![]() ![]() It’s never trite, never obtrusive - none of those wedges of unrelieved production (something quite different from music) you find driven into so many other albums - and always several steps ahead of being just right. Theres a few records that are just are so universally good that you cant consider yourself a music lover if you dont have em in the racks somewhere. As with most Al Green songs (this one written in collaboration with drummer Al Jackson and producer Willie Mitchell), the lyrics are simple, almost unremarkable and in this case touchingly inarticulate: “Spending my days/thinkin' ‘bout you girl./Being here with you/being near with you/Can’t explain myself.” Throughout, Willie Mitchell’s production work is as consistently strong as Green’s vocals. He stretches the word “heaven” and it shimmers or he dips his voice down low at the end of a line as if to insinuate it into every possible corner of the song. The line, “I’m … wrapped up in your love,” delivered twice, is sung high, almost disappearing at the end of his range, and yet enveloping - the perfect vocal equivalent of being hugged tightly in someone’s arms. A song of reassurance after many years of. Listen to Im Still in Love with You by Al Green on Apple Music. ![]() Recording sessions took place during 1972. Stream songs including 'Im Still in Love with You', 'Im Glad Youre Mine' and more. “I’m Still in Love with You” opens the album with one of Green’s more extraordinary vocals. A feeling that you have when you feel a true connection that never dies. I’m Still in Love with You is the fifth studio album by the American gospel and soul singer Al Green, released on October 23, 1972, on Hi Records. ![]()
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