| At Home with Bobby and Tim | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | the Windbreakers |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 1989 |
| Studio: | Terminal Records |
| Genre: | Power pop |
| Label: | DB[1] |
| Producer: | The Windbreakers |
| Prev Title: | A Different Sort... |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Electric Landlady |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
At Home with Bobby and Tim is an album by the American power pop duo the Windbreakers, released in 1989.[2] [3] The album marked a reunion for Tim Lee and Bobby Sutliff, who had spent a few years working on solo projects. The band supported the album with North American tour.[4]
At Home with Bobby and Tim was recorded at Terminal Records, in Pearl, Mississippi.[5] Although a reunion album of sorts, Lee and Sutliff often worked separately, even listing in the liner notes which member played which guitar solo.[6] Mitch Easter contributed production work to some songs.[7] The initial CD version of At Home with Bobby and Tim included the pair's critically-praised album Terminal.
Trouser Press called the album "confident-sounding [and] smoothly crafted," writing that "the pair sounds as strong as ever on bittersweet originals like Lee’s 'Just Fine', Sutliff’s 'On the Wire' and a cover of Russ Tolman’s 'Portrait of Blue'."[8] The Orlando Sentinel wrote that there is "an occasional touch of Tom Petty in the vocals and Alex Chilton in the no-frills execution, but the band has a low-key charm of its own on songs such as 'Just Fine' and 'On the Wire'." The Rocket considered it "a near-perfect pop album."[9]
The Chicago Tribune opined that "Lee gives Sutliff's love-lost tunes a kick in the pants, and Sutliff's melodicism and concision have rubbed off on the ragged-voiced Lee." The Washington Post called At Home with Bobby and Tim the band's best album, writing that "every song boasts an attention- grabbing pop melody sustained by ringing guitar harmonies, yet the vocals are driven by the urgent sense of a personal crisis."[10]
AllMusic wrote that "the pair turn out a brace of capable songs, some of which refine old styles and others of which explore new ground."