Let's Stay Together

I’m so tired of being alone

Smooth as silk. This is a rarity, but I wish the album was longer - most of the songs could be a minute longer to really let them cook.

Really nice voice. Sort of washed over me by the end. 💚💚💚 / 5

Lovely vibe of an album. Doesn’t hit the heights of let’s stay together after but still a very pleasant listen. Specific rating - 4.4 Fav song - let’s stay together Least fav- old time lovin

***A good, easy listening album

As a rule, I prefer my R&B ladies, but this was ok.

Kicks it off with an all timer - rest of the album is good not great

how can you not love this

Al Green — Let's Stay Together (1972) 7/10 — ★★★☆☆ I've listened to quite a few classic soul albums throughout this project, and one of my recurring complaints has been that some of them are simply too long. At just 34 minutes, Let's Stay Together seemed like it might be the perfect length for me. What struck me almost immediately was how much Al Green reminded me of John Legend, particularly Get Lifted and Wake Up!, the album Legend recorded with The Roots. I'm a big fan of both of those records, and hearing such a direct connection to music I already love made this an especially enjoyable listen. Green has an incredibly smooth, effortless vocal delivery. The warm instrumentation, understated horns, and laid-back grooves give the album a wonderful atmosphere. Nothing feels forced or overdone. The opening stretch is particularly strong. I actually didn't recognize the famous title track, but I enjoyed it right away. "So You're Leaving" ended up being my favorite song on the album, with an excellent groove and everything I enjoy about this style of soul music. My biggest criticism is the sequencing toward the end. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" slows things down considerably, and while I enjoyed "Judy," I really wished they'd followed that slower song with something more energetic. The opening horns of "It Ain't No Fun to Me" were exactly what I'd been waiting for, although I would've liked that energy a little earlier. Still, there's not a bad song here. Even my lowest-rated tracks were enjoyable, and the relatively short runtime definitely works in the album's favor. Overall, Let's Stay Together is a consistently good soul album that helped me connect the music I love today with some of its earlier influences. It doesn't quite have enough standout moments or dynamic variety to push it into higher territory, but it's an album I enjoyed from beginning to end. Favorite track: "So You're Leaving" (8.5/10) Track average: 7.28/10 Final rating: 7/10 — 3 stars.

me listening to Al Green's album on the list: Nice. Some sweet soul. Makes me think of my girlfriend. This is what it sounds like when you love your wife. I sure hope this man treated his wife with love and respect. me reading Al Green's wikipedia page: OH COME ON

Loved it. Not my typical cup of tea, but really nice to listen to. 4.5

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Classic and timeless. Loved it.

Clearly a well done album, but not really my cup of tea

Who doesn’t know him? 😊 Three stars…

Bon, ben un album de soul. Plutôt cool, mais comme c'est pas mon genre, j'ai pas grand-chose à dire à ce sujet. Mais c'était une écoute agréable.

2.75

The silk would sound was warming

It is really really good without ever being exceptional. Warm, soulful, smooth though the sudden fades at the end are tremendously jarring.

Decent soul music.

Classic, funky soul. More of an album that I heard instead of listening to actively, but it was still nice sounds when it was on, even if I prefer it as background music.

Good solid soul, what’s not to like?

His voice is epic

nice

So smooth. This guy can sing.

Eli approved. Bid brass band, nice love songs. Reminds me of Otis Redding.

easy listening, good instrumentals

Honestly excellent. Horns vocals strings lyrics vibes

Groovy

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Yes

One of my Favs just some songs don’t hit the flow and rythm for myself as I’d like when exp something similar

Classic soul. Makes me wish it was warm out.

Chill evening album to put on, enjoyed cooking and tidying to it.

A relaxing and pleasant listen, enjoyed cooking and tidying to.

One famous song, lots of soul, a lil funk. Easy to listen to but nothing that will make my playlists

Smooth, heartfelt, and funky rhythms, with sultry and heavy vocals. Lyrics sit comfortably between longing, heartbreak, and romance. Not sure why I didn't listen to this album sooner. Instrumentally the horns and guitar really bring it all together

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The best songs are classics for a reason, but the album as a whole didn't consistently reach those same heights for me.

