One, three, four. From W be easy Chicago and PRX, this is sound opinions. I'm Greg Cott.

And I'm Jim De Regattis.

Al Green sang some of the most acclaimed soul records of the 70s.

So when he decided to leave it all behind for

the church, many questioned why. And everybody around him certainly felt like,

what are you doing, Al, you've got a million dollar career. We're all hanging on you.

We discuss Al Green's life and his pivotal first gospel record, The Bell Album.

Plus, we review the new one from Taylor Swift.

We can't make any promises now can we be.

That's all coming up on Sound Opinions.

You're listening to Sound Opinions, Greg, and later in the show we are going to review the sixth album from Taylor Swift reputation.

It's going to be inescapable. This is going to be the pop giant titanic iceberg of the next year at least. You know it. We're going to try to offer some insights that maybe you haven't heard elsewhere.

It is absolutely going to be inescapable, Jim.

Gonna be number one on that pop album chart as we speak.

That's going to be later on in the show, though.

First, we're going to talk about soul and gospel legend

Al Green. So people know Al Green I'm still

so people know Al Green, I think, for hits like Love and Happiness and Let's

stay together and I'm so tired of being alone and it could go on and on and

on so much incredible music. We are going to however talk about his life

and a lesser known album from his catalog, The Bell album. It's a record that means

an incredible amount to both of us, Greg. That's right Jim. This came at a point in

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