Call Me (Al Green album)

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Call Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1973
Recorded1972
StudioRoyal Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre
Length35:07
Label Hi
Producer Willie Mitchell, Al Green
Al Green chronology
I'm Still In Love With You
(1972)
Call Me
(1973)
Livin' for You
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Christgau's Record Guide A+ [5]
Tom Hull A+ [6]
Rolling Stone (1973)(favorable) [7]
Rolling Stone (2004)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]

Call Me is the sixth album by soul singer Al Green, released in April 1973. It is widely regarded as Green's masterpiece, and has been called one of the best soul albums ever made. [9] In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it the 70th greatest album in any genre. Call Me was a Top 10 Billboard Pop Album, and the third No. 1 Soul Album. In 2003, the album was ranked number 289 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and 290 in a 2012 revised list. [10] Praised for his emotive singing style, Green here incorporates country influences, covering both Willie Nelson and Hank Williams. This album contained three top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "You Ought to Be with Me", "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" and "Call Me (Come Back Home)".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Al Green, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Call Me (Come Back Home)"Al Green, Al Jackson Jr., Willie Mitchell 3:03
2."Have You Been Making Out O.K." 3:42
3."Stand Up" 3:25
4."I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Hank Williams 3:10
5."Your Love Is Like the Morning Sun" 3:09
Total length:16:29
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"Green, Teenie Hodges 4:14
2."Funny How Time Slips Away" Willie Nelson 5:33
3."You Ought to Be with Me"Green, Jackson Jr., Mitchell3:15
4."Jesus Is Waiting" 5:36
Total length:18:38

Personnel

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) – album

Billboard (North America) – singles

Later samples

See also

References

  1. Shapiro, Peter; et al. (2003). Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides. p.  451. ISBN   1858284570.
  2. Pitchfork Staff (June 23, 2004). "The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 16, 2023. Green and Mitchell found R&B perfection...
  3. "AllMusic - Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands". AllMusic . Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  4. Christgau, Robert (May 2007). "Al Green: Back Catalogue". Blender . Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  5. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  6. Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  7. Landau, Jon (July 5, 1973). "Call Me". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  8. Blashill, Pat (June 29, 2004). "Call Me (Reissue)". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  9. Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock, p. 451. Rough Guides. ISBN   1-84353-105-4.
  10. "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2019.