature song and his only number-one pop hit single. The album was the third produced by Willie Mitchell and marked the beginning of Green's classic period of critically acclaimed albums. Let's Stay Together was reissued in 2003 by The Right Stuff.

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3.76

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Oct 13 2021
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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
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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
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4

Oh yah... Such a lovely record from the Rev

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Jul 20 2021
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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
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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
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5

Soulful, listenable. Only one famous song.

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Jul 04 2022
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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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Jan 15 2022
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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
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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
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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
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5

I feel cool just listening to this. Pretty frickin' fantastic start to finish.

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Mar 20 2022
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2

Great for chill background music, but only the title track stood out as a memorable song.

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Oct 09 2020
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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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Jan 22 2024
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5

Itโ€™s so beautiful. Itโ€™s so nice to listen to good soul, and Al Green pours his into this album

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Feb 10 2021
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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
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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
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5

LOVED it. Did not expect that whatsoever

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Jun 03 2024
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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
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4

Al Green is one of the great soul voices of the 70โ€™s, and Letโ€™s Stay Together is great song. But I hadnโ€™t heard anything else from this album. But I really enjoyed it. Thereโ€™s a lot of Otis Redding vibe, though Greenโ€™s voice is unique. All it all it works, really well. Solid 4/5

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Jan 20 2024
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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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Jan 21 2024
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3

Wonderful gem of an album. Soulful as they come. A nice listen.

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Jul 04 2022
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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 07 2022
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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
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2

Wasn't my jam. Wasn't particularly bad either, just wasn't feeling this.

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Mar 11 2025
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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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Feb 27 2025
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5

Great morning listen with work

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Feb 25 2025
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5

It's an absolute must-listen, from the very first note, you're drawn into Green's smooth and velvety voice. Every song feels timeless!

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Feb 24 2025
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5

Was ein tolles Album. Al Green's "Let's stay together" lรคdt den Zuhรถrer in seinen eigenen Sommer ein. Verliebt, groovey und optimistisch in die Zukunft blickend. Einen Sommer auf den man immer wieder nostalgisch zurรผckblicken wird, weil er doch so einzigartig war. Und wenn man diese Platte auflegt, kann man zumindest die Silhouette des Sommers nochmals erfassen und die Essenz auf der Zunge schmecken. Grandios :)

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Feb 24 2025
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5

One of soul music's most beautiful voices with one of his classic albums. Includes Al Jackson Jr.'s immortal drums and Willie Mitchell's flawless production. 34 minutes of obligatory southern soul.

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Feb 19 2025
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5

Excellent album, nice length, Al's voice is amazing. The kind of soul record to listen to on a chill Sunday morning

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Feb 17 2025
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5

love love love. you can feel the emotion and skill. I love the reverberation in his voice.

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Feb 10 2025
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5

WOW. A classic example of what true soul/R&B sounds like. Not a single song misplaced. This whole album is a painting that draws your ears to different flavors when it's needed. Nothing too overwhelming. I listened to the album twice over before I realized I had repeated it! 10/10 would smash to

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Feb 10 2025
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5

Short album that just hits so so right.

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Feb 10 2025
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5

I wonder how many people have gotten pregnant because of Al Green?

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Feb 04 2025
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5

Loved the mixing and Al Greens lyrics and tempo. One of my favorite albums so far

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Feb 04 2025
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5

It's like I manifested this in my Curtis Mayfield review

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Feb 04 2025
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5

amazing, consistent soul energy! my personal favorites are โ€œletโ€™s stay togetherโ€ and โ€œhow can you mend a broken heartโ€ฆโ€ but every song is just so wonderfully soulful.

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Jan 28 2025
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5

You can tell this album is a 5 in the first :30 seconds

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Jan 28 2025
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5

Very pretty and sexy. I love how soulful his voice is, and the instrumentation fits every song perfectly

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Jan 27 2025
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5

Awesome, easy listen with some soul

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Jan 22 2025
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5

Literally had the fight that led to breaking up with my girlfriend of 2 and 1/2 years while this album played in the background. Love this album so much but canโ€™t bring myself to listen to it

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Jan 14 2025
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5

To start a record off with an all time classic then youโ€™re putting yourself in a position to have to deliver exceptionally for the rest of the Album. He does that and more, such timeless music, smooth vocals and terrific production. I love this album, itโ€™s just makes you feel good

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Jan 14 2025
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5

Alright. A total slam dunk for five stars. Amazing voice. Great recording. Soulful songs. Done.

