Precious Lord

This article is about the Al Green album. For the Aretha Franklin album reissued under this name, see Songs of Faith (Aretha Franklin album). For the gospel song by Thomas A. Dorsey, see Take My Hand, Precious Lord. For the album by Thomas A. Dorsey, see Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey.

Precious Lord is an album by the American musician Al Green, released in 1982.^[2] It peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart.^[3]

Precious Lord
Studio album by Al Green
Released	1982
Studio	Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Gospel, pop
Label	Myrrh[1]
Producer	Al Green
Al Green chronology
Tokyo Live (1981) Precious Lord (1982) I'll Rise Again (1983)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Robert Christgau	B[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Robert Christgau thought that "the Memphis groove of Al's first two Myrrh albums had somehow turned into rote tent-gospel timekeeping."^[5] The New York Times wrote that "Green works audacious transformations on some of the most beloved gospel standards, turning them into bright, upbeat pop."^[6]

Track listing

1. "Precious Lord" (Thomas A. Dorsey) - 3:12
2. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" - 4:15
3. "The Old Rugged Cross" - 3:27
4. "Morningstar" (Moses Dillard, Sharon Michalsky) - 3:26
5. "How Great Thou Art" - 3:34
6. "Glory To His Name" - 2:57
7. "Rock of Ages" - 2:35
8. "In the Garden" - 3:59
9. "Hallelujah (I Just Want to Praise the Lord)" (Al Green, Moses Dillard) - 4:40

Personnel

• Al Green – lead vocals, arrangements (2, 6, 7)
• David Briggs – keyboards
• Tony Brown – keyboards
• Kenny Bell – guitars
• Moses Dillard – guitars
• Bob Wray – bass
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Jerry Peters – horn and string arrangements
• The Nashville Hornworks – horns
• The "A" Strings – strings
• Anita Ball – backing vocals
• Francine Belcher – backing vocals
• Lea Jane Berinati – backing vocals
• Kim Fleming – backing vocals
• Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
• Bobby Jones – backing vocals
• Donna McElroy – backing vocals
• Temple Riser – backing vocals
• Karen Taylor – backing vocals

Production

• Al Green – producer
• Bill Cantrell – associate producer
• Quinton Claunch – associate producer
• Billy Sherrill – engineer, mixing
• Hank Williams – mastering at Woodland Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Alan Messer – photography