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

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