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- Date Released: January 1, 1971
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: R&B, Soul
- Label: Hi Records / Fat Possum
The album that established Al Green's singular stylistic greatness
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We Say...
Throughout the early sessions chronicled on his first Hi Records LP, Green is Blues, production ace Willie Mitchell kept urging Al Green to showcase his gorgeous, swooping falsetto. He suggested a mellow, yet distinctively soulful approach that would enable Green to stop imitating his idols — particularly Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson.
Green established his sound with the fabulous Al Green Gets Next To You in 1971. His version of the title track, which had been a driving, demonstrative workout for the Temptations, presented a sweltering, sensual alternative rendition that remained forceful and compelling. The album scored four gold singles, among them the signature tune "Tired of Being Alone," another example of brilliant rotation between Green's natural voice and immaculate falsetto (a direct influence of the great gospel vocalist Rev. Claude Jeter of the Swan Silvertones). The LP contained a wonderful inspirational number, "God Is Standing By," plus other interesting covers. They included "Driving Wheel," a Junior Parker staple for which Green played down the angst blues and played up the silky refrain.
Mitchell and the Hi Rhythm team were now in sync with Green. They could roar underneath, complement or come in blazing at the appropriate moment. Gets Next To You was the album that cemented Willie Mitchell's faith in Al Green, and established the singer's stylistic greatness. -
They Say...
After the shaky start of Green Is Blues, Al Green and producer Willie Mitchell established their classic sound with Green's second album, Gets Next to You. The main difference is in the rhythm section. Abandoning the gritty syncopations of deep Southern soul, the Hi Rhythm Section plays it slow and seductive, working a sultry, steady pulse that Green exploits with his remarkable voice. Alternating between Sam Cooke's croon and Otis Redding's shout, Green develops his own distinctive style, and Gets Next to You only touches the surface of its depth. Although the album is filled with wonderful moments, few are as astonishing as Green and Mitchell's reinterpretation of the Temptations' "I Can't Get Next to You," which turns the original inside out.
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I Can't Get Next to You |
3:48 |
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| 02. | |
Are You Lonely for Me, Baby |
3:58 |
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| 03. | |
God Is Standing By |
3:14 |
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| 04. | |
Tired of Being Alone |
2:52 |
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| 05. | |
I'm a Ram |
3:47 |
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| 06. | |
Driving Wheel |
2:59 |
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| 07. | |
Light My Fire |
3:55 |
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| 08. | |
You Say It |
2:52 |
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| 09. | |
Right Now, Right Now |
2:52 |
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| 10. | |
All Because |
2:50 |
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10 Total Tracks, 33:07 Total Length
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Credits
- Al Green - Vocals // Al Green - Main Performer // Willie Mitchell - Producer // Margaret Goldfarb - Production Coordination // Bud O'Shea - Executive Producer // Eli Okun - Executive Producer // Cheryl Pawelski - Production Coordination // Alan Robinson - Liner Notes // Tom Cartwright - Project Director // Tom Cartwright - Supervisor // Tom Cartwright - Project Development // Larry Walsh - Remastering // Lisa Sutton - Artwork // Lisa Sutton - Design // Lisa Sutton - Layout Design // Pam Brown - Production Coordination // Robert Gordon - Liner Notes
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