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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Welcome Home
| Type = studio
| name = Welcome Home
| Artist = [[Carole King]]
| type = studio
| Cover = Welcome Home Carole King.jpg
| artist = [[Carole King]]
| Released = May 1978
| cover = Welcome Home Carole King.jpg
| alt =
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| Recorded = January 1978 at Sound Labs, [[Hollywood, CA]]
| released = 1978
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| Genre = [[Pop (music)|Pop]]/[[Rock music|Rock]]
| recorded = January 1978
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| Label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| venue =
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| Producer = Carole King, Norm Kinney
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| studio = Sound Labs (Hollywood)
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| Last album = ''[[Simple Things (Carole King album)|Simple Things]]''<br />(1977)
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[rock music|rock]]}}
| This album = '''''Welcome Home'''''<br />(1978)
| length =
| Next album = ''[[Touch the Sky (Carole King album)|Touch the Sky]]''<br />(1978)
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| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
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| producer = Carole King, Norm Kinney
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| prev_title = [[Simple Things (Carole King album)|Simple Things]]
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = [[Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago]]
| next_year = 1978
}}
}}

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'''''Welcome Home''''' is an album by [[United States|American]] singer-songwriter [[Carole King]], released in 1978.

{{Album reviews
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r10895|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=Welcome Home Review by William Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/welcome-home-mw0000850488 |website=AllMusic |access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=397}}</ref>
}}
}}
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'''''Welcome Home''''' is the ninth album by the American singer-songwriter [[Carole King]], released in 1978.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs by Carole King unless otherwise noted.
All songs by Carole King except where noted.


#"Main Street Saturday Night"
#"Main Street Saturday Night"
#"Sunbird" (King, Rick Evers)
#"Sunbird" (King, Rick Evers)
#"Venusian Diamond" (King, Evers, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Robb Galloway, Miguel Rivera, Richard Hardy, Michael Wooten)
#"Venusian Diamond" (King, Evers, [[Mark Hallman]], Robert McEntee, Robb Galloway, Miguel Rivera, Richard Hardy, Michael Wooten)
#"Changes"
#"Changes"
#"Morning Sun"
#"Morning Sun"
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*Carole King - vocals, background vocals, string arrangements
*Carole King – vocals, background vocals, string arrangements
*Robert McEntee - guitar, background vocals
*Robert McEntee – guitar, background vocals
*Mark Hallman - guitars, background vocals
*[[Mark Hallman]] – guitars, background vocals
*Rob Galloway - bass, background vocals
*Rob Galloway – bass, background vocals
*Michael Wooten - drums
*Michael Wooten – drums
*Miguel Rivera - congas, percussion
*Miguel Rivera – congas, percussion
*Richard Hardy - flute, saxophone, clarinet, vocals
*Richard Hardy – flute, saxophone, clarinet, vocals
*George Bohanon - trombone, horn arrangement
*[[George Bohanon]] – trombone, horn arrangement
*[[Dick Hyde (musician)|Dick "Slyde" Hyde]] - trombone
*[[Dick Hyde (musician)|Dick Hyde]] – trombone
*[[Ernie Watts]] - saxophone
*[[Ernie Watts]] – saxophone
*Nolan Andrew Smith, Jr - trumpet, fluegelhorn
*Nolan Andrew Smith, Jr – trumpet, fluegelhorn
*[[Oscar Brashear]] - trumpet, fluegelhorn
*[[Oscar Brashear]] – trumpet, fluegelhorn
*Charles Veal, Jr. - concertmaster, violin
*Charles Veal, Jr. – concertmaster, violin
*Israel Baker - violin
*[[Israel Baker]] – violin
*Frank Foster - violin
*Frank Foster – violin
*William H. Henderson - violin
*William H. Henderson – violin
*Marcia Van Dyke - violin
*[[Marcia Van Dyke]] – violin
*Dorothy Wade - violin
*Dorothy Wade – violin
*John Wittenberg - violin
*John Wittenberg – violin
*Kenneth Yerke - violin
*Kenneth Yerke – violin
*Rollice Dale - viola
*Rollice Dale – viola
*Denyse Buffum - viola
*Denyse Buffum – viola
*Dennis Karmazyn - cello
*Dennis Karmazyn – cello
*Ronald Cooper - cello
*Ronald Cooper – cello
*The Trio on "Changes" was played by Charles Veal, Rollice Dale, Dennis Karmazyn
*The Trio on "Changes" was played by Charles Veal, Rollice Dale, Dennis Karmazyn
*Bob Harrington - hammer dulcimer
*Bob Harrington – hammer dulcimer
*Anne Golia - tamboura
*Anne Golia – tamboura
*Georgia Kelly - harp
*Georgia Kelly – harp
*Rick Evers - cowbell
*Rick Evers – cowbell
*Carole King, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Richard Hardy, Stephanie Spruill, Alexandra Brown, Ann White - choir
*Carole King, [[Mark Hallman]], Robert McEntee, Richard Hardy, Stephanie Spruill, Alexandra Brown, Ann White – choir


