Have a Good Time (Al Green album)

Have a Good Time
Standard/Original artwork
Studio album by Al Green
Released	November 18, 1976 (1976-11-18)
Recorded	1976
Genre	Soul
Length	30:11
Label	Hi
Producer	Willie Mitchell, Al Green
Al Green chronology
Full of Fire (1976) Have a Good Time (1976) Al Green's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+ [2]
Rolling Stone	(mixed) (1977) [3] (2004) [4]
Sounds	[5]

Have a Good Time is the 11th studio album by soul singer Al Green, released in 1976.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Al Green and Willie Mitchell; except where indicated

Side one

1. "Keep Me Cryin'" – 3:08
2. "Smile a Little Bit More" – 2:53
3. "I Tried to Tell Myself" – 3:28
4. "Something" – 4:24
5. "The Truth Marches On" – 2:42

Side two

1. "Have a Good Time" (Green) – 3:38
2. "Nothing Takes the Place of You" (Toussaint McCall, Alan Robinson) – 4:39
3. "Happy" – 2:40
4. "Hold on Forever" (Green) – 2:38

Personnel

• Al Green: vocals
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes: backing vocals
• Mabon "Teenie" Hodges: guitars
• Michael Hodges, Michael Toles: guitars, sitar
• Michael Allen, James H. Brown, Archie Turner: piano
• Charles Hodges: organ
• Leroy Hodges: bass
• Gene Chrisman, Howard Grimes: drums, percussion
• Lewis Collins, Bill Easley: tenor saxophone
• Andrew Love: alto saxophone
• James Mitchell: baritone saxophone
• Jack Hale, Jr., Wayne Jackson: trumpet
• Jack Hale, Sr., Jackie Thomas: trombone
• The Memphis Strings: strings
• Strings & Horns arranged by Willie Mitchell & Aarion Nesbit

References

1. Have a Good Time at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
3. "Have a Good Time". Rolling Stone . January 27, 1977.
4. Hoard, Christian (November 2, 2004). "Review: Have a Good Time". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide : 345–346.
5. Goldman, Vivien (December 25, 1976). "The agony and the ecstacy" (PDF). Sounds . p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.