Back Home (Caedmon's Call album) explained

Back Home
Type:	studio
Artist:	Caedmon's Call
Cover:	CaedmonsCall_BackHome.jpg
Released:	February 4, 2003
Recorded:	2003
Genre:	Rock music, Christian rock
Length:	50:08
Label:	Essential
Producer:	Caedmon's Call, Joshua Moore, Ben Wisch
Prev Title:	In the Company of Angels
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Chronicles 1992-2004
Next Year:	2004

Back Home is the fifth major album release from Caedmon's Call.

Track listing

1. "Only Hope" – 2:54 (Randall Goodgame, Charles Wesley)
2. "You Created" – 3:27 (Joshua Moore)
3. "Walk with Me" – 4:19 (Sandra McCracken)
4. "Hands of the Potter" – 3:51 (Goodgame)
5. "The Emptiest Day" – 3:51 (Moore, Matthew Perryman Jones)
6. "The Kingdom" – 4:30 (Moore)
7. "Beautiful Mystery" – 3:26 (Cliff Young, Aaron Tate, Derek Webb)
8. "The High Countries" – 5:21 (McCracken)
9. "Thousand Miles" – 3:21 (Aaron Senseman)
10. "Never Gonna Let Go" – 3:17 (Moore, Steve Hindalong, Marc Byrd)
11. "Awake My Soul" – 3:57 (McCracken)
12. "Manner and Means" – 4:42 (McCracken)
13. "Mystery of Mercy" – 3:12 (Goodgame, Andrew Peterson)

Personnel

Caedmon's Call

• Cliff Young – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Derek Webb – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, banjo
• Danielle Young – vocals
• Joshua Moore – acoustic piano, keyboards, Hammond B3 organ, accordion, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, high-string acoustic guitar, electric guitars, dobro, mandolin, MalletKAT, backing vocals
• Jeff Miller – bass, backing vocals
• Todd Bragg – drums, percussion
• Garett Buell – drums, percussion, drum programming, MalletKAT, berimbau, cuica, tongue drum, tabla, udu

Guest musicians

• Blair Masters – string arrangements and orchestration (2, 6)
• Carl Gordetzky – conductor (2, 6)
• The Nashville String Machine – strings (2, 6)
• Sandra McCracken – backing vocals (3), acoustic guitar (12)
• Aaron Senseman – backing vocals (9)
• Paul Moak – electric guitar (10)

Production

• Caedmon's Call – producers
• Joshua Moore – producer, additional recording
• Ben Wisch – producer, recording (2-9, 11, 12), mixing (2-12)
• Robert Beeson – executive producer
• Bob Wohler – executive producer
• David Hall – recording (1, 10, 13)
• Donnie Boutwell – additional recording, assistant engineer
• Bob Boyd – additional recording, mixing (1, 13), mastering at Ambient Digital, Houston, Texas
• Bryan Graban – assistant engineer
• Greg Lawrence – assistant engineer
• Leslie Richter – assistant engineer
• Christie Bragg – production coordinator
• Michelle Pearson – production coordinator
• Tim Parker – art direction, design, photography
• David Perry – cover photography
• Ron Roark – photography
• David Dobson – photography
• Ocean Way, Nashville, Tennessee – recording location
• Emerald Masterfonics, Nashville, Tennessee – recording location
• Sixteenth Avenue Sound, Nashville, Tennessee – recording location
• Second Studios, Houston, Texas – recording location
• Joshmooreownsthis Studio, Houston, Texas – recording location
• Mixed at Red House Sound, New York City – mixing location
• Emerald Entertainment, Nashville, Tennessee – mixing location
• Ambient Digital, Houston, Texas – mixing location

Release details

• 2003, US, Essential records 83061-0694-2, Release Date February 4, 2003, CD