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The Lord Will Make a Way

by Al Green

Released: January 16, 1980

Soul

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The Album

Despite the dramatic shift in music themes, the album demonstrates Green's distinctive emotive vocal style. 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 Lord Will Make a Way" is an album by Al Green, released in 1980.

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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.

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It marks Green's first step into gospel music…

It marks Green's first step into gospel music, following a series of successful soul albums throughout the 1970s.

It truly marked his successful crossover into gospel…

It truly marked his successful crossover into gospel music.

It laid the groundwork for Green's future gospel…

It laid the groundwork for Green's future gospel career, while also sealing his reputation as a versatile and earnest vocalist.

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The Lord Will Make a Way

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.

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"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.

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The Complete Album Story

"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.