Wonderful

A beautifully funky record. I'll keep an eye out for this one to add to my collection. 8/10

Smooth and lovely, like Smooth FM smooth. Nothing I would rush to switch on to make me feel any kind of way, but like relaxing and nice.

Quite nice, very smooth, romantic and eeeeeaaaassy listenin' - perfectly enjoyable Monday morning listen. Not got a huge amount to say about this one other than that I quite like it, it's not like a groundbreaking special album or anything but sometimes it's nice to just enjoy a bit of housewife soul (can you still say that)

Lovely stuff, beautifully sung and played

This is a nice album for a slow weekend at home, working at a cafe. Notable tracks: Let's stay together. Most tracks were of similar laid back soulful vibes with a couple tilting towards the romantic genre. Will I listen to this album again? Maybe. But there are also better alternatives within the genre.

Nice and easy, couple of nice jams.

Hell yeah, this is it. Let’s Stay Together, the absolute best track on my 1001 albums journey so far. The rest of the album could be terrible and I’d still forgive it. Note, the rest of the album is not terrible. A few tracks are a bit more by the numbers, La La For You , and Old Time Lovin’ do their thing but aren’t that memorable. So You’re Leaving Me is another great track, Memphis horn section, harmonies, heartbreak - what more do you want. I’ve Never Found A Girl is gospel tinged soulful beauty or a track. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart is beautiful track really show casing his voice. On any other album it would be the best track. Overall, does everything live in the shadow of the opening track? Yes, but most songs do. Reading about Al Green is pretty dark with multiple allegations of domestic abuse which does take the edge off an album of love songs

A little chill.

Very chill and soulish album. I liked it but didn’t found that special.

Fantastic album. True soul

I think it's a 4 for me

I had a lot of fun with this one. A save but not a regular rotation I think.

The world will always need albums written only for slow dances and sex, and this is definitely one of the best.

Stunning voice by top man of Soul and RnB

Undoubtedly Al Green had a great voice but Soul isn't a genre that I gravitate towards. It's good but not something I would listen to again. Side one 1 "Let's Stay Together" (5/5) 2 "La-La for You" (3/5) 3 "So You're Leaving" (3/5) 4 "What Is This Feeling" (3/5) 5 "Old Time Lovin'" (3/5) Side two 1 "I've Never Found a Girl (Who Loves Me Like You Do)" (3/5) 2 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (3/5) 3 "Judy" (3/5) 4 "It Ain't No Fun to Me" (3/5) Total - 29 Average - 3.2 448/1001 237/448 albums reviewed were new to me.

Es una escucha muy agradable, la voz de Al no se puede creer. Temones.

Al Green, Soulsänger aus Arkansas, nahm “Let’s Stay Together” 1971 in den Royal Studios in Memphis auf. Das Album erschien am 31. Januar 1972 bei Hi Records. Produzent Willie Mitchell hatte Green zuvor schon zweimal begleitet, ohne dass der große Erfolg kam. Erst hier klappte es: Green sollte nicht mehr so laut singen, und genau das machte ihn unverwechselbar. Das Titelstück schrieb Green zusammen mit Mitchell und Al Jackson Jr. Den Text hatte er in etwa fünfzehn Minuten fertig, den Gesang dann über Take um Take eingesungen, bis Mitchell zufrieden war. “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” stammt von den Bee Gees. Bei Green wird daraus eine Gospel-Ballade von über sechs Minuten, das längste Stück der Platte. “La-La for You” und “I’ve Never Found a Girl” gehören zu den besten der übrigen Songs. Dahinter arbeitet eine Band, die kaum etwas überflüssig spielt: Jackson am Schlagzeug, Charles, Leroy und Teenie Hodges an Orgel, Bass und Gitarre, dazu die Memphis Horns. Ein Meisterwerk ist es trotzdem nicht in jeder Minute. “Old Time Lovin’” und “Judy” fallen neben den Hits ab, ohne zu stören. Neun Stücke in knapp 34 Minuten, danach will man das Album gleich noch mal hören. Wer leise singt, muss sehr genau singen, und Green kann das.

5/10

Too funky for myself, in a good way!

