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

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

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."[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

  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. ↑ 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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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