AL GREEN - Let's Stay Together LP

The album that made Al Green a household name in the ranks of fellow contemporaneous soul singers Marvin Gaye and Isaac Hayes, Let's Stay Together doesn't disappoint. Let's Stay Together epitomizes the Hi Records sound, a soul sound that can best be described as equally gritty and smooth, inspired heavily by the Stax/Atlantic Memphis sound of the 60's (in particular, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Solomon Burke), but with a bit more sweetness (such as through the addition of strings and gentle back up singers) and an overall more subdued and an understated feel in both the production and the lyrics, which Al Green's voice and intimate, oftentimes sensual romantic material is perfectly suited for.