Have a Good Time (album)

Have a Good Time
Standard/Original artwork
Studio album by Al Green
Released	November 18, 1976 (1976-11-18)
Recorded	1976
Genre	Soul
Length	30:11
Label	Hi Records
Producer	Willie Mitchell, Al Green
Al Green chronology
Full of Fire (1976)Full of Fire1976 Have a Good Time (1976) Al Green's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1977)Al Green's Greatest Hits, Vol. 21977

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	(B+)
Rolling Stone	(mixed) (1977) (2004)

Have a Good Time is an album by soul singer Al Green released in 1976.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Al Green and Willie Mitchell; except where indicated

Side one

1. "Keep Me Cryin'" - 3:08
2. "Smile a Little Bit More" - 2:53
3. "I Tried to Tell Myself" - 3:28
4. "Something" - 4:24
5. "The Truth Marches On" - 2:42

Side two

1. "Have a Good Time" (Green) - 3:38
2. "Nothing Takes the Place of You" (Toussaint McCall, Alan Robinson) - 4:39
3. "Happy" - 2:40
4. "Hold on Forever" (Green) - 2:38

Later Samples

• "Something"
  • "Maybe One Day" by Brand Nubian from the album Foundation
  • "I've Been Waiting on You" by Miri Ben-Ari from the album The Hip-Hop Violinist
  • "Wu-Kin Blood" by La the Darkman from the album Heist of the Century
  • "Married to Marijuana" by N.O.R.E. from the album What What-Throwback Volume 2
  • "Something" by Big K.R.I.T. from the album K.R.I.T. Wuz Here

Personnel

• Al Green: vocals
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes: backing vocals
• Mabon "Teenie" Hodges: guitars
• Michael Hodges, Michael Toles: guitars, sitar
• Michael Allen, James H. Brown, Archie Turner: piano
• Charles Hodges: organ
• Leroy Hodges: bass
• Gene Chrisman, Howard Grimes: drums, percussion
• Lewis Collins, Bill Easley - tenor saxophone
• Andrew Love - alto saxophone
• James Mitchell: baritone saxophone
• Jack Hale, Jr., Wayne Jackson: trumpet
• Jack Hale, Sr., Jackie Thomas: trombone
• The Memphis Strings - strings
• Strings & Horns arranged by Willie Mitchell & Aarion Nesbit