Welcome Home ('Til Tuesday album)

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Welcome Home
Til Tuesday - Welcome Home.jpg
Studio album by
'Til Tuesday
ReleasedOctober 4, 1986 [1]
Studio Bearsville, Woodstock
Length40:31
Label Epic
Producer Rhett Davies
'Til Tuesday chronology
Voices Carry
(1985)		Welcome Home
(1986)		 Everything's Different Now
(1988)

Welcome Home is the second studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1986. [2] [3] It peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200. The band supported the album with a North American tour. [4]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Rhett Davies. [5] All of its songs were written or cowritten by Aimee Mann. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Sounds Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Windsor Star C+ [3]

The Los Angeles Times wrote that "Mann is adept at writing melancholy lyrics about shattered romance, but they don't have to be set to languid music." [10] The Gazette determined that "none of the members of this East Coast modern pop quartet could put together a decent song if it were written on their beautiful foreheads, and one more video band takes the gas." [11] The Orlando Sentinel called Welcome Home "a warm, sepia-toned collection of tunes that exploit Mann's songwriting abilities." [8] The New York Times concluded that "one by one, the songs just barely steer clear of self-pity... But together, they add up to an album as single-mindededly morose as Frank Sinatra's Only the Lonely." [12] Timothy White in Spin noted that "Mann writes taut yet warmly ironic songs that succeed for their keen subtleties." [13]

Track listing

  1. "What About Love" (Mann) – 3:56
  2. "Coming Up Close" (Mann) – 4:40
  3. "On Sunday" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 4:06
  4. "Will She Just Fall Down" (Mann) – 2:49
  5. "David Denies" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 4:50
  6. "Lovers' Day" (Mann, Pesce) – 4:19
  7. "Have Mercy" (Mann) – 4:55
  8. "Sleeping and Waking" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 3:24
  9. "Angels Never Call" (Mann) – 3:40
  10. "No One Is Watching You Now" (Mann) – 3:52

Personnel

'Til Tuesday
Technical

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
United States (Billboard 200)49

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [14] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Wild, David (November 6, 1986). "Records: Welcome Home". Rolling Stone. No. 486. p. 72.
  3. 1 2 Laycock, John (October 25, 1986). "Record Review Column". Windsor Star. p. C2.
  4. ↑ DeVault, Russ (December 12, 1986). "2nd album was on time for Tuesday". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. P1.
  5. ↑ Morse, Steve (July 25, 1986). "Boston band 'til tuesday...". Arts and Film. The Boston Globe. p. 40.
  6. ↑ Cummings, Sue (October 28, 1986). "Just Wait 'Til Tuesday". L.A. Life. Los Angeles Daily News. p. 15.
  7. ↑ "Welcome Home Review by Alex Henderson". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Henderson, Bill (November 16, 1986). "Til Tuesday". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 9.
  9. ↑ Hurt, Andy (November 15, 1986). "Albums". Sounds . p. 30. ISSN   0144-5774.
  10. ↑ Strauss, Duncan (October 19, 1986). "Tuesday: Almost Home". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 65.
  11. ↑ Griffin, John (October 23, 1986). "'Til Tuesday – Welcome Home". The Gazette. p. F3.
  12. ↑ Pareles, Jon (January 23, 1987). "Rock Album of the Week". The New York Times. p. C19.
  13. ↑ White, Timothy (December 1986). "Welcome Home review". SPIN . Vol. 2, no. 9. p. 30.
  14. ↑ "American album certifications – 'Til Tuesday – Welcome Home". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 22, 2016.
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