The Call (band)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Modern Romans
  US 84 03/26/1983 (15 weeks)
Reconciled
  US 82 03/08/1986 (30 weeks)
Into the Woods
  US 123 07/04/1987 (13 weeks)
Let the day begin
  US 64 07/01/1989 (22 weeks)
Singles
The walls came down
  US 74 05/07/1983 (5 weeks)
Let the day begin
  UK 42 09/30/1989 (6 weeks)
  US 51 07/22/1989 (9 weeks)

The Call was an American rock band formed in San Francisco , California in 1980 .

history

Famous guest musicians have appeared on their long-playing records from the very beginning. Bono from U2 sang in the background on the 1990s album Red Moon and in 1986 Jim Kerr from Simple Minds and Peter Gabriel could be heard on the LP Reconciled . Garth Hudson , organist and saxophonist of the formation The Band , was keyboardist on the first three albums.

The singer Michael Been played supporting roles in feature films, including in Martin Scorsese's controversial The Last Temptation of Christ the Apostle John. His son Robert Levon Been is the co-founder and front man of the alternative rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club .

The Call broke up in 2000. Michael Been died of a heart attack on August 19, 2010 during the Belgian music festival Pukkelpop .

Members

  • Michael Been - bass , lead vocals
  • Scott Musick - drums, vocals
  • Tom Ferrier - guitar, vocals
  • Jim Goodwin - keyboard, vocals
  • Garth Hudson - synthesizer, piano, saxophone (only on the first 3 albums)

Discography

Albums

  • 1982: The Call
  • 1983: Modern Romans
  • 1984: Scene Beyond Dreams
  • 1986: Reconciled
  • 1987: Into the Woods
  • 1989: Let the Day Begin
  • 1990: Red Moon
  • 1997: To Heaven and Back
  • 1997: The Best of the Call
  • 2000: Live Under the Red Moon
  • 2014: A Tribute to Michael Been

Compilations

  • 1991: The Walls Came Down: The Best of the Mercury Years
  • 1997: The Best of the Call (14 tracks)
  • 2000: The Best of the Call (12 tracks)
  • 2019: Collected

Singles

  • 1982: War Weary World
  • 1982: There's a Heart Here
  • 1982: The Walls Came Down
  • 1983: Time of Your Life
  • 1984: Heavy Hand
  • 1984: Scene Beyond Dreams
  • 1986: Everywhere I Go
  • 1986: I Still Believe (Great Design)
  • 1986: Oklahoma
  • 1987: I Don't Wanna
  • 1987: Walk Walk
  • 1987: In the River
  • 1989: You Run
  • 1989: Let the Day Begin

swell

  1. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  2. ↑ Chart discography Singles
  3. ↑ CNN, viewed August 21, 2010

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