Truth n' Time

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Truth N' Time
Truth n' Time (cover art).jpg
Studio album by
Al Green
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
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Christgau's Record Guide B+ [3]
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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.
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