Livin' for You

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A[2]
Blender	[3]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) (1973)[4] (2004)[5]

Livin' for You is the seventh album from soul musician Al Green. Released in 1973 it includes the hit title track and "Let's Get Married." The album cracked the Top 25 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart and was the fourth album from the artist to peak at #1 on the Soul Albums chart.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Livin' for You" (Al Green, Willie Mitchell) - 3:12
2. "Home Again" (Green) - 3:59
3. "Free at Last" (Green) - 3:30
4. "Let's Get Married" (Green) - 5:36
5. "So Good to Be Here" (Green, Michael Allen) - 2:47

Side two

1. "Sweet Sixteen" (Green) - 3:30
2. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) - 5:35
3. "My God Is Real" (Green, Kenneth Morris)- 2:43
4. "Beware" (Green) - 8:20

Personnel

• Al Green - vocals
• Teenie Hodges - guitar
• Leroy Hodges - bass
• Charles Hodges - piano, organ
• Al Jackson, Jr. - drums
• Howard Grimes - drums, congas
• Archie Turner, James Brown, Michael Allen - piano
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes - backing vocals
• Andrew Love, Ed Logan - tenor saxophone
• James Mitchell - baritone saxophone
• Wayne Jackson - trumpet
• Jack Hale, Sr. - trombone
• The Memphis Strings - strings

Technical

• Vince Biondi - art direction
• Tom Daly - cover illustration

Later samples

• "Free at Last"
  • "Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)" by Jay-Z from the album The Blueprint
  • "No One Else" by Mary J. Blige from the album My Life
  • "Living This Life" by UGK from the album UGK (Underground Kingz)

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1974 (U.S.)

References