Let's Stay Together

by Al Green

Overview

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. ~ Craig Lytle

Product Details

Release Date:	06/23/2009
Label:	Fat Possum Records / Turnstile
UPC:	0767981113715
Rank:	16676

Tracks

1. Let's Stay Together
2. La-La for You
3. So You're Leaving
4. What Is This Feeling
5. Old Time Lovin
6. I've Never Found a Girl (Who Loves Me Like You Do)
7. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
8. Judy
9. It Ain't No Fun to Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Al Green   Primary Artist,Vocals
Los Bravos del Norte   Primary Artist
Ramon Ayala   Primary Artist
Andrew Love   Sax (Tenor),Horn (Tenor)
Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes   Vocals (Background)
Howard Grimes   Drums
Jack Hale   Trombone
James Mitchell   Bass,Fender Rhodes,Sax (Baritone),Vocals (Background)
Charles Hodges   Organ,Piano
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges   Guitar
Wayne Jackson   Trumpet
Al Jackson, Jr.   Drums
Ed Logan   Sax (Tenor),Horn (Tenor)
Leroy Hodges   Bass
Charles Chalmers   Vocals (Background)
Sandra Chalmers   Vocals (Background)
Rhodes   Vocals (Background)
Alex Jackson   Drums
James Michell   Horn (Tenor)
Charles E. Jr. Hodges   Organ,Piano
James J. Mitchell   Bass

Technical Credits

Alvertis Isbell   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Cheryl Pawelski   Assistant
James Mitchell   Arranger,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Eddie Floyd   Composer
Unknown   Composer
Pete Welding   Assistant
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer,Performer
Al Green   Composer
Tom Cartwright   Project Director,Project Supervisor
Barry Gibb   Composer
Willie Mitchell   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Booker T. Jones   Composer
Charles Chalmers   Arranger,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Robin Gibb   Composer
Maurice Gibb   Composer
Bud O'Shea   Executive Producer
Pam Brady   Assistant
Eli Okun   Executive Producer
Marlene Bergman   Design
Margaret Goldfarb   Assistant
Bud & Barbara Lee Ministries   Photography
Robert Gordon   Liner Notes
James J. Mitchell   String Arrangements
Wilie Mitchell   Producer