==Charts==
'''Production notes'''
*Produced by Carole King and Norm Kinney
*Engineered by Norm Kinney, Linda Tyler and Steve Katz
*Roy Reynolds – photography
*Roy Kohara and Roy Reynolds – art direction

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Chart (1978)
!Year
!Peak<br>position
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!Chart
!Position
|-
|-
|align="left"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=166/167}}</ref>
|1978
| style="text-align:center;"|69
|''Billboard'' Pop albums
|104
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|US ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape<ref>{{cite web |title=Carole King |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carole-king/chart-history/tlp/ |website=Billboard |access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"|104
|-
|-
|}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 03:34, 17 October 2024

Welcome Home
Studio album by
Carole King
Released1978
RecordedJanuary 1978
StudioSound Labs (Hollywood)
Genre
LabelCapitol
ProducerCarole King, Norm Kinney
Carole King chronology
Simple Things
(1977) 		Welcome Home
(1978) 		Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Welcome Home is the ninth album by the American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1978.

Track listing

[edit]

All songs by Carole King except where noted.

  1. "Main Street Saturday Night"
  2. "Sunbird" (King, Rick Evers)
  3. "Venusian Diamond" (King, Evers, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Robb Galloway, Miguel Rivera, Richard Hardy, Michael Wooten)
  4. "Changes"
  5. "Morning Sun"
  6. "Disco Tech" (King, Hallman, McEntee, Galloway, Rivera, Wooten, Hardy)
  7. "Wings of Love" (King, Evers)
  8. "Ride the Music"
  9. "Everybody's Got the Spirit"
  10. "Welcome Home"

Personnel

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  • Carole King – vocals, background vocals, string arrangements
  • Robert McEntee – guitar, background vocals
  • Mark Hallman – guitars, background vocals
  • Rob Galloway – bass, background vocals
  • Michael Wooten – drums
  • Miguel Rivera – congas, percussion
  • Richard Hardy – flute, saxophone, clarinet, vocals
  • George Bohanon – trombone, horn arrangement
  • Dick Hyde – trombone
  • Ernie Watts – saxophone
  • Nolan Andrew Smith, Jr – trumpet, fluegelhorn
  • Oscar Brashear – trumpet, fluegelhorn
  • Charles Veal, Jr. – concertmaster, violin
  • Israel Baker – violin
  • Frank Foster – violin
  • William H. Henderson – violin
  • Marcia Van Dyke – violin
  • Dorothy Wade – violin
  • John Wittenberg – violin
  • Kenneth Yerke – violin
  • Rollice Dale – viola
  • Denyse Buffum – viola
  • Dennis Karmazyn – cello
  • Ronald Cooper – cello
  • The Trio on "Changes" was played by Charles Veal, Rollice Dale, Dennis Karmazyn
  • Bob Harrington – hammer dulcimer
  • Anne Golia – tamboura
  • Georgia Kelly – harp
  • Rick Evers – cowbell
  • Carole King, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Richard Hardy, Stephanie Spruill, Alexandra Brown, Ann White – choir

Charts

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Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 69
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[4] 104

References

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  1. ^ "Welcome Home Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 397.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 166/167. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Carole King". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
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