Album Of The Day

Oct 13 2021 Author

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.

Nov 20 2021 Author

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.

Mar 20 2021 Author

4

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

Jan 14 2021 Author

5

Fucking loved it.

Jan 13 2021 Author

5

Soulful, listenable. Only one famous song.

Jul 04 2022 Author

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.

May 30 2021 Author

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

Jul 20 2021 Author

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.

Jan 13 2021 Author

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.... :'(

Mar 20 2022 Author

2

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

Nov 06 2021 Author

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.

Jan 17 2024 Author

5

Fuck yes

Jan 15 2022 Author

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.

Jan 28 2021 Author

5

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

Apr 07 2022 Author

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.

Oct 09 2020 Author

5

Kicks off with it's best track but nothing to dislike with the groove and vocal of classic Al Green

Dec 07 2021 Author

2

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

Aug 05 2025 Author

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

Jan 22 2024 Author

5

It’s so beautiful. It’s so nice to listen to good soul, and Al Green pours his into this album

Feb 10 2021 Author

5

Smooth from start to finish. Laid back and chilled out, but still puts you in a happy mood.

Jan 15 2021 Author

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

Jan 30 2021 Author

5

LOVED it. Did not expect that whatsoever

Dec 02 2025 Author

4

Fucking banger

Jun 02 2025 Author

4

soul is always a winner for me :)

Dec 27 2024 Author

4

Touching soul that invokes a smile.

Jun 03 2024 Author

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.

May 29 2024 Author

4

Al Green is one of the great soul voices of the 70’s, and Let’s Stay Together is great song. But I hadn’t heard anything else from this album. But I really enjoyed it. There’s a lot of Otis Redding vibe, though Green’s voice is unique. All it all it works, really well. Solid 4/5

Jan 20 2024 Author

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.

Oct 15 2025 Author

3

Overall rating: 3.5/5. A simple and soulful listening experience. Good for background listening, with a few gems. Let’s Stay Together - 5/5 La-La for You - 4/5 So You're Leaving - 3/5 What Is This Feeling - 4/5 Old Time Lovin’ - 3/5 I've Never Found a Girl - 3.5/5 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - 5/5 Judy - 2/5 It Ain’t No Fun to Me - 3/5

May 01 2025 Author

3

Other than the title song, it’s good but not great.

Apr 28 2025 Author

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

Jan 21 2024 Author

3

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

Jul 04 2022 Author

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.)

Nov 30 2025 Author

2

Title track is a banger but the rest don't hold up

Apr 20 2025 Author

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.

Mar 26 2025 Author

2

32/1001 Highly-regarded artist and a highly-regarded album, but this is a first-time listen for me (I'm familiar with the title track, obviously), and even after a couple of run-throughs it doesn't really do much for me. Not that there's anything bad here, per se, it's just not my kind of soul music - too much mid to slow tempo material. The production is solid but pretty uninspiring, and, for my money, the first two tracks are the strongest here, from a melodic point of view - from thereon in it becomes a bit formulaic. And there's not really much more I can say; I expected something to match Motown's finest records of the era, but this falls fairly flat in comparison. Not as special a collection of songs as some would have you believe, in my opinion.

Jan 30 2025 Author

2

Self-titled song was pretty good. Notes other than that, it's a pretty standard soul album with some jazz elements. It's not bad but every song sounds about the same and it drones on.

Jan 28 2025 Author

2

Let's stay together was an all time classic. Shame he's a domestic abuser, and in 2025 the song now reads back as someone asking their victim to come back for more. Rest of the album doesn't quite meet the standards of the opener, but then few ever did.

Sep 12 2024 Author

2

It was short, and made pleasant enough background music, but there was a certain je ne sais quoi that stopped me from really enjoying it. Maybe it was the knowledge that Al Green was an abusive piece of shit who beat his pregnant wife to the point where she required stitches because she denied his demands for sex. Let's Stay Together indeed. Fuck you.

Jan 04 2024 Author

2

Classic opening song but should have ditched it halfway through the album because the rest of these songs probably aren't getting much play. The album is smooth and soulful but nothing I'd write home about. I like his groove but not the one he left on his wife's face.

Oct 16 2023 Author

2

well, i wanted to like this album but this guy has multiple allegations of domestic abuse against him so yikes. there's so much good music out there in the world that 1001 albums really shouldn't continue platforming people like this... favorites: let's stay together, how can you mend a broken heart

Oct 16 2023 Author

1

no stars for abusers and rapists

Mar 05 2021 Author

A

Dec 30 2025 Author

5

Lovely.

Dec 29 2025 Author

5

Phenomenal

Dec 25 2025 Author

5

One of my all-time favorite singers backed by my all-time favorite drummer (Al Jackson, Jr., also Otis Redding's drummer). I was prepared to dock this one a star because I didn't know every track before I listened - though the title track was the first song we had the band play at our wedding. Anyway, the rest of it's great. Including his cover of "How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?" That band found its groove and stuck to it beautifully. And he pushes his voice in a subtle ways that I hadn't noticed before. I also love his album "Call Me." Wonder if that's on the list as well.

