Call Me

by Al Green

Overview

Al Green reached his creative peak with the brilliant Call Me, the most inventive and assured album of his career. So silky and fluid as to sound almost effortless, Green's vocals revel in the lush strings and evocative horns of Willie Mitchell's superbly intimate production, barely rising above an angelic whisper for the gossamer "Have You Been Making Out O.K.." With barely perceptible changes in mood, Call Me covers remarkable ground, spanning from "Stand Up" -- a call to arms delivered with characteristic understatement -- to renditions of Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away," both of them exemplary fusions of country and soul. Equally compelling are the album's three Top Ten hits -- "You Ought to Be With Me," "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)," and the shimmering title cut. A classic. ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	05/26/2023
Label:	Fat Possum Records
UPC:	0767981114613
Rank:	41104

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Al Green   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Ali Muhammed Jackson   Drums
Andrew Love   Sax (Tenor),Horn (Tenor)
Howard Grimes   Drums
Jack Hale   Trombone
James Mitchell   Sax (Baritone)
Charles Hodges   Organ,Piano
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges   Guitar
Wayne Jackson   Trumpet
Sandra Rhodes   Vocals (Background)
Al Jackson, Jr.   Drums
Archie Turner   Piano
Ed Logan   Sax (Tenor),Horn (Tenor)
The Memphis Strings   Strings
Leroy Hodges   Bass,Bass (Electric)
Charles Chalmers   Vocals (Background)
Donna Rhodes   Vocals (Background)
Alex Jackson   Drums
Charles E. Jr. Hodges   Organ,Piano
James J. Mitchell   Sax (Baritone)
Mabon Hodges   Guitar

Technical Credits

Cheryl Pawelski   Assistant Producer
Chris Clough   Mastering Supervisor
James Mitchell   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges   Composer
Alan Robinson   Liner Notes
Phil Brown   Digital Mastering
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Willie Nelson   Composer
Al Green   Composer,Producer
Willie Mitchell   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Bob Norberg   Remastering
Colin Escott   Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
Charles Chalmers   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Kathy Kinslow   Assistant Producer
Bud O'Shea   Executive Producer
Howard Craft   Mastering
Eli Okun   Executive Producer
Jim Cummins   Photography
Margaret Goldfarb   Assistant Producer
Jackson Jr.   Composer
Vince Biondi   Art Direction
Charles Levan   Assistant Producer
Robert Gordon   Liner Notes
James J. Mitchell   String Arrangements