"The Lord Will Make a Way" is an album by Al Green, released in 1980. It marks Green's first step into gospel music, following a series of successful soul albums throughout the 1970s. The shift in genre came as Green committed to his religious faith and became an ordained pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Memphis, Tennessee.
The album, produced by Green and longtime producer Willie Mitchell, resulted in Green's first gospel hit, "The Lord Will Make a Way," which takes its title from a popular traditional gospel song. Despite the dramatic shift in music themes, the album demonstrates Green's distinctive emotive vocal style. It truly marked his successful crossover into gospel music.
"The Lord Will Make a Way" was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, leading to Al Green's first of many Grammy Awards for Best Soul Gospel Performance. It laid the groundwork for Green's future gospel career, while also sealing his reputation as a versatile and earnest vocalist.
