Al Green Explores Your Mind

Al Green Explores Your Mind
Studio album by
Al Green
ReleasedOctober 1974 (1974-10)
Recorded1974
StudioRoyal Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
GenreSoul
Length30:26
LabelHi
ProducerWillie Mitchell, Al Green
Al Green chronology
Livin' for You
(1973) 		Al Green Explores Your Mind
(1974) 		Al Green's Greatest Hits
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Tom HullA−[5]
Rolling Stone[3]

Al Green Explores Your Mind is the eighth album by soul singer Al Green. Unlike previous Al Green albums, this album featured only one major hit, "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" which peaked at No. 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the week of December 21, 1974,[6] but did contain the original version of "Take Me to the River", a song which went to No. 26 on the Billboard chart when covered by Talking Heads in 1978. In 2004, the song "Take Me to the River" was ranked number 117 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

The album was his fifth consecutive album to claim No. 1 on the Soul Albums chart, and peaked at No. 15 on the Pop Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Al Green; except where indicated

Side one
  1. "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" – 3:01
  2. "Take Me to the River" (Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:45
  3. "God Blessed Our Love" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle) – 3:57
  4. "The City" (Green, Charles Hodges) – 3:25
  5. "One Nite Stand" – 2:26
Side two
  1. "I'm Hooked on You" (Green, Mitchell) – 3:22
  2. "Stay with Me Forever" (Green, Anne Sanders) – 3:15
  3. "Hangin' On" (Green, Michael Allen) – 4:21
  4. "School Days" – 3:14

Personnel

Technical
  • Glenn Ross, Richard Kriegler - art direction, design
  • Bob Levy, Buddy Rosenberg - photography

See also

References

  1. ^ Al Green Explores Your Mind at AllMusic
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Al Green Explores Your Mind - Rolling Stone". rollingstone.com. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  6. ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of December 21, 1974 – Billboard.com. Retrieved November 29, 2024.