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intereact!Al Green
Retail Price (not our price): $18.98
Release Date: 2005-03-15
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
The great soul singer made his secular comeback with 2002's I Can't Stop, but Everything's OK is truly Al Green's return to form. Green left the concert stage for the pulpit in 1979, and while his pretty falsetto reading of Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful" could easily be holy praise, he makes it clear in his asides that he's keeping things on a strictly earthly plane this time. Twenty-eight years after "Love and Happiness," these satisfying songs glide on those emotions as Green celebrates joy and carnal desire. He couldn't be clearer than in numbers like "I Wanna Hold You." When he sings about lovemaking his voice seems buoyed by helium, it's so light, high, and soaring. Green and producer Willie Mitchell made magic together at Memphis's Hi Records in the '70s with their mix of Green's buttery tones and ecstatic cries and deep percussion-, horn-, and keyboard-swathed grooves. They do it again here repeatedly, capturing the élan of their heyday on numbers like the title track and "Build Me Up." If Green's new missionary work is putting a little love in our hearts during these turbulent, conflicted times, this reassuringly titled CD is a great start. --Ted Drozdowski
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) Disappointing... [Rating: 2 out of 5]
I was thrilled with Al's first soul album in almost 30 years ("I can't stop"), and I was happy to know that he and Willie had another new effort. Unfortunately (IMO), this CD is over-produced and way too slick. The songs are uneventful, and nothing really stands out. I haven't listened to this CD since the first week I bought it. Sorry, I love Al and I have all of his music, and I hope he keeps recording, but he's capable of SO much better than this.2) GREAT SOUL ALBUM [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Al Green returns with one of the best soul albums I heard in a long time. His voice sounds like it is still the seventies and the music is beautiful. His version of You Are So Beautiful grips to me and Green makes it his own. Magic Road is a great song that has some funk in it. This is a true soul album done by the one and only Reverend Al Green. I can't wait till the next album because I'm wanting more. Favorites include Everything's OK, You Are So Beautiful, Build Me Up, Nobody But You, Real Love, I Can Make Music, Be My Baby, Magic Road, I Wanna Hold You, and All The Time. Highly Highly Recommended.3) R. Kelly's Collaboration Would Help [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This album is truer to Al Green's form than his last come back album I Can't Stop, but it's still just okay. Maybe Al Green should collaborate with R. Kelly on some good music material. Not that Al needs to change his style, but R. Kelly is the master of writing soulful, gospel infused ballads. R. Kelly writes songs that reaches the heart and soul, the kind of songs that Al use to sing in the past. I think R. Kelly's touch may be just what Al needs.4) Great to hear him again [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Although his last album of a couple of years ago was his "comeback" to secular music, I think this one really represents a return to form for him. It's great to hear those danceable grooves again, and he's in great voice.5) Everything really is okay [Rating: 3 out of 5]
The Reverend Al Green - Everything's OK (Blue Note, 2005)Unlike other people, I enjoyed Rev. Al's last comeback album, I Can't Stop, more than this one. The only problem that I had with that album was that a few songs sounded exactly like the title track. On this album, it's even worse. A little variety in production would have made this a more enjoyable album. Al's voice is still in tip-top shape but he does resort to screaming and wailing a little too much. The only song I really enjoyed was his remake of "You Are So Beautiful". I'll probably have to listen to this album again to get a better feel for it but for now, Everything's OK is the most appropriate album title ever. -EJR