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Truth N' Time
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Studio album by
Released1978
GenreSoul
Length26:54
LabelHi
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[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Truth N' Time is a studio album by soul singer Al Green, released in 1978.[4] It was Green's last album of mostly secular music for many years.

The album peaked at No. 44 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[5]

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

  • 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

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/truth-n-time-mw0000313094
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 290–291.
  4. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/al-green-mn0000607448/biography
  5. ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/al-green/chart-history/BLP/song/378095