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- Date Released: December 1, 1972
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: R&B, Soul
- Label: Hi Records / Fat Possum
The whole thing plays like a greatest hits album — and it's not even his Greatest Hits Album!
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We Say...
Al Green's second album of 1972 (Let's Stay Together came out only ten months earlier) would be worth owning if only for the extended intro of "Love and Happiness" — quite possibly the most sublime 40 seconds in the history of recorded music — and the smile-inducing "soul man in fashionable repose" cover photo. But every track on I'm Still In Love With You is as sweet and soulful as Green's football-shaped afro. "Look What You Done For Me" and the title track were deservedly massive hits, but it's a testament to Green's artistry (and Willie Mitchell's production) that the whole thing plays like a "greatest hits" album. Green's easy-grooving rendition of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" sounds pretty much like you'd imagine it would (not that there's anything wrong with that), but his version of Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times" is absolutely devastating and definitive. "Love and Happiness" is certainly the most celebrated song on the record, but "Simply Beautiful" just might be the Green aficionado's choice: a hushed, self-penned meditation on love that's laced with bluesy classical guitar filigrees, it's a borderline free-associative monologue that comes off as half-prayer, half-threat. Beautiful, it most certainly is; simple, it sure as hell ain't.
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They Say...
I'm Still in Love With You shares many surface similarities with its predecessor, Let's Stay Together; from Al Green and Willie Mitchell's distinctive, sexy style to the pacing and song selection. Despite those shared traits, I'm Still in Love With You distinguishes itself with its suave, romantic tone and its subtly ambitious choice of material. Green began exploring country music with this album by performing a startling version of Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times," as well as a wonderful, slow reinterpretation of Roy Orbison's "Oh Pretty Woman." And the soul numbers are more complex than they would appear -- listen to how the beat falls together at the beginning of "Love and Happiness," or the sly melody of the title track. There isn't a wasted track on I'm Still in Love With You, and in many ways it rivals its follow-up, Call Me, as Green's masterpiece.
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I'm Still In Love With You |
3:12 |
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| 02. | |
I'm Glad You're Mine |
2:57 |
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| 03. | |
Love and Happiness |
5:07 |
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| 04. | |
What a Wonderful Thing Love Is |
3:40 |
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| 05. | |
Simply Beautiful |
4:11 |
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| 06. | |
Oh, Pretty Woman |
3:23 |
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| 07. | |
For the Good Times |
6:27 |
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| 08. | |
Look What You Done for Me |
3:05 |
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| 09. | |
One of These Good Old Days |
3:24 |
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09 Total Tracks, 35:26 Total Length
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Credits
- Al Green - Vocals // Al Green - Producer // Al Green - Main Performer // Willie Mitchell - Producer // Willie Mitchell - Engineer // Charles Chalmers - Arranger // Charles Chalmers - Vocals (Background) // Charles Chalmers - Horn Arrangements // Charles Chalmers - String Arrangements // Sandra Chalmers - Vocals (Background) // Howard Grimes - Drums // Howard Grimes - Rhythm Section // Jack Hale - Trombone // Jack Hale - Horn Section // Charles Hodges - Organ // Charles Hodges - Piano // Charles Hodges - Drums // Leroy Hodges - Bass // Leroy Hodges - Rhythm Section // Mabon "Teenie" Hodges - Guitar // Wayne Jackson - Trumpet // Wayne Jackson - Horn Section // Ed Logan - Horn (Tenor) // Ed Logan - Sax (Tenor) // Ed Logan - Horn Section // Andrew Love - Horn (Tenor) // Andrew Love - Sax (Tenor) // Andrew Love - Horn Section // James Mitchell - Arranger // James Mitchell - Sax (Baritone) // James Mitchell - Horn Arrangements // Bud O'Shea - Reissue Producer // Eli Okun - Reissue Producer // Cheryl Pawelski - Assistant // Pete Welding - Assistant // Tom Cartwright - Project Director // Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums // Larry Walsh - Mastering // Teenie Hodges - Guitar // Teenie Hodges - Rhythm Section // James Michell - Horn (Tenor) // Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes - Vocals (Background) // Pam Brady - Assistant // Rhodes - Vocals (Background) // Robert Gordon - Liner Notes // Ali Muhammed Jackson - Drums // Charles E. Jr. Hodges - Organ // Charles E. Jr. Hodges - Piano // Charles E. Jr. Hodges - Rhythm Section // Alex Jackson - Drums // Alex Jackson - Rhythm Section // James J. Mitchell - Sax (Baritone) // James J. Mitchell - String Arrangements // James J. Mitchell - Horn Section
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