Al Green - Explores Your Mind album flac

This discography is of the albums and singles released by American R&B/soul singer Al Green. A Change Is Gonna Come" appears in the film Ali. The original was written and sung by Sam Cooke, however Green recorded a live version for the film which is played when Muhammad Ali - played by Will Smith - learns of the death of close friend Malcolm X.

Producer – Al Green, Willie Mitchell. Strings – The Memphis Strings. Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Love, Ed Logan. Explores Your Mind ‎(LP, Album).

Unlike previous Al Green albums, this album featured only one major hit, the . hit "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)", but did contain the original version of "Take Me to the River", a song which went to on the Billboard chart when covered by Talking Heads in 1978. In 2004, the song "Take Me to the River" was ranked number 117 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. The album was his fifth consecutive album to claim on the Soul Albums chart, and peaked at on the Pop Albums chart.

Audio CD, Original recording remastered, June 29, 2004. This may not have been Al Green's strongest-selling album but no Soul fan should be without it either. 2 people found this helpful.

The legendary Al Green's superb 1974 album, Explore Your Mind. The legendary Al Green's superb 1974 album, Explore Your Mind.

The closing track on Green’s 1973 album Livin’ for You is disconcerting and unsettling, though it appears mellifluous and warm. If Green’s best songs explore the tug of war between the soul and the flesh, Beware seems to show the consummate lover warning us his motives may not be honourable. You can choose to hear the song as just another come-on, or you can hear it as the opposite – a call to be on the alert for people who might manipulate you for their own ends. One night in October 1974, shortly after the release of the song, on the album Al Green Explores Your Mind, Woodsonarrived at the studio in a state of agitation. Understanding that something was wrong, but not knowing what, Green tried to play the song to her as a means of defusing the tension.