Ralph Stanley - I'll Answer the Call

Title: I'll Answer the Call Artist: Ralph Stanley Release Date: 1987 Re-Released On: 6/26/2001 Label: Rebel UPC: 032511165725 Genre: Country Styles: Gospel, Traditional Bluegrass, Traditional Country, Bluegrass, Bluegrass-Gospel Moods: Bittersweet, Earthy, Organic, Plaintive, Amiable/Good-Natured, Earnest, Reflective, Spiritual, Intimate, Passionate, Poignant, Precious, Rousing, Sentimental, Yearning Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. I'll Answer the Call
2. White Oak on the Hill
3. Let the Church Roll On
4. In His Arms I'm Not Afraid
5. Calling My Children Home
6. Everything's Alright
7. Praying
8. I'll Put on a Crown
9. I'd Like to Talk It Over With Him
10. We Shall Sleep
11. Daddy's Rose
12. Welcome In

Year Type Label Catalog # 2001 CD Rebel 1657

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By 1988, when this album was originally recorded and released, Ralph Stanley had reverted to a mandolin-less instrumental lineup much like the one he and his brother had used early in their career as a band -- a move originally designed to keep the group from sounding too much like a direct imitation of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. The material, too, harks back to the glory days of bluegrass-gospel music, and includes renditions of such staples as "Let the Church Roll On" and "In His Arms I'm Not Afraid" (which features some particularly spectacular tenor singing by Stanley). "Calling My Children Home" exemplifies the unaccompanied quartet singing that Stanley had done so much to popularize in the 1970s. But this album's emotional centerpiece is Stanley's solo vocal performance of the modal and vinegary "Daddy's Rose." All of that said, this is about an average Ralph Stanley album in terms of overall quality -- which means, of course, that it stands head and shoulders above most other bluegrass-gospel records. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Curley Ray Cline Fiddle David Glasser Mastering, Transfers Jack Cooke Baritone (Vocal), Tenor (Vocal), Bass Junior Blankenship Bass (Vocal), Guitar Keith Durham Engineer, Engineer Mark Freeman Production Coordination Ralph Stanley Tenor (Vocal), Producer, Banjo, Vocals Richard Boyd Photography