The Belle Album
| Al Green
The Belle Album
The Belle Album is the 12th studio album by soul musician Al Green. It is his first album recorded without longtime producer Willie Mitchell, owner of Green’s former label, Hi Records. With Mitchell and his label Green also abandoned the famed Hi Rhythm Section, which had previously played a large part in defining Green’s distinctive musical style. This also marks the first instance in which Green plays lead guitar on his records. -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
Not a hint of decadence has crept into Al Green’s music since he first came to our attention in 1970. He still sounds as if he’s on the verge of great discoveries.
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No Ripcord
The Belle Album is still Green’s best. I keep going back to it because its good-natured optimism is missing in today’s music.
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All Music
This was the last secular work he would make for many years, and it was brilliant, even though it didn't come close to equaling his previous commercial heights.
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Chicago Tribune
It’s as if for four minutes, the unfettered spirit that guided “The Belle Album” had drifted back into the room and reminded everyone, including Al Green, of what a remarkable artist he could still be.
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Robert Christgau
More than ever, it all holds together around Green's agile rhythm, dynamics, and coloration and his obsession with the soul-body dualism at the heart of the genre he now rules unchallenged.
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Sound Opinions
The album with its rough, almost garage-gospel sound is an outlier among Green's earlier works. The Belle Album means a lot to both Jim and Greg.
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OO Cities
The joyously upbeat mood of songs such as “Loving You” and “All N All” are infectious enough to make even someone as non-religious as I into a devout believer, and as “Dream” slowly fades away you’ll find yourself wishing that you'd never wake up.
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