Home (Blessid Union of Souls album)

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Home
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 21, 1995
RecordedJuly−November 1994
StudioLigosa Sound (Cincinnati), by Jerry Lane
Genre Pop
Length47:30
Label EMI
Producer Emosia, Charles Roth
Blessid Union of Souls chronology
Home
(1995)
Blessid Union of Souls
(1997)

Home is the debut studio album by the American band Blessid Union of Souls. [1] It was released on March 21, 1995, on the EMI label. The album contains their biggest hit single, "I Believe", which reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard 200. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Los Angeles Times Star half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Province Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The Los Angeles Times determined that the band sound "like '70s camp counselors leading youthful charges through simplistic would-be anthems of unity and love." [4] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote: "With mostly acoustic guitar, strings and Eliot Sloane's rich vocals and piano, the songs are consistently pretty." [5] The Province opined that the "foursome drips with sticky-sweet sincerity." [6] The New York Times noted that the lyrics "are as earnest as a self-help manual." [8]

Track listing

  1. "I Believe" — 4:27 (Eliot Sloan, Jeff Pence, Matt Senatore)
  2. "Let Me Be the One" — 4:38 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore)
  3. "All Along" — 3:54 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore, Charles P. "Charly" Roth, Andrea M. Sarmiento)
  4. "Oh Virginia"* — 3:59 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore)
  5. "Nora" — 4:07 (Sloan, Roth)
  6. "Would You Be There" — 4:00 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore, Sarmiento)
  7. "Home" — 3:29 (Sloan, Pence, Sarmiento)
  8. "End of the World" — 3:42 (Sloan, Pence)
  9. "Heaven" — 4:33 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore)
  10. "Forever for Tonight" — 5:08 (Sloan, Pence)
  11. "Lucky to Be Here" — 5:46 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore, Roth)
  12. "I Believe" (extended) — 4:41

Personnel

Blessid Union of Souls

Additional Personnel

Production

References

  1. Larsen, Dave (28 Apr 1995). "Pop". Go!. Dayton Daily News. p. 18.
  2. "Billboard 200". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 42. Oct 21, 1995. p. 102.
  3. Home at AllMusic
  4. 1 2 Hochman, Steve (22 July 1995). "Blessid Union of Souls, 'Home'". Los Angeles Times . p. F8.
  5. 1 2 Batz Jr., Bob (28 Apr 1995). "Rock". Arts & Entertainment. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16.
  6. 1 2 Harrison, Tom (25 Aug 1995). "Blessid Union of Souls: Home". The Province. p. B34.
  7. Rollingstone
  8. Galvin, Peter (23 July 1995). "Pop Brief". The New York Times. p. H38.