When I Call Your Name (album)

When I Call Your Name

Studio album by

Vince Gill

Released

November 14, 1989

Recorded

1989

Studio

Emerald Studios (Nashville, TN).

Genre

Country, country pop

Length

35:48

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.

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Track listing

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

Producer – Tony Brown
Recorded by John Guess
Overdubs recorded by Steve Tillisch
Sound Engineers – David Boyce, Mark J. Coddington, Julian King, Tim Kish and Marty Williams.
Digital Editing – Milan Bogdan
Mixed by Steve Marcantonio
Mastered by Glenn Meadows
Mixed and Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).
Project Coordinator – Jessie Noble
Art Direction – Virginia Team
Design – Jerry Joyner
Photography – Beverly Parker
Management – Fitzgerald Hartley Co.

Personnel

Vince Gill – lead vocals, acoustic 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 guitar
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 – lead vocals (4)
Patty Loveless – backing vocals (5)
Herb Pedersen – backing vocals (6)
Anthony Crawford – backing vocals (8)
Emmylou Harris – backing vocals (10)

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[1]	67
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	2

Year-end charts

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


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

^ "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.

v t e Vince Gill
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" (with Rosanne Cash) "Oklahoma Borderline" "Cinderella" "Let's Do Something" "Everybody's Sweetheart" "Never Alone" "Oklahoma Swing" (with Reba McEntire) "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" "Kindly Keep It Country" "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" (with Patty Loveless) "Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye" "Feels Like Love" "Shoot Straight from Your Heart" "Next Big Thing" "Someday"
Guest singles	"The Heart Won't Lie" (with Reba McEntire) "House of Love" (with Amy Grant) "I Will Always Love You" (with Dolly Parton) "It's Not Over" (with Mark Chesnutt and Alison Krauss) "If You Ever Leave Me" (with Barbra Streisand) "No Place That Far" (with Sara Evans) "Building Bridges" (with Brooks & Dunn and Sheryl Crow) "Don't Rush" (with Kelly Clarkson) "I Just Can't Help Believing" (with B. J. Thomas) "Sober Saturday Night" (with Chris Young)
Other songs	"Here We Are" "I Can't Tell You Why"
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