Livin' for You
1973 studio album by Al Green
Livin' for You | ||||
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Studio album by Al Green | ||||
Released | December 6, 1973 (1973-12-06) | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 39:12 | |||
Label | Hi | |||
Producer | Willie Mitchell | |||
Al Green chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | A[2] |
Blender | [3] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable) (1973)[4] (2004)[5] |
Livin' for You is the seventh album from soul musician Al Green. Released in 1973 it includes the hit title track and "Let's Get Married." The album cracked the Top 25 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart and was the fourth album from the artist to peak at #1 on the Soul Albums chart.
Track listing
- Side one
- "Livin' for You" (Al Green, Willie Mitchell) – 3:12
- "Home Again" (Green) – 3:59
- "Free at Last" (Green) – 3:30
- "Let's Get Married" (Green) – 5:36
- "So Good to Be Here" (Green, Michael Allen) – 2:47
- Side two
- "Sweet Sixteen" (Green) – 3:30
- "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) – 5:35
- "My God Is Real" (Green, Kenneth Morris) – 2:43
- "Beware" (Green) – 8:20
Personnel
- Al Green – vocals
- Teenie Hodges – guitar
- Leroy Hodges – bass
- Charles Hodges – piano, organ
- Al Jackson Jr. – drums
- Howard Grimes – drums, congas
- Archie Turner, James Brown, Michael Allen – piano
- Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals
- Andrew Love, Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
- James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Jack Hale Sr. – trombone
- The Memphis Strings – strings
- Technical
- Vince Biondi – art direction
- Tom Daly – cover illustration
Later samples
- "Free at Last"
- "Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)" by Jay-Z from the album The Blueprint
- "No One Else" by Mary J. Blige from the album My Life
- "Living This Life" by UGK from the album UGK (Underground Kingz)
- "Jesus Chorou" by Racionais MC's from the album Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia
See also
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1974 (U.S.)
References
- ^ Livin' for You at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Blender Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Livin' for You". Rolling Stone. 1974-02-14. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29.
- ^ Hoard, Christian (November 2, 2004). "Review: Livin' for You". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: 345–346.
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Initial R&B albums |
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Gospel albums |
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Later secular albums |
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- Al Green's Greatest Hits
- Al Green's Greatest Hits, Volume II
- Tokyo Live
- White Christmas
- "Tired of Being Alone"
- "Let's Stay Together"
- "Look What You Done for Me"
- "I'm Still in Love with You"
- "You Ought to Be with Me"
- "Call Me (Come Back Home)"
- "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"
- "Livin' for You"
- "L-O-V-E (Love)"
- "Full of Fire"
- "Love and Happiness"
- "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (with Annie Lennox)
- "Love Is a Beautiful Thing"
- "Keep On Pushing Love"