Higher Plane (album) explained

Higher Plane
Type:	Album
Artist:	Al Green
Cover:	Higher Plane (Al Green album - cover art).jpg
Released:	1981
Genre:	Gospel, soul
Label:	Myrrh Records^[1]
Producer:	Al Green
Prev Title:	Tokyo Live
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Precious Lord
Next Year:	1982

Higher Plane is a gospel album by the American musician Al Green, released in 1981.^[2]

Critical reception

The New York Times noted the "first-rate songs and arrangements, a sure sense of its own style, and performances as rich in sensuality and erotic innuendo as any of Mr. Green's pop recordings."^[3]

Track listing

1. "Higher Plane" (Keith Anthony Burke, Marshall Jones) - 3:37
2. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) - 6:23
3. "By My Side" (Johnny Brown, Morgan Joseph) - 4:18
4. "The Spirit Might Come - On and On" (Burke, Joseph) - 5:23
5. "Where Love Rules" (Burke, Jean Burleson) - 5:13
6. "Amazing Grace" - 3:31
7. "His Name Is Jesus" (Burke, Burleson) - 5:26
8. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" - 2:32

Personnel

• Al Green – lead and backing vocals, string arrangements
• Jesse Butler – keyboards
• Larry Lee – lead guitars
• Reuben Fairfax Jr. – bass
• Aaron Purdy – drums
• Jerry Peters – string arrangements
• Marjie Joseph – backing vocals
• Laura Lee – backing vocals
• Wanda Neal Bobo – backing vocals
• James Nelson – backing vocals

Production

• Producer – Al Green
• Engineers – Bill Cantrell and Fred Jordan
• Recorded at American Music Recording Studios (Memphis, TN)
• Coordinator – Jesse Butler
• Design – Dennis Hill
• Photography – Alan Messer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Robert Christgau: CG: al green. www.robertchristgau.com.
2. News: Rockwell . John . Al Green Forges New Links Between Secular and Sacred . The New York Times . 31 Jan 1982 . A25.
3. News: Palmer . Robert . The Pop Life . The New York Times . 27 July 1983 . C18.