I'm Still In Love with You

Smooth as silk and deeply heartfelt, I’m Still in Love with You sees Al Green at the height of his powers. Romantically assured, musically adventurous, and vocally untouchable.

Released on 23 October 1972, just months after Let’s Stay Together, this fifth studio album refines the sensual gospel-soul hybrid that made Green a star. Produced again by Willie Mitchell, it expands Green’s signature sound with confident strides into new territory. Nowhere is this clearer than in his lush take on Kris Kristofferson’s “For The Good Times” and the brassy, tender reimagining of Roy Orbison’s “Oh Pretty Woman”, a bold genre crossover that feels entirely natural in Green’s hands. These reinterpretations are neither ironic nor imitative; they’re invitations, drawing country balladry into Green’s universe of velvet strings, gently swaying horns, and midnight confessions.

Originals like “Simply Beautiful” and the immortal “Love and Happiness” stand among the most affecting songs he ever recorded—sparse, aching, and radiant with emotional clarity. Green’s falsetto flutters over every syllable like smoke, effortlessly shifting from vulnerable to seductive in a single phrase. His voice, even more than the tight Memphis grooves behind him, is the anchor here, at once intimate and transcendent.

Commercially, the album soared to number one on the R&B charts and number four on the Billboard 200, cementing Green’s place as soul’s reigning romantic. Decades later, it continues to resonate: sampled by hip-hop icons, lauded by critics, and loved by generations of listeners drawn to its elegant, deeply human sound.