L-O-V-E: The Essential Al Green

~ Release by Al Green (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1My Girl
cover recording of:
My Girl
lyricist:
Smokey Robinson
composer:
Smokey Robinson and Ronald White (soul singer, founding member of The Miracles)
publisher:
Jobete Music, Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Music for Africa (South Africa), Poochum, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
42:55
2What Am I Gonna Do With Myself
2:26
3Light My Fire
cover recording of:
Light My Fire
writer:
John Densmore, Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors), Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors)
publisher:
Doors Music Company, Nipper Music, Rondor Music (London) Ltd. and 日音 Synch事業部
33:56
4I've Never Found a Girl
recording of:
I’ve Never Found a Girl (to Love Me Like You Do)
writer:
Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell and Booker T. Jones
publisher:
East Memphis Music, Irving Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
3:39
5How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
producer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar family:
Mabon Hodges ("Teenie", soul guitarist)
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (Soul Organist)
saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
recorded at:
Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
written in:
Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
writer:
Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
BMG Music, Careers Music, Inc., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal Music Careers, Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
3.656:20
6What a Wonderful Thing Love Is
3:37
7Judy
2:42
8Love and Happiness
engineer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
producer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
baritone saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar:
Mabon Hodges ("Teenie", soul guitarist)
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (Soul Organist)
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan and Andrew Love
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
strings arranger:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 98) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 274)
recording of:
Love and Happiness
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Mabon Hodges ("Teenie", soul guitarist)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) (in 1972) and Irving Music, Inc. (in 1972)
3.655:02
9I'm Hooked on You
3:20
10Take Me to the River
recording of:
Take Me to the River
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Mabon Hodges ("Teenie", soul guitarist)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Burlington Music, Irving Music, Inc. and JEC Publishing
4.23:45
11I Wish You Were Here
recording of:
I Wish You Were Here
writer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
JEC Publishing Corporation
3:20
12Have a Good Time
3:39
13Let It Shine
3:15
14Could I Be the One
4:08
15I Tried to Tell Myself
recording of:
I Tried to Tell Myself
composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
3:28
16Belle
recording of:
Belle
writer:
Reuben Fairfax, Jr., Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Fred Jordan (guitarist)
54:52
17Lean on Me
2:11
18Simply Beautiful
4:13