Livin' for You

For the 1994 song by Boston, see Walk On (Boston album).

Livin' for You
Studio album by Al Green
Released	December 6, 1973 (1973-12-06)
Recorded	1973
Studio	Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Soul
Length	39:12
Label	Hi
Producer	Willie Mitchell
Al Green chronology
Call Me (1973) Livin' for You (1973) Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	A [3]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) (1973) [4] (2004) [5]

Livin' for You is the seventh album from soul musician Al Green. Released in 1973 it includes the hit title track and "Let's Get Married." The album cracked the Top 25 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart and was the fourth album from the artist to peak at No. 1 on the Soul Albums chart.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Livin' for You" (Al Green, Willie Mitchell) – 3:12
2. "Home Again" (Green) – 3:59
3. "Free at Last" (Green) – 3:30
4. "Let's Get Married" (Green) – 5:36
5. "So Good to Be Here" (Green, Michael Allen) – 2:47

Side two

1. "Sweet Sixteen" (Green) – 3:30
2. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) – 5:35
3. "My God Is Real" (Green, Kenneth Morris) – 2:43
4. "Beware" (Green) – 8:20

Personnel

• Al Green – vocals
• Teenie Hodges – guitar
• Leroy Hodges – bass
• Charles Hodges – piano, organ
• Al Jackson Jr. – drums
• Howard Grimes – drums, congas
• Archie Turner, James Brown, Michael Allen – piano
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes – backing vocals
• Andrew Love, Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
• James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• Jack Hale Sr. – trombone
• The Memphis Strings – strings

Technical

• Vince Biondi – art direction
• Tom Daly – cover illustration

Later samples

• "Free at Last"
  • "Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)" by Jay-Z from the album The Blueprint
  • "No One Else" by Mary J. Blige from the album My Life
  • "Living This Life" by UGK from the album UGK (Underground Kingz)
  • "Jesus Chorou" by Racionais MC's from the album Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1974 (U.S.)

References

1. Livin' for You at AllMusic
2. Blender Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. 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.
4. "Livin' for You". Rolling Stone . February 14, 1974. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012.
5. Hoard, Christian (November 2, 2004). "Review: Livin' for You". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide : 345–346.