Al Green Gets Next to You

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Al Green Gets Next to You is a studio album by American soul singer Al Green, released August 14, 1971. -Wikipedia

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Rolling Stone

The product of Al Green is most readily accessible. It deserves to be heard by everyone.

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Rolling Stone

Green and his musicians sound like terrifically expressive bees buzzing around rhythmically inside some funky old box. More masterpieces would come in the years ahead — 1973’s Call Me, most quickly — but all you need is right here. .

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All Music

Alternating between Sam Cooke's croon and Otis Redding's shout, Green develops his own distinctive style, and Gets Next to You only touches the surface of its depth.

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Albumism

Gets Next to You is a great introduction to Al Green’s discography. It’s emblematic of that moment when most great artists begin an impressive streak of creativity that separates them from the rest of the pack.

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Pop Matters

Shocking in how modern it sounds -- sexy and Staxy, to be sure, but also desperate and churchy and bluesy and kinda rocky and funky and everything all together.

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Commercial Appeal

Still sounds like a revelation.

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