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Al Green Is Love
Standard/Original artwork
Studio album by Al Green
Released	August 1975
Recorded	1974–1975
Genre	Soul
Length	41:25
Label	Hi
Producer	Willie Mitchell
Al Green chronology
Al Green's Greatest Hits (1975) Al Green Is Love (1975) Full of Fire (1976)
Singles from Al Green Is Love
"L-O-V-E (Love)" Released: February 19, 1975

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B+
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)	A
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
The Village Voice	A−

Al Green Is Love is the ninth album by soul singer Al Green. It was his final of six consecutive albums to hit number 1 on the R&B/Soul Albums chart, and it peaked into the Top 40 on the Pop Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Al Green; except where indicated

Side one

1. "L-O-V-E (Love)" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:09
2. "Rhymes" (Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:36
3. "The Love Sermon" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle) – 6:34
4. "There Is Love" (Willie Mitchell, Lawrence Seymore, Yvonne Mitchell) – 3:04
5. "Could I Be the One?" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Ann Mitchell) – 4:06

Side two

1. "Love Ritual" – 4:19
2. "I Didn't Know" – 7:46
3. "Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in My Arms)" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 2:48
4. "I Gotta Be More (Take Me Higher)" – 2:45
5. "I Wish You Were Here" (Willie Mitchell) – 3:18

Personnel

• Al Green - vocals
• Larry Lee, Teenie Hodges - guitar
• Leroy Hodges - bass
• Charles Hodges - organ, piano
• Howard Grimes - drums, congas
• Conga Lou (Johnny Keyes) - congas
• Archie Turner, Michael Allen - piano
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes - backing vocals
• Andrew Love, Lewis Collins - tenor saxophone
• Wayne Jackson - trumpet
• James Mitchell - baritone saxophone, string arrangements
• Jack Hale - trombone
• The Memphis Strings - strings

See also

• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1975

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Al Green: Al Green Is Love". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
3. Christgau, Robert (February 24, 2012). "Al Green/D'Angelo". MSN Music. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
4. Hoard, Christian (November 2, 2004). "Review: Al Green Is Love". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: 345–346.
5. Christgau, Robert (October 27, 1975). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Music section. Retrieved 2012-02-25.

Further reading

• Rolling Stone review

• 1975 albums
• Al Green albums
• Albums produced by Willie Mitchell (musician)
• The Right Stuff Records albums
• Hi Records albums