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Jan 13 2025
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5

tws good, never heard of the artist but will remember the songs since theyre memorable

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Dec 28 2024
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5

Coming into this album, I figured it'd have a similar issue to 2112 or MAGGOT BRAIN. Y'know, those are albums where their opening title tracks are so great and massively famous that no matter how the rest of the album stacks up, it can't help but be dwarfed in comparison. And it's not like I think that those title tracks don't deserve the acclaim they've gotten; I love them as much as anyone else. It's just that, at the same time, I can feel for songs like "Something For Nothing" getting a bit lost, y'know? And don't get me wrong here either: "Let's Stay Together" is as incredible as I've heard that it is. I can absolutely hear why it's as big as it's become, from every performance on it, but particularly Al Green's. He's so soulfully smooth, my goodness. I'm just thinking, it's such a good thing for the rest of the album that it carries itself as well as it does. I'm not sure if I'd say any of it is on exactly the same level as the title track, but let me say: if that's an 11/10, then everything else is an 8 or 9/10. They're really not that far off โ€” especially that Bee Gees cover. A part of me was already inclined to love it, 'coz I do enjoy it whenever I see someone cover a Bee Gees song that didn't soundtrack John Travolta, and thankfully it lived up to my expectations beyond that. And "Judy" right after it? Like, wow, I just needa shout out those strings, I swear. A++ performances all around, my goodness. I'll admit, this is one of those albums where I wish I had more to say about it, but dang it, sometimes an album is just that simply good that you don't need too many words to describe it. This is classical soul, pure and simple, shared with any of the best by Otis Redding. I'll end a third paragraph in a row with this: my goodness. Unsurprisingly, I'm at a 5. My seventh in a row, even! Part of me feels like I've been too generous with those lately, and that I'm probably gonna look back on a few of these and figure I should've dropped a point at least (checking you, DESTROY ROCK & ROLL). This one, though? Nah, no chance. I'm gonna let this one stay, you can bet.

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Dec 28 2024
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5

Not much to say from my end. It's simply some good ass soul, this album this. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

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Dec 28 2024
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5

That is a smooth as silk 5. I only knew the title track going into this one โ€“ obviously, weโ€™ve heard โ€œHow Can You Mend A Broken Heartโ€, but I didnโ€™t realize Al Green ever did a cover of it. Past those two tracks, the other 7 were all mysteries to me, and my hope going in was that they would all be good enough to come together coherently and make a really strong album. It succeeded and more โ€“ just banger after banger after banger throughout this one, in 34 minutes of the smoothest soul music Iโ€™ve ever heard. Iโ€™ve only ever really known Al Green for โ€œLetโ€™s Stay Togetherโ€, but the vocal range and delivery exceeded what I was expecting. I knew he had a damn good voice, but he was channeling guys like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder & Ray Charles without a hitch, while still sounding totally unique to all 3 of them. His voice is the instrument that really carries the emotional weight of this album, and the overall church-y vibe to the whole thing gives it an intimacy thatโ€™s hard to replicate. If I had to knock the album anywhere, itโ€™s that a few songs do sort of stagnate, and his vocals alone, as good as they are, canโ€™t always carry some of these tracks to the finish line without my ears noticing a bit of repetition or padding. With that said, when this album manages to find that pure state of zen, it is *perfectly* executed. โ€œOld Time Lovinโ€™โ€ & โ€œI've Never Found a Girl (Who Loves Me Like You Do)โ€ are great tracks that do a great job of setting the tone leading up to it, but his version of โ€œHow Can You Mend A Broken Heartโ€ is the shining example that hits the real emotional climax of the album for me. When it gets to that point, and the emotions simply take over, with his instincts going into auto-pilot, itโ€™s a harmony felt by both Al & the listener, and itโ€™s one of those indescribable things that just canโ€™t be captured in words. I loved it, plain & simple โ€“ itโ€™s the type of soul music Iโ€™ve been waiting to get from the generator for a while, and I can only hope we get more stuff like this sooner than later. Just an extremely easy 5 for my tastes.

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Dec 27 2024
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5

As smooth as it is infectious as it is energetic. This record is unbelievably good!

