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Call of the Wild (Aaron Tippin album)

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Call of the Wild
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 10, 1993
Recorded1993
StudioSound Shop (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length32:45
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerScott Hendricks
Aaron Tippin chronology
Read Between the Lines
(1992)
Call of the Wild
(1993)
Lookin' Back at Myself
(1994)
Singles from Call of the Wild
  1. "Workin' Man's Ph.D."
    Released: June 21, 1993
  2. "The Call of the Wild"
    Released: October 23, 1993
  3. "Honky Tonk Superman"
    Released: January 1994
  4. "Whole Lotta Love on the Line"
    Released: April 23, 1994

Call of the Wild is the third studio album by American country music singer Aaron Tippin. Released in 1993 on RCA Records Nashville, it produced the singles "The Call of the Wild", "Honky-Tonk Superman", "Workin' Man's Ph.D.", and "Whole Lotta Love on the Line". Of these, only "Workin' Man's Ph.D" reached Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard country charts. The album was produced by Scott Hendricks, unlike Tippin's first two albums which were produced by Emory Gordy, Jr.

Critical reception

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Brian Mansfield of Allmusic gave the album three stars out of five, saying that "some of Tippin's song choices were hillbilly silly."[1] Mike Greenblatt of Modern Screen's Country Music gave a mostly-favorable review, saying that the album showed a sense of artistic growth over his first two discs, making note of Tippin's "one-of-a-kind, elastic voice" but referring to "Whole Lotta Love on the Line" as being "in that netherworld of benign country fluff."[2]

Track listing

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Call of the Wild track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Call of the Wild"4:32
2."Honky-Tonk Superman"
  • Tippin
  • Brock
2:54
3."Nothin' in the World (Gonna Keep Me from You)"
  • Tippin
  • Terry M. Brown
2:34
4."Workin' Man's Ph.D."
  • Tippin
  • Philip Douglas
  • Bobby Boyd
3:31
5."I Promised You the World"
  • Tippin
  • Bruce Burch
  • Vern Dant
4:54
6."When Country Took the Throne"
  • Tippin
  • Brock
2:26
7."Let's Talk About You"
  • Tippin
  • Brock
2:46
8."Whole Lotta Love on the Line"3:44
9."My Kind of Town"3:02
10."Trim Yourself to Fit the World"
2:35
Total length:32:45

Personnel

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Adapted from liner notes.[3]

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Mansfield, Brian. "Call of the Wild review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  2. ^ Greenblatt, Mike (April 1994). "Juke Box Jury". Modern Screen's Country Music. 88 (5): 35.
  3. ^ Call of the Wild (CD booklet). Aaron Tippin. RCA Records. 1993. 07863-66251-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "Aaron Tippin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Aaron Tippin Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2021.