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PeaceNHarmony
03-25-2018, 03:31 PM
A top-10 Billboard LP for Al - and nothing since? Do we know why?
Eye Gee
06-13-2018, 03:01 PM
Recently read the new bio "Soul Survivor" published last summer, and by the end the author is questioning Al's sanity. It's definitely a "warts & all" biography.
Luciano
06-13-2018, 10:07 PM
Now I need to get this book to read about Al's sanity.

This was great album. This was my favorite song from it "Just For Me":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImF9N5G2_oQ
PeaceNHarmony
06-14-2018, 11:30 AM
Recently read the new bio "Soul Survivor" published last summer, and by the end the author is questioning Al's sanity. It's definitely a "warts & all" biography.
Mama mia!! Will have to give it a look. Did it seem like an honestly written bio or an ax-grinder?
TomatoTom123
06-14-2018, 12:01 PM
I will have to investigate into this album. I do like a bit of Al Green and I am interested to hear what it's like with it being from 2008!!! :)
PeaceNHarmony
06-15-2018, 04:21 PM
I will have to investigate into this album. I do like a bit of Al Green and I am interested to hear what it's like with it being from 2008!!! :)
Al's 'Just Can't Stop' was also an excellent return to form -
marv2
06-19-2018, 06:41 PM
You know it is a bit amazing to me that we, myself included, expect these artists to just go on and on and on sometimes. My parents were going to see Al Green at nightclubs over 50 years ago....wow! It is natural for him and others to be winding down now.
midnightman
06-19-2018, 10:17 PM
Al's in his early 70s now. Doesn't he own the masters of his famed material? Maybe he doesn't feel the need to perform and record as much as he used to. Also Willie is dead so I don't think Al is too crazy about making music these days.
nativeNY63
06-28-2019, 06:56 PM
That album was boss! And he also did collabs with Latifah [["Simply Beautiful") and Anthony Hamilton. From what I remember he used the same studio and analog tracks, instruments from back inaday! Ala Raphael Sadiq.
PeaceNHarmony
06-28-2019, 07:17 PM
That album was boss! And he also did collabs with Latifah [["Simply Beautiful") and Anthony Hamilton. From what I remember he used the same studio and analog tracks, instruments from back inaday! Ala Raphael Sadiq.
Indeed, all around! A great LP. Wish we had another.