Upon its original release in 1975, Al Green's Greatest Hits pretty much
summed up everything about Green, containing his ten biggest hits up to
that point. A few years later, it was followed by a second volume, which
contained hit singles that had charted since the release of the first
collection. In 1995, The Right Stuff reissued Al Green's Greatest Hits,
adding five of the highlights from the second volume of greatest hits
as bonus tracks. The result was a definitive single-disc compilation,
featuring 15 of Green's absolute best songs, including "Tired of
Being Alone," "Let's Stay Together," "I'm Still in
Love With You," "Call Me," "Here I Am," "Sha-La-La
(Make Me Happy)," and "L-O-V-E (Love)." The original version
of Greatest Hits was great, but the revision made it nearly perfect.
(by Stephen Thomas Erlewine , All
Music Guide)
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The honey-voiced green made some of the most visionary soul music of
the Seventies at Hi studios. "In Memphis you just do as you feel,"
he told Rolling Stone in 1972. "It's not a modern, up-to-par, very
glamorous, big-red-chairs-and-carpet-that-thick studio. It's one of those
places you can go into and stomp out a good soul jam." This collection,
with hits such as "Let's Stay Together" and "Tired of Being
Alone," sums up an amazing six-album run in the early Seventies.
That period ended in 1974 when a spurned woman threw a pot of hot grits
on Green and then shot herself; soon after, Green bought a church in Memphis
and became a minister.
(Rolling Stone)
Total album sales: 1 million / Peak chart position: 17
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