Call Me
by Al Green

Call Me by Al Green
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-04-00
Overall rank: 1,621st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 247 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (30th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (306th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,621st)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,621st | 1970s rank: 306th | 1973 rank: 30th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 247 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.


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85/100
From 05/09/2022 06:40 | #285131
Album Rating: 81.22
(731/9)

1.Call Me (Come Back Home). 77
2.Have You Been Making Out O.K. 77
3.Stand Up. 81
4.I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. 75
5.Your Love Is Like The Morning Sun. 78
6.Here I Am (Come And Take Me). 86
7.Funny How Time Slips Away. 86
8.You Ought To Be With Me. 84
9.Jesus Is Waiting. 87
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80/100
From 02/06/2021 14:16 | #265867
Good tracks and great vocals throughout, but I have a strong preference for the second half.
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100/100
It seems as though all of his albums were leading up to this point. A pinnacle, not just of Al Green's legendary 70s album streak, but of soul music period. The divine vocals, the silky production, the amazingly dense but subtle instrumentation. This is simply one of the most sophisticated albums my ears will ever have the pleasure of listening to.

Track Picks:
Call Me (Come Back Home)
Have You Been Making Out OK
Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
You Ought to be with Me
Jesus is Waiting
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Rating:  
90/100
From 08/18/2017 22:25 | #196299
I never thought I would be an al green fan. I had him all wrong. Because he's not straight funk I made a mistake. Picked the vinyl up for next to nothing and the sound is wonderful. Cool as hell, really. Laid back, Sunday morning style. So glad I took a punt as I wouldn't have ever gotten round to hearing it on spotify. Think I gave it two seconds two years ago via spotify and as I didn't hear full on funk I switched it off. Lowest rated song on here is funny how time slips away, ha, serious? This album is cool as fuck, maybe not straight funk but funky as hell in a smooth cool chilled groove stylee. If its good enough for ghostface to rhyme over, then it's ok. I'm gonna flip this over to the start and get a beer. Almost good enough to believe Jesus is actually waiting.
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Rating:  
100/100
This album is criminally underrated here on BEA. Show Al Green - one of the greatest singers and a soul music genius - some love!
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Rating:  
75/100
From 03/24/2017 18:56 | #188017
Soul setentero de tempo suave, en una colección de temas cortados por un patrón rítmico y melódico muy homogéneo, al servicio de una voz privilegiada, como la de Green. Una propuesta de buen nivel.
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75/100
From 06/25/2016 17:43 | #169806
Strong soul record from the brilliant Al Green. An enjoyable listen from start to finish, and superb songs in, stand up, here I am, and the title track. Classic.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 01/02/2015 11:51 | #130633
A beautiful soulful album every track is good only weakness is "I'm So Lonesome..." I still rate the 2 albums that preceded this as better all round albums.
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Rating:  
85/100
"Jesus Is Waiting" indeed. Naked, on the bed. Glorious closer to a very good album.
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From 02/14/2013 21:57 | #65087
The brother was as smooth as velvet cheese. Who could make a song about Jesus so fly!
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