Welcome Home ('Til Tuesday album) explained

Welcome Home
Type:Album
Artist:'Til Tuesday
Cover:Til_Tuesday_-_Welcome_Home.jpg
Released:October 4, 1986
Studio:Bearsville, Woodstock
Length:40:31
Label:Epic
Producer:Rhett Davies
Prev Title:Voices Carry
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Everything's Different Now
Next Year:1988

Welcome Home is the second studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1986.[1] It peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200. The band supported the album with a North American tour.[2]

Production

The album was produced by Rhett Davies.[3] All of its songs were written or cowritten by Aimee Mann.[4]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote that "Mann is adept at writing melancholy lyrics about shattered romance, but they don't have to be set to languid music."[5] The Gazette determined that "none of the members of this East Coast modern pop quartet could put together a decent song if it were written on their beautiful foreheads, and one more video band takes the gas."[6] The Orlando Sentinel called Welcome Home "a warm, sepia-toned collection of tunes that exploit Mann's songwriting abilities." The New York Times concluded that "one by one, the songs just barely steer clear of self-pity... But together, they add up to an album as single-mindededly morose as Frank Sinatra's Only the Lonely."[7]

Track listing

  1. "What About Love" (Mann) – 3:56
  2. "Coming Up Close" (Mann) – 4:40
  3. "On Sunday" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 4:06
  4. "Will She Just Fall Down" (Mann) – 2:49
  5. "David Denies" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 4:50
  6. "Lovers' Day" (Mann, Pesce) – 4:19
  7. "Have Mercy" (Mann) – 4:55
  8. "Sleeping and Waking" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 3:24
  9. "Angels Never Call" (Mann) – 3:40
  10. "No One Is Watching You Now" (Mann) – 3:52

Personnel

'Til Tuesday
Technical

Certifications

[8]

Notes and References

  1. Wild . David . Records: Welcome Home . Rolling Stone . Nov 6, 1986 . 486 . 72.
  2. News: DeVault . Russ . 2nd album was on time for Tuesday . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . December 12, 1986 . P1.
  3. News: Morse . Steve . Boston band 'til tuesday... . The Boston Globe . 25 July 1986 . Arts and Film . 40.
  4. News: Cummings . Sue . Just Wait 'Til Tuesday . Los Angeles Daily News . October 28, 1986 . L.A. Life . 15.
  5. News: Strauss . Duncan . Tuesday: Almost Home . Los Angeles Times . 19 Oct 1986 . Calendar . 65.
  6. News: Griffin . John . 'Til Tuesday – Welcome Home . The Gazette . 23 Oct 1986 . F3.
  7. News: Pareles . Jon . Rock Album of the Week . The New York Times . 23 Jan 1987 . C19.
  8. Web site: Gold & Platinum. Recording Industry Association of America.