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Call Me
Studio album by
Al Green
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 [3]
Blender [4]
Christgau's Record GuideA+ [5]
Tom HullA+ [8]
Rolling Stone (1973)(favorable) [6]
Rolling Stone (2004) [7]

Call Me is the sixth album by soul singer Al Green. 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 #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)."

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 Mitchell3:03
2."Have You Been Making Out O.K." 3:42
3."Stand Up" 3:25
4." I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Hank Williams3:10
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 Hodges4:14
2." Funny How Time Slips Away" Willie Nelson5:33
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

  • 1973 Pop Albums No. 10
  • 1973 Black Albums No. 1

Billboard (North America) – singles

  • 1972 "You Ought To Be With Me" Pop Singles No. 3
  • 1972 "You Ought To Be With Me" Black Singles No. 1
  • 1973 "Call Me (Come Back Home)" Pop Singles No. 10
  • 1973 "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)" Pop Singles No. 10
  • 1973 "Call Me (Come Back Home)" Black Singles No. 2
  • 1973 "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)" Black Singles No. 2

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 14 October 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. ^ Landau, Jon (5 July 1973). "Call Me". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. ^ Blashill, Pat (29 June 2004). "Call Me (Reissue)". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. ^ Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  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.
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