Home (Procol Harum album)

Home
Studio album by Procol Harum
Released 5 June 1970
Recorded 1970
Genre Progressive rock, blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock
Length 39:11
Label Regal Zonophone
A&M
Germany Polydor (original release)
Repertoire (reissue)
Producer Chris Thomas
Procol Harum chronology

A Salty Dog
(1969)		 Home
(1970)		 Broken Barricades
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone (not rated)[2]

Home is Procol Harum's fourth album, released in 1970. With the departure of organist Matthew Fisher and bassist David Knights and the addition of the remaining musicians' (Gary Brooker, B.J. Wilson and Robin Trower) former bandmate bassist/organist Chris Copping from The Paramounts, Procol Harum was, for all intents and purposes, The Paramounts again in all but name. The purpose of bringing in Copping was to return some of the R&B sound to the band that they had with their previous incarnation.[3]

The initial sessions were performed in London at Trident Studios under the supervision of former organist Matthew Fisher who had also produced the band's previous album. Unhappy with the sound and performances, the band scrapped the Trident sessions and began again with producer Chris Thomas and engineer Jeff Jarratt at Abbey Road Studios. Once the album was completed it was decided that the cover would be a parody of the British board game Snakes and Ladders featuring members of the band.

When the album was released in June 1970 it charted at No. 34 in the United States and No. 49 in the United Kingdom. The album was preceded by the single "Whiskey Train" written by guitarist Robin Trower with lyricist Keith Reid.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid except where noted

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Whisky Train" (Robin Trower, Keith Reid) 4:31
2. "The Dead Man's Dream"   4:46
3. "Still There'll Be More"   4:53
4. "Nothing That I Didn't Know"   3:38
5. "About to Die" (Trower, Reid) 3:35
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Barnyard Story"   2:46
2. "Piggy Pig Pig"   4:47
3. "Whaling Stories"   7:06
4. "Your Own Choice"   3:13
Bonus tracks
No. Title Length
1. "Still There'll Be More"   4:57
2. "Whaling Stories"   7:05

Salvo/Fly Reissue 2009

In 2009 Salvo reissued the Procol Harum catalogue and included bonus tracks for each album. "Home" included two bonus tracks selected and approved by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid "Whaling Stories" and "Still There'll Be More". The two bonus tracks were work-in-progress mixes that didn't have the final overdubs from the final versions.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Eder, Bruce (2011). "Home – Procol Harum | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. ↑ von Tersch, Gary (2011). "Procol Harum: Home : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Reissue booklet for "Home" CD
  4. ↑ Billboard Charts 1970

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