Al Green's Greatest Hits is a 1975 greatest hits

Greatest hits

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 hits release by soul

Soul music

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 singer Al Green

Al Green

Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...

. In 2003, the album was ranked number 52 on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time

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. The release has consistently ranked as one of the best executed 'greatest hits' albums in history.

Track listing

1. "Tired of Being Alone
   Tired of Being Alone
   In 1992 Scottish band Texas covered "Tired of Being Alone", which became a substantial hit in the United Kingdom, reaching no. 19 on the official UK Singles Chart...
   
   " – 2:43
2. "Call Me (Come Back Home)
   Call Me (Come Back Home)
   "Call Me " is the title of a song by Al Green, released in 1972 as a single from his album Call Me. It peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the R&B singles chart...
   
   " – 3:04
3. "I'm Still in Love with You
   I'm Still in Love with You (Al Green song)
   "I'm Still in Love With You" is a song originally recorded by Al Green. Released from the album of the same title, the single spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart in April 1972. It also peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart that same year...
   
   " – 3:15
4. "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" – 3:09
5. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – 6:21†
6. "Let's Stay Together
   Let's Stay Together (song)
   "Let's Stay Together" is a song by Al Green on his 1972 album of the same name. Released as a single in 1971, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks and also topped Billboards R&B chart for nine weeks. It was ranked the 60th greatest song of all time...
   
   " – 4:45
7. "I Can't Get Next to You
   I Can't Get Next to You
   "I Can't Get Next to You" is a 1969 number-one single recorded by The Temptations and produced by Norman Whitfield for the Gordy label. The song was the number-one single on the Billboard Top Pop Singles chart for two weeks in 1969, from October 11 to October 25, replacing "Sugar, Sugar" by The...
   
   " – 3:52
8. "You Ought to Be with Me
   You Ought to Be With Me
   "You Ought to Be with Me" is the name of a song by Al Green. Released from his album, Call Me, the single spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It was also successful on the pop chart, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late 1972. It sold over one...
   
   " – 3:19
9. "Look What You Done for Me" – 3:06
10. "Let's Get Married" – 4:20

† replaced by "Love and Happiness" in 1977 when that track was released as a single in the US, five years after it was originally released on the 1972 LP I'm Still In Love With You.

1995 CD re-release

1. "Tired of Being Alone" – 2:43
2. "Call Me (Come Back Home)" – 3:04
3. "I'm Still in Love With You" – 3:15
4. "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" – 4:16
5. "Love and Happiness" – 5:08
6. "Let's Stay Together" – 3:18
7. "I Can't Get Next to You" – 3:52
8. "You Ought to Be With Me" – 3:19
9. "Look What You Done for Me" – 3:06
10. "Let's Get Married" – 5:36
11. "Livin' for You" – 3:12
12. "Sha La La (Make Me Happy)"
13. "L-O-V-E (Love)"
14. "Full of Fire"
15. "Belle"

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
  Teenie Hodges
  Mabon Lewis "Teenie" Hodges is a Memphis, Tennessee musician, best known for his work as rhythm and lead guitarist and songwriter on many of Al Green's popular soul hits, and those of other artists such as Ann Peebles and Syl Johnson, on Hi Records in the 1970s.Born in Memphis, "Teenie" began...
  
   – Guitar
• Charles Hodges
  Charles Hodges
  Charles Hodges is an American organist and songwriter. He is known for his high tone on the Hammond B3 organ, that appeared on records by Al Green, and other musicians signed to Hi Records....
  
   – Organ, Piano
• Leroy Hodges
  Leroy Hodges
  Electric bass player Leroy "Flick" Hodges is a relatively unknown soul musician.Paired with either Booker T. & the MGs's drummer Al Jackson or Stax staff drummer Howard Grimes, Leroy and The Hodges Brothers were the backing musicians for Al Green, Ann Peebles and several other soul, gospel and...
  
   – 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