Higher Plane (album)

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Higher Plane
Higher Plane (Al Green album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
Al Green
Released1981
Genre Gospel, soul
Label Myrrh [1]
Producer Al Green
Al Green chronology
Tokyo Live
(1981)		Higher Plane
(1981)		 Precious Lord
(1982)

Higher Plane is a gospel album by the American musician Al Green, released in 1981. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau A [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The New York Times noted the "first-rate songs and arrangements, a sure sense of its own style, and performances as rich in sensuality and erotic innuendo as any of Mr. Green's pop recordings." [5]

Track listing

  1. "Higher Plane" (Keith Anthony Burke, Marshall Jones) - 3:37
  2. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) - 6:23
  3. "By My Side" (Johnny Brown, Morgan Joseph) - 4:18
  4. "The Spirit Might Come – On and On" (Burke, Joseph) - 5:23
  5. "Where Love Rules" (Burke, Jean Burleson) - 5:13
  6. "Amazing Grace" - 3:31
  7. "His Name Is Jesus" (Burke, Burleson) - 5:26
  8. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" - 2:32

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 "Robert Christgau: CG: al green". www.robertchristgau.com.
  2. ↑ Rockwell, John (January 31, 1982). "Al Green Forges New Links Between Secular and Sacred". The New York Times. p. A25.
  3. ↑ "Higher Plane Al Green". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 291.
  5. ↑ Palmer, Robert (July 27, 1983). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C18.
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