| Let's Stay Together | ||||
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| Released | January 31, 1972 | |||
| Studio | Royal Recording, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 33:53 | |||
| Label | Hi (SH-32070) | |||
| Producer | Willie Mitchell | |||
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Let's Stay Together is the fourth studio album by soul singer Al Green. Released on January 31, 1972, as the follow-up to his moderate success, Al Green Gets Next to You, it was recorded at Royal Recording Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. A commercial success, it peaked at number eight on the pop albums chart and became the first of six consecutive Green albums to peak at number one on the soul album chart, where it held the position for ten straight weeks.
Let's Stay Together is best-known for its title track, "Let's Stay Together", which became Green's signature song and his only number-one pop hit single. The third Green album produced by Willie Mitchell; Let's Stay Together marked the beginning of Green's classic period of critically acclaimed albums.