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{{Infobox album
{{Album infobox | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Al Green's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
| name = Truth N' Time
| Type = Album
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Al Green]]
| artist = [[Al Green]]
| Cover = B00003E438.01. SCTHUMBZZZ .jpg
| cover = Truth n' Time (cover art).jpg
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| alt =
| Background = orange
| Released = 1978
| released = 1978
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
| venue =
| Length =
| studio = American Music
| Label = [[The Right Stuff Records]]
| genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
| Producer =
| length = 26:54
| label = [[Hi Records|Hi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3227|title=Goldmine Record Album Price Guide|first=Martin|last=Popoff|date=September 8, 2009|publisher=Penguin|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| Reviews =
| producer = Al Green
* [[All Music Guide]] [[Image:4hv out of 5.png]] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:c9n8b5m4tsq0 link]
| Last album = ''[[The Belle Album]]'' (1977)
| prev_title = [[The Belle Album]]
| prev_year = 1977
| This album = ''Al Green's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2'' (1977)
| next_title = [[The Lord Will Make a Way]]
| Next album = ''[[Truth N' Time]]'' (1978)
| next_year = 1980
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/truth-n-time-mw0000313094|title=Truth N' Time - Al Green &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = B+<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: G|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=G&bk=70|accessdate=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=888}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |pages=290-291}}</ref>
}}
'''''Truth N' Time''''' is a studio album by the [[soul music|soul]] singer [[Al Green]], released in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/al-green-mn0000607448/biography|title=Al Green &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhqrDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT189|title=Soul Survivor: A Biography of Al Green|first=Jimmy|last=McDonough|date=August 29, 2017|publisher=Hachette Books|via=Google Books}}</ref> It was Green's last album of mainly secular music for several years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrington |first1=Richard |title=Al Green, Back in Touch With a Sensual Soul |work=The Washington Post |date=23 Nov 2003 |page=N4}}</ref>

The album peaked at No. 44 on the ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/al-green/chart-history/blp/|title=Al Green|website=Billboard}}</ref>

==Production==
''Truth N' Time'' was recorded at Green's American Music studio.<ref name=CL/> Green produced the album.<ref name=RS2/>

==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."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lane |first1=George |title=Shades of Blue |work=Bay State Banner |date=8 Feb 1979 |page=17}}</ref>

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."<ref name="RS2">{{cite journal |last1=Walters |first1=Barry |title=Al Green |journal=Rolling Stone |date=Feb 9, 2006 |issue=993 |page=68}}</ref>

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

==Personnel==
*Al Green - vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, arrangements
*Bernard Staton, James Bass - guitar
*Brian Batie, Errol Thomas, James Turner - bass
*Fred Jordan, Gary Lax, Jesse Butler, Johnny Brown, Purvis Leon Thomas, Charles Renard Webb - keyboards
*John Toney - drums, percussion
*Ron Echols - tenor and baritone saxophone
*Buddy Jarrett - alto saxophone
*Darryl Neely, Fred Jordan - trumpet
*Buddy Jarrett, Harvey Jones, Linda Jones - backing vocals
*Fred Jordan - engineer
*Kinji Nishimura - photography

==References==
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{{Al Green}}
One of [[Al Green]]'s early [[gospel]] efforts, 1978.
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[[Category:Al Green albums]]
# Blow Me Down
[[Category:1978 albums]]
# Lo and Behold
[[Category:Hi Records albums]]
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# Wait Here
# To Sir with Love
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# Truth N’ Time
# King of All
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# I Say a Little Prayer
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# Happy Days

Latest revision as of 16:18, 15 July 2024

Truth N' Time
Studio album by
Al Green
Released1978
StudioAmerican Music
GenreSoul
Length26:54
LabelHi[1]
ProducerAl 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[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[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]

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

Production

[edit]

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

Critical reception

[edit]

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

[edit]
  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

[edit]
  • Al Green - vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, arrangements
  • Bernard Staton, James Bass - guitar
  • Brian Batie, Errol Thomas, James Turner - bass
  • Fred Jordan, Gary Lax, Jesse Butler, Johnny Brown, Purvis Leon Thomas, Charles Renard Webb - keyboards
  • John Toney - drums, percussion
  • Ron Echols - tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Buddy Jarrett - alto saxophone
  • Darryl Neely, Fred Jordan - trumpet
  • Buddy Jarrett, Harvey Jones, Linda Jones - backing vocals
  • Fred Jordan - engineer
  • Kinji Nishimura - photography

References

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  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Truth N' Time - Al Green | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  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. ^ a b 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 (23 Nov 2003). "Al Green, Back in Touch With a Sensual Soul". The Washington Post. p. N4.
  9. ^ "Al Green". Billboard.
  10. ^ a b Walters, Barry (Feb 9, 2006). "Al Green". Rolling Stone (993): 68.
  11. ^ Lane, George (8 Feb 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. p. 17.
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