Home Plate (album)

Home Plate
Studio album by Bonnie Raitt
Released	1975
Studio	Elektra, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Rock
Length	31:59
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Rothchild
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Streetlights (1974) Home Plate (1975) Sweet Forgiveness (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A [2]
Entertainment Weekly	A [3]
Rolling Stone	(average) [4]

Home Plate is the fifth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1975.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"What Do You Want the Boy to Do?"	Allen Toussaint	3:19
2.	"Good Enough"	John Hall, Johanna Hall	2:56
3.	"Run Like a Thief"	JD Souther	3:02
4.	"Fool Yourself"	Fred Tackett	3:04
5.	"My First Night Alone Without You"	Kin Vassy	3:07

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Walk Out the Front Door"	Mark T. Jordan, Rip Stock	3:09
2.	"Sugar Mama"	Glen Clark (lyrics adapted by Raitt)	3:45
3.	"Pleasin' Each Other"	Bill Payne, Fran Tate	3:44
4.	"I'm Blowin' Away"	Eric Kaz	3:25
5.	"Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes"	Nan O'Byrne	2:47
Total length:			31:59

Personnel

• Bonnie Raitt – guitar, electric guitar, vocals (all), slide guitar, electric slide guitar (9)
• Harry Bluestone – concert master
• George Bohanon – trombone, baritone saxophone, bass trumpet
• Jackson Browne – vocals, background vocals
• Rosemary Butler – vocals, background vocals
• Venetta Fields – vocals, background vocals
• Freebo – bass, guitar, tuba, vocals, guitarron, fretless bass
• Jim Gordon – baritone saxophone
• Debbie Greene – vocals, background vocals
• John Hall – guitar, electric guitar
• Emmylou Harris – vocals, background vocals
• John Herald – vocals, background vocals
• Dick Hyde – trombone, trumpet, bass trumpet; horn (as Richard Hyde)
• Jerry Jumonville – tenor saxophone
• Jef Labes – keyboard
• Maxayn Lewis – vocals, background vocals
• Gary Mallaber – drums
• Will McFarlane – guitar, electric guitar
• Robbie Montgomery – vocals, background vocals
• Bill Payne – accordion, keyboard, vocals
• Jeff Porcaro – percussion
• Greg Prestopino – vocals, background vocals
• Terry Reid – vocals, background vocals
• John Sebastian – autoharp, harp
• William D. "Smitty" Smith – piano, keyboard
• JD Souther – vocals, background vocals
• Fred Tackett – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, keyboard, 12 string guitar, Fender Rhodes
• Willow VanDer Hoek – vocals, background vocals
• Tom Waits – vocals, background vocals on "Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes"
• Dennis Whitted – drums
• Jai Winding – piano, keyboard, clavinet

Production

• Producer: Paul Rothchild
• Engineer: Fritz Richmond
• Remastering supervisor: Ed Cherney
• Remastering: Gregg Geller
• Project coordinator: Jo Motta
• Horn arrangements: Nick DeCaro, Jerry Jumonville, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett
• String arrangements: Nick DeCaro
• Art direction: Lockart
• Photography: Michael Dobo, Norman Seeff
• Cover photo: Norman Seeff

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)	43

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Home Plate at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 10, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
3. Entertainment Weekly review
4. Rolling Stone review