Call Me

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.

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

 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