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When I Call Your Name
Studio album by Vince Gill
Released
November 14, 1989 (1989-11-14)
Recorded
1989
Studio
Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Country
Length
35:48
Label
MCA
Producer
Tony Brown
Vince Gill chronology
The Way Back Home(1987)
When I Call Your Name(1989)
Pocket Full of Gold(1991)
Singles from When I Call Your Name
"Never Alone"Released: September 1989
"Oklahoma Swing"Released: January 20, 1990
"When I Call Your Name"Released: May 1990
"Never Knew Lonely"Released: September 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
link
Chicago Tribune
link
When I Call Your Name is the third studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. His breakthrough album, it was released in 1989 by MCA Records, Gill's first for the label. It features the singles "Never Alone," "Oklahoma Swing," "When I Call Your Name" and "Never Knew Lonely."
"Ridin' the Rodeo" was later released by the band Perfect Stranger in 1994 from their debut album You Have the Right to Remain Silent.
Track listing
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No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Never Alone"
Vince Gill
Rosanne Cash
3:34
2.
"Sight for Sore Eyes"
Gill
Guy Clark
3:07
3.
"Oh Girl (You Know Where to Find Me)"
Gill
3:40
4.
"Oklahoma Swing" (duet with Reba McEntire)
Gill
Tim DuBois
3:05
5.
"When I Call Your Name"
Gill
DuBois
4:14
6.
"Ridin' the Rodeo"
Gill
Kostas
2:53
7.
"Never Knew Lonely"
Gill
4:02
8.
"We Won't Dance"
Greg Trooper
4:35
9.
"We Could Have Been"
Don Cook
John Barlow Jarvis
3:29
10.
"Rita Ballou"
Clark
3:12
Total length:
35:51
Production
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Tony Brown – producer
John Guess – recording
Steve Tillisch – overdub recording
David Boyce – second engineer
Mark J. Coddington – second engineer
Julian King – second engineer
Tim Kish – second engineer
Marty Williams – second engineer
Steve Marcantonio – mixing
Milan Bogdan – digital editing
Glenn Meadows – mastering
Jessie Noble – project coordinator
Virginia Team – art direction
Jerry Joyner – design
Beverly Parker – photography
Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management
Personnel
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Vince Gill – vocals, acoustic lead guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Pete Wasner – keyboards
Barry Beckett – organ (2), acoustic piano (5)
Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Willie Weeks – bass
Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
Kathie Baillie – backing vocals (2, 9)
Harry Stinson – backing vocals (3, 7, 10)
Billy Thomas – backing vocals (3, 7)
Reba McEntire – vocals (4)
Patty Loveless – backing vocals (5)
Herb Pedersen – backing vocals (6)
Anthony Crawford – backing vocals (8)
Emmylou Harris – backing vocals (10)
Chart performance
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Weekly charts
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Chart (1989–1990)
Peak position
US Billboard 200[1]
67
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2]
2
Year-end charts
[edit]
Chart (1990)
Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3]
28
Chart (1991)
Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4]
9
Chart (1992)
Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5]
48
Certifications
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Region
Certification
Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[6]
Platinum
100,000^
United States (RIAA)[7]
2× Platinum
2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
References
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^"Vince Gill, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^"Vince Gill, CLP". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^"Canadian album certifications – Vince Gill – When I Call Your Name". Music Canada. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^"American album certifications – Vince Gill – When I Call Your Name". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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Vince Gill
Albums
Singles
Awards and nominations
Studio albums
The Things That Matter
The Way Back Home
When I Call Your Name
Pocket Full of Gold
I Still Believe in You
When Love Finds You
High Lonesome Sound
The Key
Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye
Next Big Thing
These Days
Guitar Slinger
Bakersfield
Down to My Last Bad Habit
Okie
Compilation albums
Souvenirs
Icon
Christmas albums
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection
Extended plays
Turn Me Loose
Notable singles
"If It Weren't for Him"
"Oklahoma Borderline"
"Cinderella"
"Let's Do Something"
"Everybody's Sweetheart"
"Never Alone"
"Oklahoma Swing"
"When I Call Your Name"
"Never Knew Lonely"
"Pocket Full of Gold"
"Liza Jane"
"Look at Us"
"Take Your Memory with You"
"I Still Believe in You"
"Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away"
"No Future in the Past"
"One More Last Chance"
"Tryin' to Get Over You"
"Whenever You Come Around"
"What the Cowgirls Do"
"When Love Finds You"
"Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)"
"You Better Think Twice"
"Go Rest High on That Mountain"
"High Lonesome Sound"
"Worlds Apart"
"Pretty Little Adriana"
"A Little More Love"
"You and You Alone"
"If You Ever Have Forever in Mind"
"Don't Come Cryin' to Me"
"My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man"
"Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye"
"Feels Like Love"
"Next Big Thing"
Guest singles
"The Heart Won't Lie"
"House of Love"
"I Will Always Love You"
"It's Not Over"
"If You Ever Leave Me"
"Building Bridges"
"Don't Rush"
"I Just Can't Help Believing"
"Sober Saturday Night"
"Dear Hate"
"Heaven by Then"
Other songs
"Here We Are"
"I Can't Tell You Why"
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