Al Green: Higher Plane (Hi/PRT)
Andy Gill, NME, 3 April 1982
OH, HAPPY man...You can tell Al Green is truly saved from a quick glance at the cover, from the way his Daz-white shirt blue-airbrushes its way over half his suit and waistcoat too, a radiant glow of Truth and Light straight from yes, 'fraid so! straight from the heart. And from the way he performs the benediction (or whatever it is) with such beguiling glee on the back. Oh, yes. A Happy Man.
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