The Belle Album
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| Studio album by Al Green | ||
| Released | December 1977 | |
| Genre | Soul | |
| Length | 39:38 | |
| Label | The Right Stuff Records | |
| Producer(s) | Al Green | |
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| Al Green chronology | ||
| Have a Good Time (1976) |
The Belle Album (1977) |
Al Green's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1977) |
The Belle Album is a 1977 album by soul musician Al Green. It is his first album recorded without longtime producer Willie Mitchell, owner of Green's former label, Hi Records. With Mitchell and his label Green also abandoned the famed Hi Rhythm Section, which had previously played a large part in defining Green's distinctive musical style. This also marks the first instance in which Green plays lead guitar on his records.
The Belle Album is one of the last in a string of secular R&B recordings made by Green; he had recently converted to Christianity and had been ordained as a pastor, and thereafter he began creating gospel records exclusively.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Al Green, Fred Jordan and Reuben Fairfax, Jr. except where noted.
- "Belle" – 4:50
- "Loving You" – 3:32
- "Feels Like Summer" – 3:42
- "Georgia Boy" – 7:01
- "I Feel Good" – 5:20
- "All N All" (A. Green, S. Green) – 3:39
- "Chariots of Fire" – 3:50
- "Dream" – 7:33
[edit] Personnel
- Al Green – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
- Reuben Fairfax, Jr. – bass guitar, bell lyre
- James Bass – electric guitar
- Margaret Foxworth, Linda Jones, Harvey Jones – background vocals
- Leon Thomas – clavinet, Fender Rhodes piano
- Johnny Brown – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes piano
- Fred Jordan – Fender Rhodes piano, Roland String Ensemble, Polyphonic Orchestration, trumpet, flugelhorn
- John Toney – drums, Syndrum
- Rob Payne – Syndrum
- Ardis Hardin – drums
- Buddy Jarrett – alto sax
- Darryl Neely – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Ron Echols – tenor and baritone sax
