{{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Best of The Call | type = Compilation | artist = [[The Call (band)|The Call]] | cover = The Best of the Call.jpg | alt = | released = July 8, 1997 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | length = 59:17 | label = [[Warner Music Group|Warner Resound]] | producer = {{hlist|Daniel Presley|[[Dan Russell (artist manager)|Dan Russell]]|Don Smith|Barry Landis ({{abbr|exec.|executive producer}})}} | prev_title = [[Red Moon (The Call album)|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 (band)|The Call]], released in the United States on July 8, 1997, by [[Warner Music Group|Warner Resound]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |title=The Best of the Call |website=[[AllMusic]] |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r278190|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=April 10, 2025}}</ref>
==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 (The Call album)|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 (musician)|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 (music)|organ]], [[lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[record producer|producer]] *Tom Ferrier – Guitar, [[backing vocals]] *Scott Musick – [[Percussion]], [[drum kit|drums]] *Jim Goodwin – [[French horn|Horn]], [[electronic keyboard|keyboard]], backing vocals, producer *Greg Freeman – Bass guitar
===Compilation personnel=== *[[Dan Russell (artist manager)|Dan Russell]] – Compilation producer *Barry Landis – [[Executive producer]] *Danny Horrid – [[Audio mastering|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 Music Group|Warner Resound]] |[[CD]], [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] |rowspan="2" |46488<ref name=allmusic/> |- |2005 |[[CD]] |}
==Reception== {{Album ratings |noprose = yes |align = left | rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic"/> }} {{Clear}}
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