Green Is Blues

Green Is Blues is an Al Green album from 1969. It is also Green's second album.

Green Is Blues
Original 1969 vinyl edition
Studio album by
Al Green
ReleasedApril 15, 1969 (1969-04-15)
Recorded1968–69
GenreSoul
Length28:49 (original edition)
40:42 (40th anniversary edition)
LabelHi
ProducerWillie Mitchell
Al Green chronology
Back Up Train
(1967)		 Green Is Blues
(1969)		 Al Green Gets Next to You
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone (1973)(mixed)[2]
Rolling Stone (2003)[3]
Alternative cover

Upon the album's '40th Anniversary' re-release as a digital deluxe package in July 2009, noted soul writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning 'Blues & Soul' stated: "Significant for matching for the first time Green's soulful refined vocal brilliance with the skilful production of co-writer/producer Willie Mitchell and the tight arrangements of Memphis' renowned Hi Rhythm Section, the album ushered in a new era for "The Memphis Sound" – effectively kick-starting a studio partnership between Green and Mitchell that would see Al go on to become the premier soul superstar of the early Seventies – and arguably the last great Southern soul singer, period."[4]

Track listing
  1. "One Woman" (Charles Chalmers, Sandra Rhodes) – 3:05
  2. "Talk to Me" (Joe Seneca) – 2:06
  3. "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 2:55
  4. "The Letter" (Wayne Carson Thompson) – 2:28
  5. "I Stand Accused" (Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield, Billy Butler) – 3:18
  6. "Gotta Find a New World" (Carl Smith, Marion "Doc" Oliver) – 2:25
  7. "What Am I Gonna Do with Myself?" (Willie Mitchell, Marshall "Rock" Jones) – 2:27
  8. "Tomorrow's Dream" (Al Green, Willie Mitchell) – 2:19
  9. "Get Back Baby" (Al Green) – 2:16
  10. "Get Back" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:22
  11. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:08

40th Anniversary Edition

The track listing for 40th anniversary edition, released 2009, includes four additional tracks:

  1. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:20
  2. "Nothing Impossible With Love" (Jimmy Reed) – 2:37
  3. "Baby, What's Wrong with You" – 3:41
  4. "Memphis, Tennessee" (Chuck Berry) – 3:15

Later samples

References
  1. Green Is Blues at AllMusic
  2. Rolling Stone 1973
  3. Rolling Stone 2003
  4. Al Green interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' August 2009
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