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'''''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 mostly secular music for many 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>
'''''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>
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>

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Truth N' Time
Studio album by
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

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

Critical reception

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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

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  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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  • 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.