Childhood Home

Childhood Home
Studio album by Ben & Ellen Harper
Released	May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)
Studio	The Machine Shop, Santa Monica, California
Genre	Folk rock blues rock Americana
Length	33:47
Label	Prestige Folklore
Producer	Ben Harper Ethan Allan Jason Mozersky Jesse Ingalls Jimmy Paxson
Ben Harper chronology
Get Up! (2013) Childhood Home (2014) Call It What It Is (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Childhood Home is the twelfth studio album by American musician Ben Harper, released on May 6, 2014, under Prestige Folklore. It is a collaboration with his mother, Ellen Harper. ^[2]

Reception

The album debuted at No. 43 on the US Billboard 200, ^[3] and No. 3 on the US Folk Albums chart, ^[4] selling around 7,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 23,000 copies in the United States as of March 2016. ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ben Harper; except where indicated

Childhood Home track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A House Is a Home"		2:43
2.	"City of Dreams"	Ellen Harper	3:42
3.	"Born to Love You"		3:30
4.	"Heavyhearted World"		2:57
5.	"Farmer's Daughter"	Ellen Harper	3:15
6.	"Memories of Gold"		3:48
7.	"Altar of Love"	Ellen Harper	3:21
8.	"Break Your Heart"	Ellen Harper	3:41
9.	"Learn It All Again Tomorrow"		3:03
10.	"How Could We Not Believe"		3:47
Total length:			33:47

Charts

Chart performance for Childhood Home

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7]	64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8]	38
French Albums (SNEP) [9]	38
Italian Albums (FIMI) [10]	8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [11]	14
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [12]	99
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13]	30
US Billboard 200 [14]	43
US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard) [15]	3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [16]	12
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard) [17]	5

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Ben & Ellen Harper's Childhood Home
3. "Billboard 200". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
4. "Folk Albums". Billboard. May 24, 2014.
5. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
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7. "Ultratop.be – Ben & Ellen Harper – Childhood Home" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
8. "Ultratop.be – Ben & Ellen Harper – Childhood Home" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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10. "Italiancharts.com – Ben Harper – Childhood Home". Hung Medien.
11. "Charts.nz – Ben & Ellen Harper – Childhood Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
12. "Spanishcharts.com – Ben & Ellen Harper – Childhood Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
13. "Swisscharts.com – Ben & Ellen Harper – Childhood Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
14. "Ben Harper Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
15. "Ben Harper Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
16. "Ben Harper Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
17. "Ben Harper Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.