Dec 23 2025 Author

5

Love this! Perfect couple tunes

Dec 23 2025 Author

5

So good. If you like Al’s greatest hits album and that is all you know then you are about to learn something new.

Dec 20 2025 Author

5

I've never listened to this album, but I knew one or two songs (9). Al is the best. Nuff said.

Dec 20 2025 Author

5

A classic for a reason. I'll never get tired of hearing this album.

Dec 19 2025 Author

5

loved this, was so good to listen to whilst cooking.

Dec 18 2025 Author

5

One of the great soul artists. This is a classic. Only two big hits on this album, but pretty much all of the deep tracks also bump. "I've Never Found a Girl" and "So You're Leaving" are particular favorites of mine. Green has the perfect blend of gospel influence and romance, soul with a southern swagger, and a perfect melodious voice. This is an all-time album and deserves to be on the list.

Dec 17 2025 Author

5

favs: lets stay together, how can you mend a broken heart and it aint no fun to me. sunday listens with fam hit the best.

Dec 17 2025 Author

5

brilliant

Dec 16 2025 Author

5

This was such a feel good, jazzy album! I don't really have much more to say than that, it was a great listen!

Dec 15 2025 Author

5

It's Al Green. That's all ya need.

Dec 14 2025 Author

5

Perfection.

Dec 12 2025 Author

5

Epitome of soul. Smooth, soulful, even joyful in spots. Can hear the southern gospel influence in his intonation and vocals. All around a great listen. Can’t not like it. Al Green may be my favorite soul artist.

Dec 10 2025 Author

5

I wonder how much it costs to build a conversation pit in 2025

Dec 08 2025 Author

5

Very relaxing and soulful.

Dec 05 2025 Author

5

Smooth soul classic

Dec 03 2025 Author

5

Love it!

Dec 02 2025 Author

5

Oh man the best.

Dec 02 2025 Author

5

Can't you just hear young D'Angelo as he's taking this album in with his mother's milk, thinking, that, yeah, that!

Dec 02 2025 Author

5

Kerri cued up this album while I was making her coffee. Callie started bopping to it immediately as it came on. So Callie gives it a 5 stars. Great morning coffee vibes in my mind too. Soul music is underplayed if you ask me. More soul less country please

Nov 29 2025 Author

5

I've listened to this a lot over the years. If you put Al Green on and can't get to where you're going, it's not Al Greens fault. This one's a classic.

Nov 22 2025 Author

5

Al Green was just what I needed today. Some really good music :D

Nov 17 2025 Author

5

Love me some Al Green. Top album for a reason. Great album for sips on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Nov 17 2025 Author

5

a classic

Nov 15 2025 Author

5

There are a lot of records like this, but this one is the best.

Nov 14 2025 Author

5

what a legend

Nov 11 2025 Author

5

Great soul, not sure I had ever heard Al Green before the Pulp Fiction soundtrack but this is some good stuff! I have never listened to one of his albums before but this album is really good, glad to finally get to hear more of his music and will definitely meed to dig deeper into his catalogue.

Nov 10 2025 Author

5

I LOVE AL GREEN AHHHH! OOH BABY LETSSSSSSSS.. WE OUGHTA STAY TOGETHERRR! Immediate 5 star, no notes.

Nov 08 2025 Author

5

"Let's Stay Together" war mein Hochzeitstanz, von daher muss ich hier die 5 zücken. Einer der großartigsten Sänger aller Zeiten.

Nov 05 2025 Author

5

As expected, this was excellent.

Nov 01 2025 Author

5

Come and worship at the altar of Soul with the Reverend Al Green. Memphis Soul at its best. Mr Green is definitely in the top five soul singers of all time. This album is five star from start to finish. Me embodiment of music with feeling.

Nov 01 2025 Author

5

5/5

Oct 30 2025 Author

5

Heard title track before and love it! This album makes me want to grab my husband and dance in the kitchen.

Oct 28 2025 Author

5

This is a fantastic album, this is what I expected from this 1001 albums list. Yeah, this is a 4.5 that easily rounds to 5 stars for me.

Oct 28 2025 Author

5

"Let's Stay Together" was my first dance with my spouse at our wedding, and I come back to the album time and again. A friend recently called Al Green - hot tub music - and I agree, but it is also road-trip music, lazy Sunday music, Friday Night Dancin' Music and everything else in between.

