Take Me to the River: Greatest Hits, Volume 2

~ Release by Al Green (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Drivin’ Wheel
3:00
2I’ve Never Found a Girl
3:40
3Love and Happiness
engineer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
producer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
baritone saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar:
Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (soul organist)
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan and Andrew Love
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
strings arranger:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 98) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 274)
recording of:
Love and Happiness
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) (in 1972) and Irving Music, Inc. (in 1972)
3.75:07
4Livin’ for You
recording of:
Living for You
lyricist and composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
writer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
43:11
5Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
2:58
6Love Love
3:04
7One Woman
recording of:
One Woman
writer:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and Sandra Rhodes
3:06
8Take Me to the River
recording of:
Take Me to the River
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Burlington Music, Irving Music, Inc. and JEC Publishing
4.153:44
9Rhymes
recording of:
Rhymes
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
3:33
10Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in My Arms)
recording of:
Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in My Arms)
composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer), Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
2:45
11Glory Glory
recording of:
Glory, Glory
writer:
A. Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and W. Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
2:45
12Full of Fire
recording of:
Full of Fire
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer), Mabon Lewis Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
5:12
13Keep Me Cryin’
3:05
14Belle
recording of:
Belle
writer:
Reuben Fairfax, Jr., Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Fred Jordan (guitarist)
54:50