Homerun (The Kelly Family album)

Homerun
Studio album by The Kelly Family
Released	June 7, 2004
Recorded	Conny's Studio (Germany)
Genre	Pop, Rock, folk
Length	70:40
Label	Polydor
Producer	Kelbros
The Kelly Family chronology
La Patata (2002) Homerun (2004) Hope (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
laut.de	[1]

Homerun is the fourteenth regular studio album by the European-American pop group The Kelly Family, released by Polydor in 2004 (see 2004 in music) throughout most of Europe. The first disc has only acoustic songs while the songs on the second disc include drums and e-guitarres. In 2004 and 2005 The Kelly Family toured Germany to promote the album.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "I'll Be There" – 4:16
2. "Walking" – 3:49
3. "Strange World" – 3:39
4. "What If Love" – 4:06
5. "Don't Always Want" – 3:46
6. "Intermission: Mother Teresa" – 0:13
7. "Carry My Soul" – 3:43
8. "Break The Walls" – 3:52
9. "Burning Fire" – 5:18
10. "Don't Be So Unhappy" – 4:31

Disc two

1. "Babylon" – 4:06
2. "Everybody Is Beautiful" – 4:07
3. "Streets of Love" – 3:23
4. "Street Kid (Gucci Shit)" – 3:27
5. "Intermission: China Keitetsi" – 0:34
6. "Blood" – 3:51
7. "I Wish the Very Best" – 4:35
8. "Flip a Coin" – 4:30
9. "Edge of Happiness" – 4:54 ^{[2] [3]}

Personnel

Musicians

• Wilhelm Geschwind – bass, fretless bass, piccolo-double bass.
• Axel Hilgenstoehler – Wurlitzer electric piano, guitar, sound treatment.
• Angelo Kelly – vocals, drums, percussion, guitars, keyboards, piano, Hammond organ, xylophone.
• Jimmy Kelly – vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, guitars, percussion.
• Joey Kelly – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion.
• Maite Kelly – vocals, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, percussion.
• Paddy Kelly– vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, mandolin, Wurlitzer electric piano, Rhodes piano, Hammond organ, percussion.
• Patricia Kelly – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, percussion.
• Paul Kelly – hurdy-gurdy.
• Peter Materna – saxophone.
• Ölberger Kinderchor – vocals.
• Marc Weis – sound treatment.

Production

Writing: The Kelly Family Recording: Britta Kühlmann Mastering: Bob Ludwig Mixing: Richard Rainey Mixing assistance: Flo Beir

Engineers: Britta Kühlmann Engineering assistance: Marc Weis Photography: Thomas Stachelhaus Artwork: Heidi Mösl Litho: RGI Dortmund Germany

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4]	52
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5]	36
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6]	9

References

1. laut.de review
2. "Homerun album track listing at allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
3. "Homerun album track listing at cduniverse.com". cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
4. "Austriancharts.at – The Kelly Family – Homerun" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
5. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Kelly Family – Homerun" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
6. "Offiziellecharts.de – The Kelly Family – Homerun" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 7, 2024.

External links

• KellyFamily.de — official site