Al Green Is Love is the ninth album by soul singer Al Green. It was his final of six consecutive albums to hit number 1 on the R&B/Soul Albums chart, and it peaked into the Top 40 on the Pop Albums chart.
Track listing All tracks composed by Al Green; except where indicated Side one "L-O-V-E (Love)" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:09 "Rhymes" (Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:36 "The Love Sermon" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle) – 6:34 "There Is Love" (Willie Mitchell, Lawrence Seymore, Yvonne Mitchell) – 3:04 "Could I Be the One?" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Ann Mitchell) – 4:06
Side two "Love Ritual" – 4:19 "I Didn't Know" – 7:46 "Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in My Arms)" (Green, Willie Mitchell, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 2:48 "I Gotta Be More (Take Me Higher)" – 2:45 "I Wish You Were Here" (Willie Mitchell) – 3:18
Personnel Al Green - vocals Larry Lee, Teenie Hodges - guitar Leroy Hodges - bass Charles Hodges - organ, piano Howard Grimes - drums, congas Conga Lou (Johnny Keyes) - congas Archie Turner, Michael Allen - piano Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes - backing vocals Andrew Love, Lewis Collins - tenor saxophone Wayne Jackson - trumpet James Mitchell - baritone saxophone, string arrangements Jack Hale - trombone The Memphis Strings - strings
See also List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1975
References
Further reading Rolling Stone review