| At Home with Bobby and Tim | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Studio | Terminal Records | |||
| Genre | Power pop | |||
| Label | DB [1] | |||
| Producer | The Windbreakers | |||
| The Windbreakers chronology | ||||
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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. [4] The band supported the album with North American tour. [5]
At Home with Bobby and Tim was recorded at Terminal Records, in Pearl, Mississippi. [6] Although a reunion album of sorts, Lee and Sutliff often worked separately, even listing in the liner notes which member played which guitar solo. [7] Mitch Easter contributed production work to some songs. [8] The initial CD version of At Home with Bobby and Tim included the pair's critically-praised album Terminal. [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| Chicago Sun-Times |  [9] |
| Chicago Tribune | [4] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [11] |
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'." [12] 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'." [11] The Rocket considered it "a near-perfect pop album." [13]
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." [4] 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." [14]
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." [10]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just Fine" | |
| 2. | "I Thought You Knew" | |
| 3. | "On the Wire" | |
| 4. | "Down to It" | |
| 5. | "Ill at Ease" | |
| 6. | "Cold, Cold Rain" | |
| 7. | "Our Little War" | |
| 8. | "Portrait of Blue" | |
| 9. | "Saw You Again" | |
| 10. | "Give Me a Reason" | |
| 11. | "Closer to Home" |
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