At Home with Bobby and Tim

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At Home with Bobby and Tim
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Studio album by
the Windbreakers
Released1989
StudioTerminal Records
Genre Power pop
Label DB [1]
Producer The Windbreakers
The Windbreakers chronology
A Different Sort...
(1987)		At Home with Bobby and Tim
(1989)		Electric Landlady
(1991)

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]

Contents

Production

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Chicago Sun-Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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" 

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Blackstock, Peter (March 16, 1990). "There's music in the air with diverse SXSW showcases". Austin American-Statesman. p. G5.
  2. ↑ "The Windbreakers Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Zimmerman, Lee (January 23, 2019). Americana Music: Voices, Visionaries, and Pioneers of an Honest Sound. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN   9781623497019 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 3 Caro, Mark (April 12, 1990). "Windbreakers At Home with Bobby and Tim". Chicago Tribune. p. 19C.
  5. ↑ Fisher, Harry (December 9, 1989). "The Windbreakers At Home with Bobby and Tim". The Morning Call. p. A76.
  6. ↑ Lucas, Sherry (October 19, 1989). "Back to Lee and...". The Clarion-Ledger. p. 12E.
  7. ↑ Rogers, Forrest (December 23, 1989). "Reviews". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. L25.
  8. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Record Producers. Billboard Books. 1999. p. 211.
  9. 1 2 McLeese, Don (February 5, 1990). "The Windbreakers 'At Home with Bobby & Tim'". Features. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 25.
  10. 1 2 "At Home with Bobby & Tim". AllMusic.
  11. 1 2 Gettelman, Parry. "The Windbreakers". Orlando Sentinel.
  12. ↑ "Windbreakers". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  13. ↑ McCaughey, Scott (February 1990). "Earachin'". The Rocket. p. 33.
  14. ↑ "Post-Punk Paradox and Beatles Go On". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
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