Al Green Explores Your Mind
1974 studio album by Al Green
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Al Green Explores Your Mind | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Studio | Royal, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 30:26 | |||
| Label | Hi | |||
| Producer | Willie Mitchell, Al Green | |||
| Al Green chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Tom Hull | A−[4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
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
- "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" – 3:01
- "Take Me to the River" (Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:45
- "God Blessed Our Love" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle) – 3:57
- "The City" (Green, Charles Hodges) – 3:25
- "One Nite Stand" – 2:26
- Side two
- "I'm Hooked on You" (Green, Mitchell) – 3:22
- "Stay with Me Forever" (Green, Anne Sanders) – 3:15
- "Hangin' On" (Green, Michael Allen) – 4:21
- "School Days" – 3:14
Personnel
- Al Green – vocals
- Mabon "Teenie" Hodges – guitar
- Leroy Hodges – bass guitar
- Charles Hodges – Hammond organ, piano
- Howard Grimes – drums, congas
- Archie Turner, Michael Allen – piano
- Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals
- Andrew Love, Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
- James Mitchell – baritone saxophone, string arrangements
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Jack Hale, Sr. – trombone
- The Memphis Strings – strings
- Technical
- Glenn Ross, Richard Kriegler – art direction, design
- Bob Levy, Buddy Rosenberg – photography