Between 1982 and 1989 Al Green released 6 more Albums, if you count the Christmas offering’s in 1983 & 1986 that’s 8! I will be doing a seperate feature on the Christmas Album in about a month’s time, with a Download!
The Album titles were as follows:
1982 Precious Lord (4)
1983 I’ll Rise Again (4)
1985 Trust In God (10)
1986 Going Away (11)
1987 Soul Survivor (1)
1989 I Get Joy (13)
All these Albums charted in the Gospel Charts (positions in brackets) but only Soul Survivor made it in the US Pop Charts and only a lowly 131!
The first 3 Albums were on the Myrrh Label and the last 3 were on the A&M Record Label.
Al Green was re-united with Producer Willie Mitchell for his Debut A&M Album “Going Away”
A feature of these 6 Gospel Albums were a few Cover Versions of Big Hits for other Recording Artists!
Up the Ladder to the Roof…The Supremes
Aint no Moutain High Enough…Diana Ross
Lean on me…Bill Withers
Your’e got a Friend…James Taylor
He Aint Heavy…The Hollies
My two favorite Tracks from the 6 Albums were:
“Going Away” from the “Going Away Album” &
“Dont it make you want to go Home” from the “Trust in God Album”.
The “I Get Joy” Album was Al Green‘s last for A&M before moving to several different Record Labels before finally settling at Blue Note Records in 2003!
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