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Dec 24 2024
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5

So good, easy listening. Love it.

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Dec 14 2024
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5

This album consists of the magnificent Let's Stay Together and 8 more songs that are good, but not as good as Let's Stay Together. I think it just about deserves a 5.

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Dec 11 2024
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5

Me listening to this: mmmmmm mm mm

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Dec 11 2024
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5

I accidentally listened to this twice in a row and I loved it

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Dec 11 2024
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5

this was a childhood favourite of mine and as i grow older and more yearnfull it only hits harder and harder... How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is just an absolutely devastating song. it absolutely floors me in its beauty... its so elegant, so longing... you can tell this mf has seen some shit. this is some real loverboy music for sure

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Dec 07 2024
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5

Every song is a treasure, loved it!

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Dec 02 2024
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5

Its not surprising how much I loved this album and why it's on this list. Al Green and his music is near perfection.

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Nov 29 2024
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5

ฤŒesto si pustimo, vrhunski album, vrhunski lik โ™ฅ๏ธ Jedan od onih albuma za koje poลพelim da duลพe traju, zanimljivo kako duลพina ne znaฤi kvalitetu wink wink. Nemam ลกta puno duljiti, ฤista petica! 5/5, 9.5/10

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Nov 24 2024
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5

Smooth and easy listening album. Soft spoken and simply a beauty. Arrangements are extremly good and Al's voice is soothing. Short and well thought album that must be a pillar in every collection.

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Nov 21 2024
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5

Man, I've had a string of such terrible albums... calling this a welcome reprieve is an understatement. Al Green can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned.

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Nov 12 2024
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5

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhโ€™m โ€ฆ sooo in lerve with youuuuu.

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Nov 11 2024
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5

yes, letโ€™s stay togetherrrrr

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Nov 11 2024
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5

The reverend prevails. What an album. Absolutely excellent.

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Nov 09 2024
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5

Warm liquid sunlight. I know that doesnโ€™t make sense but itโ€™s what it sounds like. An album so pure and golden that it seduced me into supporting this relationship with all my soul - no matter how dysfunctional it sounds.

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Nov 07 2024
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5

uffffff, ese inicio. No puede defraudarte un disco que empieza asi!!!

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Nov 06 2024
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5

Favourite tracks: let's stay together; la-la for you; I've never found a girl

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Nov 05 2024
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5

Al Green is always five stars

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Nov 03 2024
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5

Absolutely fantastic. I think I just have to give it a 5.

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Oct 29 2024
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5

Sian - love this album as it is beautiful and great for chilling too Deb - like it and I'm happy if you want to give it a 5

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Oct 29 2024
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5

Absolutely classic. Not much more I can say about it that hasn't been said already. A great voice singing great songs on a great album. Can't ask for much more ๐Ÿ‘

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Oct 28 2024
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5

I mean come on, its a classic. Despite talking about heartbreak for part of it, it really makes me want to fall in love. How lucky it is for someone to experience it

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Oct 22 2024
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5

Al Green is peerless. His voice is truly a marvel. This album is so copacetic and pleasant. Just a really beautiful record.

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Oct 21 2024
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5

Soul. Grooves. Funky. Romance. 5/5

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Oct 19 2024
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5

ะžั‡ะตะฝัŒ ะฟั€ะธัั‚ะฝั‹ะน ะณะพะปะพั, ะฐ ะผัƒะทั‹ะบะฐ - ะผะตะด ะดะปั ัƒัˆะตะน.

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Oct 16 2024
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5

A groovy album with many classic unforgettable tunes!

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Oct 14 2024
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5

Excellent. I really hadn't listened to Al Green other than the hits.

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Oct 13 2024
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5

4.7 - This was soooo much better than I expected. Thought it was gonna be really generic after the bangers, but it really wasn't.

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Oct 09 2024
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5

This is nostalgia, it was a classic already by the time I discovered in my high school years. It's such a smooth album

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Oct 04 2024
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5

One of my favorites. Love Al green.

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Oct 03 2024
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5

Stone classic. Not a bad track here.

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Oct 03 2024
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5

Loved this! One of my faves actuallyโ€” I could listen to this on repeat ๐Ÿคฉ

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Sep 30 2024
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5

Let's Stay Together is a classic song, so there's no debate there. As for the rest of the album, it was a pleasant listen.

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