Home (Dixie Chicks album)

Infobox Album
Name = Home


Type = studio
Artist = Dixie Chicks
Released = August 27, 2002
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 51:42
Label = Columbia
Producer = Dixie Chicks,
Lloyd Maines
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6s120rjal48n~T1 link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/dixiechicks/albums/album/128498/review/6067980/home?rating=11 link]
*Entertainment Weekly (A) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,338302,00.html link]
*PopMatters (Favourable) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/dixiechicks-home.shtml link]
*Review-Christgau|hm1|artist=361
Last album = "Fly"
(1999)
This album = "Home"
(2002)
Next album = ""
(2003)|

"Home" is the sixth studio album by American country band Dixie Chicks, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). It is notable for its acoustic bluegrass sound, which stands in contrast with their previous two country pop albums.

The album has the distinction of being the album the group was promoting when lead singer Natalie Maines made comments about U.S. President George W. Bush. The album's third single, "Travelin' Soldier", was #1 on the Billboard Country Chart the week that Maines' comments hit the press. The following week, as many stations started a still-standing boycott of the Chicks' music, the song collapsed. None of the following singles gained traction with country radio.

Despite these events, the album was certified 6× Multi-platinum status by the RIAA, having shifted 6 million units. [http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/search_results.asp] The album also featured a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide", which was their biggest pop crossover hit to date, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two of this album's tracks were previously recorded by other acts: "Travelin' Soldier" by its writer, Bruce Robison, and later by Ty England on 1999's "Highways & Dance Halls", and "Landslide" by Radney Foster on 1999's "See What You Want to See".

The album was also successful in Australia, in its 175th week in the country charts it was certified Triple Platinum for shipments of 210,000 copies. [ [http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1F20 Top 20 Country Chart - Australian Record Industry Association ] ]

Track listing

#"Long Time Gone" (Darrell Scott) – 4:10
#"Landslide" (Stevie Nicks) – 3:50
#"Travelin' Soldier" (Bruce Robison) – 5:43
#"Truth No. 2" (Patty Griffin) – 4:28
#"White Trash Wedding" (Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) – 2:21
#"A Home" (Maia Sharp, Randy Sharp) – 4:56
#"More Love" (Gary Nicholson, Tim O'Brien) – 5:07
#"I Believe in Love" (Maguire, Maines, Marty Stuart) – 4:14
#"Tortured, Tangled Hearts" (Maguire, Maines, Stuart) – 3:40
#"Lil' Jack Slade" (Terri Hendrix, Maguire, Lloyd Maines, E. Robison) – 2:23
#"Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" (Radney Foster) – 4:42
#"Top of the World" (Patty Griffin) – 6:01
#"Landslide (Sheryl Crow Remix)" – 3:46 (U.S. Deluxe Edition) (Holland Bonus DVD Edition)
#"Travelin' Soldier (Re-Recorded Version)" – 5:09 (Holland Bonus DVD Edition)
#"Top Of The World (The Greg Collins Remix) – 5:57 (Holland Bonus DVD Edition)

The U.S. Deluxe Edition features a bonus track and a DVD containing four videos.The Holland Bonus DVD Edition contains three bonus tracks and a DVD.

ongs

"Landslide" was originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac in 1975. "Travelin' Soldier" was originally recorded by its writer, Bruce Robison, in 1996, and then in rewritten form, in 1999; Ty England also recorded the song in 1999. "Godspeed" was originally recorded by Radney Foster in 1999; his wife suggested sending it to the Dixie Chicks because Natalie Maines had just had a baby. "Long Time Gone" and "More Love" were originally recorded by Darrell Scott in 2000. "Truth No. 2" and "Top of the World" were originally recorded by Patty Griffin for a 2000 album that went unreleased. "I Believe in Love" made its debut on the 2001 telethon "".

Personnel

*Martie Maguire - fiddle, mandolin, viola, vocals
*Natalie Maines - vocals
*Emily Robison - banjo, Dobro, accordion, vocals, papoose

Additional personnel
*Glenn Fukunaga - bass
*Emmylou Harris - vocals
*Byron House - bass
*Lloyd Maines - acoustic guitar, Weissenborn slide guitar, Papoose guitar
*John Mock - percussion, bodhrán, uillean pipes, tin whistle
*Sara Nelson - cello
*Paul Pearcy - percussion
*Adam Steffey - mandolin
*Bryan Sutton - guitar, baritone guitar, Papoose guitar
*Chris Thile - mandolin, soloist

Production

*Producers: Dixie Chicks, Lloyd Maines
*Engineer: Gary Paczosa
*Assistant engineers: Thomas Johnson, Adam Odor, Fred Remmert
*Mixing: Gary Paczosa
*Mixing assistant: Eric Bickel
*Mastering: Robert Hadley, Doug Sax
*Production coordination: Mindi Pelletier
*String arrangements: John Mock
*Art direction: Kevin Reagan
*Design: Bret Healey, Kevin Reagan
*Photography: James Minchin
*Make-up: Candy Burton

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

References