Lets Stay Together [Bonus Tracks] -Al Green --CD-724354267826

All Music Guide Prior to this album, Al Green never had a number one song. The title track, "Lets Stay Together," achieved that status and held it for nine consecutive weeks. Greens ingenuity produced one of the all-time classics, which has the bounce of a dance cut and the passion of a ballad. The dynamic soul singers whispers, animated cries, and riffing enhance his already stirring delivery. This album was sold on the strength of the title track as there were no other selections to grace the Billboard charts. However, this album includes the timeless gem "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" and lesser-known beauties like the exulting "Judy," the cookin testimonial "I Never Found a Girl," and the soothing blues effort "It Aint No Fun to Me." The Arkansas native and his creative partner Willie Mitchell season these selections with lucid rhythm arrangements complemented by the faint strums of a guitar and brawn, unchiding horns. [Lets Stay Together was reissued in 2003 with bonus tracks.] Craig Lytle