Call Me (Al Green album)

Call Me
Call Me
Studio album by Al Green
Released	April 1973
Recorded	1972
Studio	Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Soul; R&B;
Length	35:07
Label	Hi
Producer	Willie Mitchell, Al Green
Al Green chronology

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 #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.	Title	Writer(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.	Title	Writer(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., Mitchell	3:15
4.	"Jesus Is Waiting"		5:36
Total length:			18:38

"Here I Am (Come And Take Me)"
- "Slang Editorial" by Cappadonna from the album The Pillage
"You Ought To Be With Me"
- "260" by Ghostface Killah from the album Ironman

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