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- Date Released: February 1, 1972
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Soul, R&B
- Label: Hi Records / Fat Possum
The title track has graced a million wedding receptions
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We Say...
In Robert Christgau's review of Al Green's 1972 album, Let's Stay Together, he admits to being sick of the title track and expresses his overall disappointment with the album succinctly: "The album doesn't include one piece of real funk."
Nearly 30 years later, "Let's Stay Together," Al Green's first number one hit, has been caned on every "Lite" station and Long Island wedding reception from Christgau's day right up to the present. But I'll be goddamned if this album is without the funk. Sure, the funk is understated, as is Al's wont. He is too proud to beg and be ungentlemanly and overt in his intent, but the backing of the Hodges brothers (Leroy Charles, and Teenie) with Booker T.'s drummer Al Jackson makes it impossible for the album's deep cuts to be bereft of funk. Who else could alchemically convert the glop of the Bee Gee's "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" into a terse and stirring soul epic? And check in on "So You're Leaving" (with its deft "Who Do You Love" coda) or the string-laced stomp of "I Never Found a Girl" to hear how much "real funk" still lingers here. -
They Say...
Prior to this album, Al Green never had a number one song. The title track, "Let's Stay Together," achieved that status and held it for nine consecutive weeks. Green's ingenuity produced one of the all-time classics, which has the bounce of a dance cut and the passion of a ballad. The dynamic soul singer's whispers, animated cries, and riffing enhance his already stirring delivery. This album was sold on the strength of the title track as there were no other selections to grace the Billboard charts. However, this album includes the timeless gem "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" and lesser-known beauties like the exulting "Judy," the cookin' testimonial "I Never Found a Girl," and the soothing blues effort "It Ain't No Fun to Me." The Arkansas native and his creative partner Willie Mitchell season these selections with lucid rhythm arrangements complemented by the faint strums of a guitar and brawn, unchiding horns.
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Let's Stay Together |
3:19 |
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| 02. | |
La-La for You |
3:30 |
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| 03. | |
So You're Leaving |
2:55 |
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| 04. | |
What Is This Feeling? |
3:42 |
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| 05. | |
Old Time Lovin' |
3:18 |
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| 06. | |
I've Never Found a Girl |
3:40 |
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| 07. | |
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? |
6:23 |
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| 08. | |
Judy |
3:44 |
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| 09. | |
It Ain't No Fun to Me |
3:34 |
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09 Total Tracks, 34:05 Total Length
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Credits
- Al Green - Vocals // Al Green - Main Performer // Willie Mitchell - Producer // Willie Mitchell - Engineer // Charles Chalmers - Vocals (Background) // Charles Chalmers - Horn Arrangements // Charles Chalmers - String Arrangements // Sandra Chalmers - Vocals (Background) // Margaret Goldfarb - Assistant // Howard Grimes - Drums // Jack Hale - Trombone // Charles Hodges - Organ // Charles Hodges - Piano // Leroy Hodges - Bass // Mabon "Teenie" Hodges - Guitar // Wayne Jackson - Trumpet // Ed Logan - Horn (Tenor) // Ed Logan - Sax (Tenor) // Andrew Love - Horn (Tenor) // Andrew Love - Sax (Tenor) // James Mitchell - Bass // James Mitchell - Sax (Baritone) // James Mitchell - Horn Arrangements // James Mitchell - String Arrangements // Bud O'Shea - Executive Producer // Eli Okun - Executive Producer // Cheryl Pawelski - Assistant // Pete Welding - ? // Pete Welding - Assistant // Tom Cartwright - Project Director // Tom Cartwright - Project Supervisor // Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums // Al Jackson, Jr. - Performer // Teenie Hodges - Guitar // James Michell - Horn (Tenor) // Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes - Vocals (Background) // Marlene Bergman - Design // Pam Brady - Assistant // Rhodes - Vocals (Background) // Robert Gordon - Liner Notes // Wilie Mitchell - Producer // Charles E. Jr. Hodges - Organ // Charles E. Jr. Hodges - Piano // Alex Jackson - Drums // James J. Mitchell - Bass // James J. Mitchell - String Arrangements // Bud & Barbara Lee Ministries - Photography
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