| He Is the Light | ||||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Studio | Royal Studios (Memphis, TN) | |||
| Genre | Soul, gospel | |||
| Label | A&M Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Willie Mitchell | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [5] |
He Is the Light is an album by Al Green, released in 1985.[6] It was Green's first album for A&M Records.[7]
The album peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.[8]
The album marked the return of producer Willie Mitchell, who had last worked on 1976's Have a Good Time.[2] It was recorded at Royal Studios, with many of the same musicians Green employed in the 1970s.[9]
Robert Christgau wrote that "Leroy Hodges's famous bottom keeps the record flowing like none of Green's other Jesus LPs, but it's still songs that make or break--and in this case do neither."[3] Rolling Stone declared that "the only great new Al Green song here is 'Power', which builds on 'Jesus Is Waiting' and 'Have You Been Making Out O.K.' but claims its own space in the pantheon."[10] The Globe and Mail called He Is the Light "a gorgeous record: spare, crisp production, and tunes that haunt you."[11]
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