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June 12, 2008

Al Green's Soul Revival

The Memphis great on his stellar new CD and Seventies hits
April 22, 2005

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 65) Al Green

By Justin Timberlake
October 22, 2003

Hello, Ladies!

Al Green says the Lord has ordained his return as a love man
September 4, 2000

Al Green's Gotta Serve Somebody

The man with the greatest voice in popular music gave up his fame (and his women, and his cocaine) to serve the Lord 23 years ago. He spends most of his time preaching in a Memphis church. Will he ever make another great soul album? God only knows

Recordings and Reviews

Lay It Down

Al Green surrounds himself on his new album with younger stars, including John Legend, Corinne Bailey Rae and the Roots' ?uestlove. It's retribution in action: For years, the neosoul brigade has been copping the Rev. Al's sound — the plush, subtly psychedelic Memphis soul that Green perfected ...

2008 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

Everything's OK

2005

I Can't Stop

2003

The Love Songs Collection

2003

Lord Will Make a Way/Higher Plane [Raven]

2002

Anthology

1997

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To a greater extent than even his predecessors Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, Al Green embodies both the sacred and the profane in soul music. He was one of the Seventies' most popular vocalists, selling over 20 million albums. His wildly improvisational, ecstatic cries and moans came directly from gospel music, and in the late-1970s he returned to the Baptist church as a preacher. He continues to re...

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