The Best of The Call
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Best of The Call
| type = Compilation
| artist = The Call
| cover = The Best of the Call.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 8, 1997
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock
| length = 59:17
| label = Warner Resound
| producer = {{hlist|Daniel Presley|Dan Russell|Don Smith|Barry Landis ({{abbr|exec.|executive producer}})}}
| prev_title = Red Moon
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = To Heaven and Back
| next_year = 1997
}}
The Best of The Call is a compilation album released by American rock band The Call, released in the United States on July 8, 1997, by Warner Resound.{{cite web |title=The Best of the Call |website=AllMusic |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r278190|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=April 10, 2025}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Michael Been, except where noted.
| headline = The Best of The Call track listing
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = Let the Day Begin
| extra1 = Let the Day Begin, 1989
| length1 = 3:51
| title2 = Everywhere I Go
| extra2 = Reconciled, 1986
| length2 = 4:19
| title3 = I Still Believe (Great Design)
| extra3 = Reconciled
| length3 = 5:32
| writer3 = {{hlist|Been|Jim Goodwin}}
| title4 = I Don't Wanna
| extra4 = Into the Woods, 1987
| length4 = 5:06
| title5 = Memory
| extra5 = Into the Woods
| length5 = 4:04
| title6 = What's Happened to You
| extra6 = Red Moon, 1990
| length6 = 4:11
| title7 = You Were There
| extra7 = Red Moon, 1990
| length7 = 4:01
| title8 = Become America
| extra8 = Previously unreleased
| length8 = 3:19
| title9 = To Feel This Way
| extra9 = On the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, 1994
| length9 = 5:59
| title10 = Us
| extra10 = On the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough
| length10 = 3:45
| title11 = All You Hold On To
| extra11 = Previously unreleased
| length11 = 3:19
| writer11 = {{hlist|Been|Peter Hayes}}
| title12 = We Know Too Much
| extra12 = Orphans of God, 1994
| length12 = 5:49
| writer12 = Mark Heard
| title13 = The Walls Came Down
| extra13 = Modern Romans, 1983
| length13 = 3:40
| title14 = Uncovered
| extra14 = Let the Day Begin, 1989
| length14 = 2:22
| writer14 = {{hlist|Been|Goodwin}}
}}
=Notes=
- Tracks 8–12 are performed solo by Michael Been.
- The Call versions of "Become America" and "All You Hold On To" were released later in 1997 on the album To Heaven and Back.
Personnel
=The Call=
- Michael Been – Guitar, bass guitar, organ, lead vocals, producer
- Tom Ferrier – Guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Musick – Percussion, drums
- Jim Goodwin – Horn, keyboard, backing vocals, producer
- Greg Freeman – Bass guitar
=Compilation personnel=
- Dan Russell – Compilation producer
- Barry Landis – Executive producer
- Danny Horrid – Mastering
- Pat Johnson – Photography
- Thom Jurek – Liner notes
- Elvis Wilson – Design
- Bill Winn – Mastering
=Additional personnel=
- Bono – Backing vocals (6)
- Eli Braden – Guitar (9)
- Bruce Cockburn – Guitar (8, 11)
- Peter Gabriel – Backing vocals (2)
- Garth Hudson – Keyboard (13)
- Joel Jaffe – Sound engineer
- Jim Keltner – Drums (8, 11)
- Jim Kerr – Backing vocals (2)
- Jeremy Kunz – Guitar (9)
- Ralph Patlan – Guitar (10, 12); associate producer (12)
- Daniel Presley – Producer (8, 11)
- Don Smith – Producer (4, 5)
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| 1997
|rowspan="2" |Warner Resound |
| 2005
|CD |
Reception
{{Album ratings
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|align = left
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}
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