Greatest Hits (1975)

Al Green's Greatest Hits is a 1975 greatest hits release by soul singer Al Green. In 2003, the album was ranked number 52 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. The album's ranking dropped to number 456 in the 2020 revised list. The compilation has consistently ranked as one of the best executed 'greatest hits' albums in history. The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart and No. 17 on the Top LPs chart.

Personnel

• The following credits refer to Al Green Greatest Hits: Deluxe Edition
• Al Green — vocals
• Charles Chalmers — string arrangements
• James Mitchell — baritone saxophone, string arrangements
• Wayne Jackson — trumpet
• Jack Hale — trombone
• Ed Logan, Andrew Love — tenor saxophone
• Charles Hodges — organ, piano
• Michael Allen, Archie Turner — piano
• Teenie Hodges — electric guitar
• Leroy Hodges — bass
• Al Jackson Jr. — drums, percussion
• Howard Grimes, Ali Muhammed Jackson — bongos, drums, conga
• Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes — background vocals
• Production personnel
• Al Green — original producer
• Willie Mitchell — original producer, engineer, remixing
• Bob Levy, Buddy Rosenburg — photography
• Tom Cartwright — reissue executive producer
• Chris Clough, Kevin Flaherty – reissue producers

Margaret Goldfarb, Kathy Kinslow, Charles Levan, Tami Masak, Cheryl Pawelski — reissue production assistants

• Howard Craft, Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot, Robert Vosgien – remastering
• Richard Kriegler, Susan Lavioue, Richard E. Roth — reissue art direction