Al Green's Greatest Hits is a 1975 greatest hits release by soul singer Al Green. In 2003, the album was ranked number 52 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[5] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list.[6] The album's ranking dropped to number 456 in the 2020 revised list.[7] The compilation has consistently ranked as one of the best executed 'greatest hits' albums in history. The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart and No. 17 on the Top LPs chart.[8][9]
Track listing
Original LP
1995 CD re-release
Personnel
(The following credits refer to Al Green – Greatest Hits: Deluxe Edition.)
- James Mitchell – Baritone Saxophone, String Arrangements
- Cheryl Pawelski – Production Assistant
- Michael Allen – Piano
- Teenie Hodges – Guitar
- Charles Hodges – Organ, Piano
- Leroy Hodges – Bass
- Howard Grimes – Bongos, Drums, Conga
- Archie Turner – Piano
- Al Jackson Jr. – Drums, Percussion
- Andrew Love – Horn (Tenor)
- Wayne Jackson – Trumpet
- Jack Hale – Trombone
- Ed Logan – Horn (Tenor)
- Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes – Background vocals
- Willie Mitchell – Producer, Engineer, Remixing
- Tami Masak – Production Assistant
- Robert Vosgien – Remastering
- Richard Kriegler – Art Direction, Design
- Richard E. Roth – Art Direction, Design
- Kevin Flaherty – Producer
- Tom Cartwright – Executive Producer
- Howard Craft – Mastering
- Buddy Rosenburg – Photography
- Chris Clough – Producer
- Bob Levy – Photography
- Ali Muhammed Jackson – Bongos, Drums, Conga
- Susan Lavoie – Art Direction
- Charles Chalmers – String Arrangements
- Margaret Goldfarb – Production Assistant
- Dan Hersch – Mastering
- Bill Inglot – Mastering Consultant
- Kathy Kinslow – Production Assistant
- Charles Levan – Production Assistant
- Al Green – Producer
Certifications
References
- ^ Al Green's Greatest Hits at AllMusic
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wolk, Douglas (April 17, 2009). "Let's Stay Together/I'm Still In Love With You/Greatest Hits Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (December 26, 1995). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 31, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020.
- ^ "Al Green Al Green/Greatest Hits Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ "Al Green Greatest Hits Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ "British album certifications – Al Green – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ^ "American album certifications – Al Green – Al Green's Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
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