Oct 25 2025 Author

5

I feel like I've listened to this before but then again, I should have remembered an album this good. This is solid all the way through, with lots of hard-hitting soul here. It doesn't dip into the overly soft whiney type of song that Al Green sometimes does a lot of. This is funky and soulful all the way through the nine tracks. The first five tracks in particular are great. The title track is a classic. "Judy" is a great one I hadn't heard before. "So You're Leaving" on point. This is seriously a solid funk/soul album and belongs up there with the likes of Superfly, Cold Sweat, and What's Going On. 5/5

Oct 25 2025 Author

5

R&B so smooth, I might just be pregnant from listening to it

Oct 25 2025 Author

5

Al Green what’s not to like

Oct 23 2025 Author

5

Oh yeah baby. This album is kind of fire? This is coming from someone who could hardly be more removed from this genre. What I like is the organic improvisational style fills, the clever songwriting defying expectations in pleasant ways, and overall just a fun listen. The main problem is that the album is front heavy and back light (the best songs are all at the front). Still, I would put this vinyl on from start to end and feel good about it. A classic 5.

Oct 23 2025 Author

5

gym, loved it

Oct 21 2025 Author

5

Come on now. This rules.

Oct 20 2025 Author

5

I really enjoyed this! It was so smooth and chilled. Perfect evening or Sunday listening. I'd own this on vinyl if possible

Oct 18 2025 Author

5

Fun, good vibes with a couple of bangers. Nice!

Oct 16 2025 Author

5

Amazing album. So incredibly soulful, relaxing, and soothing. It starts, continues, and ends beautifully. I’m a fan of jazz, blues, and soul but had been doing the genres a disservice by not getting to older albums like this one sooner. An album I will be coming back to for sure.

Oct 14 2025 Author

5

"A no-brainer Five star album... it's Al Green... this album only has one "hit" on it... the title and opening number... there are some singers, that can sing ANYTHING and they can put, not only, their stamp on it... but make it great... The Reverend is one of them... and, just as i said about Buddy Holly, every song on this record is a master class in Soul and R&B... the organ, and horn section... so class.. produced by the GREAT Willie Mitchell... as for singing... Al Green is one of a kind... he can do it all and in his own way... NO ONE else sounds or has sounded like him... if you EVER hear any of him in what i do, and believe me, he is a big influence, then i would be so proud... this is NOT a Motown record... too raw... too real... the sound is way more Stax-Volt... (actually Hi Records)... "Old Time Lovin'" is so smooth... "I've Never Found a Girl" is truly bad ass... written by Eddie Floyd and Booker T... and when The Rev covers a song... he puts it to BED... "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart", already a standard in the Bee Gees' version, is taken to new places... "It Ain't No Fun To Me" is a funkified ending to this GEM... it sure was fun to ME... one of the world's ALL TIME BEST SINGERS... who also wrote just about every song on this record... FIVE STARS... forever."

Oct 11 2025 Author

5

fuck i love Al Green. classic. i mean it’s Al Green of course it’s gonna be a masterpiece. 5 star album. for the lovers & the yearners.

Oct 10 2025 Author

5

Nice

Oct 08 2025 Author

5

I could have seen Al Green at Glastonbury many years ago, but I was young and foolish and didn't know much at that age and had rather dismissed him as an old soul dude. I'm not sure about the exact set times but I think I went to see Keanu Reeves playing bass guitar on his short-lived rock band Dogstar instead. They weren't very good apart from a memorable moment during a lull in the set when a wag in the crowd called out "Keanu, there's a bomb on the bass". With hindsight, I should have taken that rare chance to hear the Reverend's legendary voice. I'm atoning for my error now by giving this a 5.

Oct 08 2025 Author

5

Sublime example of a bygone age!

Oct 07 2025 Author

5

There’s a reason this record feels eternal. Everyone knows the title track — one of the most perfect soul songs ever recorded — but what makes the album great is how effortlessly the rest of it glides around that centerpiece. The grooves are deep but unhurried, the arrangements are immaculate, and Al Green’s phrasing turns every line into something lived-in and human. It’s an album built on restraint and taste — the kind of mastery that doesn’t need to announce itself. Even the deep cuts have that Hi-Records warmth, all pocket and emotion. This isn’t just background music or nostalgia; it’s a master class in feel. Sometimes greatness doesn’t shout — it just sings.

Oct 04 2025 Author

5

LOVE!

Oct 02 2025 Author

5

Classic R&B from the legendary Al Green. It’s included in several “greatest of all time” lists. For good reason too. I really enjoyed it… I need to listen with someone very dear to me next time … 5/5

Sep 29 2025 Author

5

Played on repeat all weekend. Even knowing he’s a wife beater I still couldn’t give it less than a 5.

Sep 29 2025 Author

5

Fantastic album for getting busy 😉

Sep 27 2025 Author

5

Let's Stay Together - 10/10 La-La for You - 8/10 So You're Leaving - 10/10 What Is This Feeling - 9/10 Old Time Lovin' - 10/10 I've Never Found a Girl - 10/10 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - 10/10 Judy - 9/10 It Ain't No Fun to Me - 10/10

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

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