Take Me to the Alley is the fourth studio album by Gregory Porter, released on May 6, 2016, through Blue Note Records.

"[15] Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis said: ... for all its easiness on the ear, – and there are moments when listening Take Me to the Alley feels like being mugged by a syrup sponge pudding – there’s something weirdly uncompromising about Porter’s music.

He doesn’t bother with glossy production: Take Me to the Alley sounds fantastic, but that’s down to the warm spontaneity of an album that seems to have been recorded in six days.

His own compositions proudly display his gospel roots – not the first genre you’d think of flaunting were you desperate for mainstream success.

The title track offers up a parable about the second coming of Christ, its sternness at odds with the pacific piano playing and Alicia Olatuja's pillowy backing vocals; "In Heaven" undercuts the small hours loveliness of its muted trumpet with a lyric by Porter's cousin about death and redemption.