Home (Hothouse Flowers album) explained
Home is the second studio album by the Irish rock band Hothouse Flowers, released in 1990.[1] [2] It reached number 5 on the UK Albums Chart and 1 on the Australian charts.
Critical reception
The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the gospel-influenced rave-ups that punctuate the band's second album call into question how much soul it can squeeze from the boogie". The Windsor Star determined that the band "is best when it rams straight ahead on full-blown horn tunes, like 'Hardstone City' and 'Giving It All Away'".
Jonathan Lewis of AllMusic deemed Home an "underrated gem".
Personnel
- Hothouse Flowers
- Liam Ó Maonlaí – piano, lead vocals, Hammond organ, bodhrán
- Fiachna Ó Braonáin – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, bass (6)
- Peter O'Toole – bouzouki, backing vocals, mandolin, bass
- Leo Barnes – saxophone, backing vocals, Hammond organ
- Jerry Fehily – drums, backing vocals, percussion, cymbal
- Additional musicians
- Noel Eccles – percussion
- Daniel Lanois – dobro (6)
- Luís Jardim – percussion (9, 10)
- Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals (2, 10)
- Carol Kenyon, The Angelical Voice Choir – backing vocals (7)
- The Camden Kids – backing vocals (8)
- Phillip Pike – didgeridoo (10)
- Nawalifh Ali Khan – fiddle (10)
- Gavyn Wright, Wilf Gibson – violin (2, 8)
- Andrew Parker, Garfield Jackson – viola (2, 8)
- Helen Liebmann, Martin Loveday – cello (2, 8)
- Aisling Drury-Byrne, Dairine Ni Mheadra – cello (11)
- Steve Nieve – Hammond organ and piano (7), string arrangement (2, 8)
Charts
Year-end chart
Notes and References
- Malkin . Nina . Talent: Hothouse Flowers . Seventeen . Apr 1990 . 49 . 4 . 147.
- Wilde . Jon . Hothouse Flowers: Full Petal Jacket . Melody Maker . May 5, 1990 . 66 . 18 . 28.
- Web site: ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1991. ARIA. 1991. 24 June 2020.
