text: The Call's next album, Modern Romans, was notable for its political content. Been later stated, "There was a great deal happening politically — Grenada, Lebanon, or the government saying the Russians are evil and the Russian government probably saying the same about us. That kind of thinking inspired me to write the last lines of '[The] Walls Came Down'." Garth Hudson of the Band played keyboards on these first two records.
  This was followed by Scene Beyond Dreams, which Been referred to as The Call's "metaphysical" album. With a strong poetic sense to the lyrics and a change in musical style, the change in sound is notable.
  Commercial hits and extended break
  The Call recorded their next album, Reconciled, in mid-1985.  By this point, Been had begun performing the bass guitar parts himself.  Before this, the band had not been under a recording contract for two years due to what Been described as "legal bickering" between The Call's former record label, Mercury, and their management company." However, when the band signed a new deal with Elektra Records, The Call produced their most commercially successful album to date. Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds' Jim Kerr, Hudson, and Hudson's Band bandmate Robbie Robertson all performed as guests on the album, which Elektra released in 1986. Several tracks from the album became hits on the Mainstream Rock Chart, with one of these tracks, "I Still Believe (Great Design)" (also known simply as "I Still Believe"), appearing on the soundtrack of the 1986 film The Whoopee Boys.