Home Plate

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Home Plate
Studio album by Bonnie Raitt
Released	1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Rock
Length	31:59
Label	Warner Brothers
Producer(s)	Paul Rothchild
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A) link
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Streetlights (1974)	Home Plate (1975)	Sweet Forgiveness (1977)

Home Plate is the fifth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music).

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "What Do You Want the Boy to Do?" (Toussaint) – 3:19
2. "Good Enough" (Hall, Hall) – 2:56
3. "Run Like a Thief" (Souther, Souther) – 3:02
4. "Fool Yourself" (Tackett) – 3:04
5. "My First Night Alone Without You" (Vassy) – 3:07
6. "Walk Out the Front Door" (Jordan, Stock) – 3:09
7. "Sugar Mama" (Clark) – 3:45
8. "Pleasin' Each Other" (Payne, Tate) – 3:44
9. "I'm Blowin' Away" (Kaz) – 3:25
10. "Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes" (O'Bryne, O'Byrne) – 2:47

[edit] Personnel

• Bonnie Raitt - guitar, electric guitar, vocals, slide guitar
• Harry Bluestone - concert master
• George Bohannon - trombone, baritone saxophone, bass trumpet
• Jackson Browne - vocals, background vocals
• Rosemary Butler - vocals, background vocals
• Venetta Fields - vocals, background vocals
• Freebo - bass, guitar, tuba, vocals, guitarron, fretless bass
• Jim Gordon - baritone saxophone
• Debbie Greene - vocals, background vocals
• John Kingsley Hall - guitar, electric guitar
• Emmylou Harris - vocals, background vocals
• John Herald - vocals, background vocals
• Dick Hyde - trombone, trumpet, bass trumpet
• Richard Hyde - horn
• Jerry Jumonville - tenor saxophone
• Jeff Labes - keyboard
• Maxayn Lewis - vocals, background vocals
• Gary Mallaber - drums
• Will McFarlane - guitar, electric guitar
• Robbie Montgomery - vocals, background vocals
• Bill Payne - accordion, keyboard, vocals
• Jeff Porcaro - percussion
• Joe Porcaro - percussion
• Greg Prestopino - vocals, background vocals
• Terry Reid - vocals, background vocals
• John Sebastian - autoharp, harp
• William D. "Smitty" Smith - piano, keyboard
• J.D. Souther - vocals, background vocals
• Fred Tackett - synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, keyboard, 12 string guitar, Fender Rhodes
• Willow VanDer Hoek - vocals, background vocals
• Tom Waits - vocals, background vocals
• Dennis Whitted - drums
• Jai Winding - piano, keyboard, clavinet

[edit] Production

• Producer: Paul Rothchild
• Engineer: Fritz Richmond
• Remastering supervisor: Ed Cherney
• Remastering: Gregg Geller
• Project coordinator: Jo Motta
• Horn arrangements: Nick DeCaro, Jerry Jumonville, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett
• String arrangements: Nick DeCaro
• Art direction: Lockart
• Photography: Michael Dobo, Norman Seeff
• Cover photo: Norman Seeff

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Pop Albums	43