Coming Home is the sixth studio album by American country music group Lonestar, released in 2005 on BNA Records. This album produced two singles for them on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "You're Like Coming Home" (No. 8) and "I'll Die Tryin'" (No. 43). Both of these songs were originally recorded by the Canadian country band Emerson Drive on their 2004 album What If?.
| Coming Home | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 13, 2005 | |||
| Studio | Emerald Entertainment (Nashville, Tennessee) and Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee). | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 44:08 | |||
| Label | BNA | |||
| Producer | Justin Niebank | |||
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| Singles from Coming Home | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |  [1] |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| People | [3] |
| USA Today |  [4] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You're Like Comin' Home" |
| 4:00 |
| 2. | "Doghouse" |
| 3:04 |
| 3. | "I Am a Man" | 4:25 | |
| 4. | "I'll Die Tryin'" |
| 4:02 |
| 5. | "Wild" | 3:57 | |
| 6. | "Noise" |
| 3:22 |
| 7. | "Little Town" |
| 3:08 |
| 8. | "I Never Needed You" |
| 3:40 |
| 9. | "What's Wrong with That" |
| 3:17 |
| 10. | "Two Bottles of Beer" |
| 4:01 |
| 11. | "I Just Want to Love You" |
| 4:07 |
| 12. | "When I Go Home Again" |
| 2:59 |
Personnel
editLonestar
edit- Richie McDonald – lead vocals
- Dean Sams – acoustic piano, clavinet, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers, backing vocals
- Michael Britt – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, bouzouki
- Keech Rainwater – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
edit- Tim Lauer – accordion
- Gordon Mote – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, wah wah clavinet
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, mandolin
- John Willis – acoustic guitar
- Russ Pahl – electric guitars, dobro, steel guitar
- Bruce Bouton – dobro, steel guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Shannon Forrest – drums
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Robbie Cheuvront – backing vocals
- Sara Evans – backing vocals
Production
edit- Justin Niebank – producer, recording, mixing
- Drew Bollman – engineer, digital editing
- Scott Kidd – additional engineer
- Brian David Willis – digital editing
- Jim DeMain – mastering at Yes Master (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
- Astrid Herbold May – art direction, design
- S. Wade Hunt – art direction, design
- Chapman Baehler – photography
- Melanie Shelley – grooming
- Penny Arth – stylist
Charts
edit| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[5] | 26 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] | 3 |
References
edit- ^ Shelly Fabian (1 April 2019). "A Profile of the Band Lonestar". About.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Coming Home at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Lonestar". People. 26 September 2005. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Brian Mansfield (12 December 2005). "Lonestar, Coming Home". USA Today. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Lonestar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ "Lonestar Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.