Call Me - Definition

Call Me
Album by Al Green
Released	July, 1973
Recorded	???
Genre	Soul
Length	35 min 07 s
Record label	HI
Producer	Willie Mitchell
Professional reviews
Q review	3 stars out of 5	December 1998 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=133938&resource=133938&fixture_artist=142077)
Rolling Stone review	Favorable	link (http://rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=17386&cf=)
Allmusic.com review	5 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70402061550550046&sql=Algfe4j470wai)
Robert Christgau review	Grade: A+	link (http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=34&name=Al+Green)
Al Green Chronology
I'm Still in Love With You (1972)	Call Me (1973)	Livin' for You (1973)

Call Me is a landmark album by American soul singer Al Green, released in July of 1973 (see 1973 in music). Praised for his emotive singing style, Green here incorporates country influences, covering both Willie Nelson and Hank Williams.

Call Me is widely regarded as Green's magnum opus, and one of the premiere albums of early 1970s soul. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it the 70th greatest album in any genre.

Track listing

1. "Call Me (Come Back Home)" (Green/Jackson/Mitchell) - 3:03
2. "Have You Been Making Out O.K." (Green) - 3:42
3. "Stand Up" (Green) - 3:25
4. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Williams) - 3:10
5. "Your Love Is Like the Morning Sun" (Green) - 3:09
6. "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" (Green/Hodges) - 4:14
7. "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Nelson) - 5:33
8. "You Ought to Be With Me" (Green/Jackson/Mitchell) - 3:15
9. "Jesus Is Waiting" (Green) - 5:36

Personnel

• Al Green - Vocals, Producer
• Willie Mitchell - Producer, Engineer
• Charles Chalmers - Vocals (bckgr), Horn Arrangements
• Margaret Goldfarb - Assistant Producer
• Howard Grimes - Drums
• Jack Hale - Trombone
• Charles Hodges - Organ, Piano
• Leroy Hodges - Bass
• Mabon "Teenie" Hodges - Guitar
• Wayne Jackson - Trumpet
• Kathy Kinslow - Assistant Producer
• Charles Levan - Assistant Producer
• Ed Logan - Horn (Tenor), Sax (Tenor)
• Andrew Love - Horn (Tenor), Sax (Tenor)
• The Memphis Strings - Strings
• James Mitchell - Sax (Baritone), Horn Arrangements
• Bud O'Shea - Executive Producer
• Eli Okun - Executive Producer
• Cheryl Pawelski - Assistant Producer
• Donna Rhodes - Vocals (bckgr)
• Sandra Rhodes - Vocals (bckgr)
• Archie Turner - Piano
• Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums
• Robert Gordon - Liner Notes

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

"Call Me" is a hit song by Blondie. It was used for the title track of Richard Gere's debut film American Gigolo.