Solid album, just not what I'd typically listen to.

I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE GUYS. Al Green has SUCH a voice on him and the melodies are just so smooth.Sensuous falsetto indeed! A really good study album - this one helped me immensely as I was bashing my head up against my physics homework. Let's Stay Together is a bop, and so is What is this Feeling and I've Never Found a Girl. I really liked the whole thing, though. We should bring easygoing R&B y'all!!

Just love the whole album

Let's Stay Together and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart are all-timers 4.5/5

Let‘s stay together is one of my favourite love songs. I like Al Green‘s tender soul voice . However, I saved only three songs of this album. 2.5*

Loved this. Such a pleasure to listen to.

Meget fornøyelig, selv om ikke alle låtene er like sterke.

Sterk 4er

Litt skuffa. Hadde kanskje litt for høye forventninge. Kanskje den ikke kler å være soundtrack til en tidlig morgen på rute 24?

This is great. The mix is super weird to me personally, but I love the instrumentation and the way his vocal is mixed. Love the percussion/drums and the attitude of the record as a whole. Brass section is great-sometimes it feels too loud. I would like to hear this record mixed slightly differently, but maybe that would lose a lot of the magic. Love the guitar tones too, beautifully clean and jazzy. But I’m not a separate the art from the artist kind of person at all. Certainly do not condone domestic violence and violence against women. My star score reflects only the music-something I’m forcing myself to do for this challenge, otherwise I fear there would be a whole lot of zero stars going around. Fuck shitty dudes who beat women for ANY reason 🖕🏻(because there’s never a legitimate reason to do that shit)

i liked it.

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I only knew a couple of hits by Al Green beforehand, but Let's Stay Together is amazing. My wife seems to like it too, which definitely doesn't happen with every album. After a quick read on Wikipedia, Al Green seems like a a bit of a dick, so I'm not even considering a fifth star.

I enjoyed this album. According to wikipedia, Al Green beat his pregnant wife for refusing to have sex. His love songs sound disgusting in that context. And an ordained pastor, huh? I won't be listening again.

I gotta be in the mood for it, but when I am this is damn good. Just some reliable classic soul. Yes the production definitely is pretty rough and the songs can feel repetitive near the end but it's still a chill time. 3.5/5

I absolutely loved it, really surprised my first pull fit so well into my current listening history of soul music. Al Green is such a hopeless romantic really makes u yearn for the old school type of love!

Zadnji dio albuma je bolji od prvog, ali realno ne budem zapamtila ni jednu pjesmu ni dodala ju na playliste.

The title track starts it off strong, but kind of establishes the tone of the whole album: a fine song, and some good performances, but failing to draw me in.

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It was good background music during ceramics class. I like this soul genre of music, but if I were to seek it out, I’d personally rather go for someone like Marvin Gaye. Great album though!

Such a smooth voice. Some timeless classics.

That first track is lovely.

8.8

mediocre album, all songs sound similar (at least for me)

Obviously great voice and artist but outside of Let’s Stay Together nothing really stood out to me

Banger to open the rest pleasant enough An easy listening 3.

As smooth and cozy as it gets. Would probably give this 4.5 stars if I could.

Only our second record that I have on vinyl (strangely). But one I put on a lot when I first got it and I haven't put on in a bit. But I LOVE this record! Another 4.9999

It's fine. Sure is music !

Not my usual fare but I still quite enjoyed it

One of the easiest 5s

Great voice. None of the songs were familiar but it was pleasant

Great soulful voice

3.25 - Not as horny as I was expecting. Good though.

Title track is so good

Let's stay together is such a pleasant, wonderful song. The other songs just didn't give me the same feelings for me to bump up this rating.

My favorite song was the Ronnie song 😂

I liked the baseline music more than his voice and lyrics. Even though the baseline was simple and repeating, I enjoyed "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", which is the Ronniest song on the album. So kudos to ole Al for that achievement.

Couple of good hits and I got into some of the songs.

Get it, Al. I thought this would sound like so many other albums we've heard but it was more, I don't know, soulful? Let's Stay Together is so cool.

A solid album, but Let's Stay Together moves it to that next level. Such a great song.