“There’s a delicious tension in Al Green’s music; you can feel this supernaturally gifted singer stretching and straining, pushing to achieve some new peak that lies just beyond his reach. His ’70s hits are impeccable examples of Southern soul: smoldering, heart-on-the-sleeve ballads and chesty, up-tempo declarations of passion, stoked by pungent horns and pulsating rhythms. […]”
