Welcome Home (Carole King album)
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Studio album by Carole King | ||||
Released | May 1978 | |||
Recorded | January 1978 at Sound Labs, Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | Pop/Rock | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Carole King, Norm Kinney | |||
Carole King chronology | ||||
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Welcome Home is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1978.
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Track listing
All songs by Carole King unless otherwise noted.
- "Main Street Saturday Night"
- "Sunbird" (King, Rick Evers)
- "Venusian Diamond" (King, Evers, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Robb Galloway, Miguel Rivera, Richard Hardy, Michael Wooten)
- "Changes"
- "Morning Sun"
- "Disco Tech" (King, Hallman, McEntee, Galloway, Rivera, Wooten, Hardy)
- "Wings of Love" (King, Evers)
- "Ride the Music"
- "Everybody's Got the Spirit"
- "Welcome Home"
Personnel
- Carole King - vocals, background vocals, string arrangements
- Robert McEntee - guitar, background vocals
- Mark Hallman - guitars, background vocals
- Rob Galloway - bass, background vocals
- Michael Wooten - drums
- Miguel Rivera - congas, percussion
- Richard Hardy - flute, saxophone, clarinet, vocals
- George Bohanon - trombone, horn arrangement
- Dick "Slyde" Hyde - trombone
- Ernie Watts - saxophone
- Nolan Andrew Smith, Jr - trumpet, fluegelhorn
- Oscar Brashear - trumpet, fluegelhorn
- Charles Veal, Jr. - concertmaster, violin
- Israel Baker - violin
- Frank Foster - violin
- William H. Henderson - violin
- Marcia Van Dyke - violin
- Dorothy Wade - violin
- John Wittenberg - violin
- Kenneth Yerke - violin
- Rollice Dale - viola
- Denyse Buffum - viola
- Dennis Karmazyn - cello
- Ronald Cooper - cello
- The Trio on "Changes" was played by Charles Veal, Rollice Dale, Dennis Karmazyn
- Bob Harrington - hammer dulcimer
- Anne Golia - tamboura
- Georgia Kelly - harp
- Rick Evers - cowbell
- Carole King, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Richard Hardy, Stephanie Spruill, Alexandra Brown, Ann White - choir
Production notes
- Produced by Carole King and Norm Kinney
- Engineered by Norm Kinney, Linda Tyler and Steve Katz
- Roy Reynolds – photography
- Roy Kohara and Roy Reynolds – art direction
Chart positions
Year | Chart | Position |
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1978 | Billboard Pop albums | 104 |