Al Green Gets Next to You (alternatively known as Gets Next to You) is the third studio album by American soul singer Al Green, released in March 1971.

Track listing

  1. "I Can't Get Next to You" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) – 3:52
  2. "Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?" (Bert Berns) – 4:02
  3. "God Is Standing By" (Johnny Taylor) – 3:14
  4. "Tired of Being Alone" (Al Green) – 2:43
  5. "I'm a Ram" (Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:53
  6. "Driving Wheel" (Roosevelt Sykes) – 3:04
  7. "Light My Fire" (Robbie Krieger, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore) – 3:59
  8. "You Say It" (Al Green) – 2:57
  9. "Right Now, Right Now" (Al Green) – 2:53
  10. "All Because" (Al Green) – 2:42
  11. "Ride, Sally Ride" – (bonus track)
  12. "True Love" – (bonus track)
  13. "I'll Be Standing By" – (bonus track)

Editions of the album released outside North America include four extra tracks from Green's previous album Green is Blues, which had not been released in those territories: side A adds "My Girl" and "Get Back" after "I'm a Ram", side B adds "The Letter" and "One Woman" after "All Because".

Later samples

  • "Light My Fire"
  • "Ode to the Modern Man" by Atmosphere from the album Overcast! (1997)
  • "Burning Season" by Killarmy from the album Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (1997)
  • "All Because"
  • "Microphone Techniques" by 3rd Bass from the album Derelicts of Dialect (1991)

Gov't Mule covered "I'm a Ram" on their 2007 album Mighty High.

References