Al Green - Lay It Down

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May 29, 2015 Sold Date

May 28, 2015 Start Date

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Artikel Name: Lay It Down
Genre: Jazz Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: Jazz EMI Titelanzahl: 19

Trackliste LP - 1

1. Al Green - Lay It Down 2. Al Green - Just For Me 3. Al Green - You've Got the Love I Need 4. Al Green - No One Like You 5. Al Green - What More Do You Want From Me 6. Al Green - Take Your Time 7. Al Green - Too Much 8. Al Green - Stay With Me (By the Sea) 9. Al Green - All I Need 10. Al Green - I'm Wild About You 11. Al Green - Standing In the Rain

Trackliste - 2

Green, Al - No one like you Green, Al - What more do you want from me

Trackliste - 3

Green, Al / Bailey Rae, Corinne - Take your time Green, Al - Too much Green, Al / Legend, John - Stay with me (By the sea)

Trackliste - 4

Green, Al - All I need Green, Al - I'm wild about you Green, Al - Standing in the rain

Beschreibung

The big question that greets listeners encountering Al Green's third Blue Note album, Lay It Down, is: what happens when you put that amazing soul-drenched voice in the hands of hip-hop producers Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson of the Roots and James Poyser, and add a slew of superstar guests? Answer: a killer Al Green soul album. Thompson and Poyser weren't interested in straying far from the classic sound Green and producer Willie Mitchell created at Hi Records in the 1970s, but they did want to place it in a more contemporary -- albeit analog -- setting. Green cut his previous offerings for the label -- 2003's I Can't Stop and 2005's Everything's OK -- with Mitchell, and the results were good, not great, albums because Green's sound was simply re-created nostalgically. Even though Thompson and Poyser have been very creative here with their nuanced percussive, textural, and dynamic touches, Lay It Down is more of a classic-sounding Al Green record than either of its predecessors. The producers are at the core of a studio band (on drums and various analog keyboards, respectively) that also includes Mighty Clouds of Joy guitarist Chalmers "Spanky" Alford (in whose memory the album is dedicated), bassist Adam Blackstone (Jill Scott), and the Dap-Kings Horns. Lay It Down is a slow-burning, solid groover of a soul record; its dynamics and textures shift subtly and purposely to keep Green's voice at the center of its sound. If there is a flaw on the set, it's that individual tracks don't assert themselves immediately. Green, Poyser, and Thompson were going for immediacy and feel: nine of the album's 11 cuts had basic tracks done in their first session. They achieved their goal and then some -- the album feels of such an atmospheric piece and is so present that it initially comes off as a whole. That said, there is no better place to spend 45 minutes than in Lay It Down's dreamy, sensual, gritty, and tender sound world. ~ Thom Jurek

Thom Jurek