Truth n' Time

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Truth N' Time
Truth n' Time (cover art).jpg
Studio album by
Released1978
StudioAmerican Music
Genre Soul
Length26:54
Label Hi [1]
Producer Al Green
Al Green chronology
The Belle Album
(1977)
Truth N' Time
(1978)
The Lord Will Make a Way
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Truth N' Time is a studio album by the soul singer Al Green, released in 1978. [6] [7] It was Green's last album of mainly secular music for several years. [8]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 44 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [9]

Production

Truth n' Time was recorded at Green's American Music studio. [4] Green produced the album. [10]

Critical reception

The Bay State Banner wrote: "The inclusion of 'To Sir with Love' and 'Say a Little Prayer' can be questioned, but Al stomps and cuts through them just like a thoroughbred racer. Some really tremendous session work also, though minus the quiet excellence of drummer Howard Grimes." [11]

In a 2006 review of a reissue, Rolling Stone stated that Truth n' Time "contains too much filler for an album not even twenty-seven minutes long." [10]

Track listing

  1. "Blow Me Down" (Bernard Staton, Carol Staton) - 3:10
  2. "Lo and Behold" (Bernard Staton, Fred Jordan) - 3:15
  3. "Wait Here" (Green, Reuben Fairfax, Jr., Fred Jordan) - 2:45
  4. "To Sir with Love" (Don Black, Mark London) - 4:09
  5. "Truth n' Time" (Green) - 3:41
  6. "King of All" (Bernard Staton, Carol Staton) - 2:23
  7. "I Say a Little Prayer" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:13
  8. "Happy Days" (Green) - 5:13

Personnel

References

  1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin via Google Books.
  2. "Truth n' Time Al Green". AllMusic.
  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. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 888.
  5. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 290–291.
  6. "Al Green | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. McDonough, Jimmy (August 29, 2017). "Soul Survivor: A Biography of Al Green". Hachette Books via Google Books.
  8. Harrington, Richard (November 23, 2003). "Al Green, Back in Touch With a Sensual Soul". The Washington Post. p. N4.
  9. "Al Green". Billboard.
  10. 1 2 Walters, Barry (February 9, 2006). "Al Green". Rolling Stone (993): 68.
  11. Lane, George (February 8, 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. p. 17.