The album was Green's second of 1972, following Let's Stay Together, which reached #8 on the Billboard album chart and #1 on the Billboard R&B album chart -- the first of six consecutive studio albums that topped the R&B album chart. I'm Still in Love With You kept the momentum going, as it was not only one of those #1 albums on the R&B album chart, but it also went to #4 on the Billboard album chart, his highest-charting studio album. It is also certified platinum by the RIAA.
Two singles released from the album were Top 5 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, with the title track going to #3 and "Look What You Done For Me" going to #4. Overall, the album is just a great example of early '70s soul music. Green was at his peak, and his backing musicians were at the top of their game as well. The album cover shows Green donning a full white suit and plethora of gold jewelry, as if to say, "Come and get me, ladies, if you dare."
For the most part, the songs are originals -- with the two aforementioned tracks and "Love and Happiness" leading the way -- but Green also covers Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman," adding his own soulful flair to the song, and the Kris Kristofferson-penned "For the Good Times," which had been a #1 country song for Ray Price a couple years earlier.
Favorite song from Side 1: "Love and Happiness"
This is probably my favorite Al Green song. Charles Hodges's soulful organ drives the song, which is about how love can make you do right or wrong. It's one of the best soul songs ever, in my opinion, and apparently the opinion of othersRolling Stone also ranked this song the #98 greatest song of all-time.Favorite song from Side 2: "Look What You Done For Me"
This is another one of Green's signature song, and it's as smooth as he always is.
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