Celebrate Me Home

Celebrate Me Home
Studio album by Kenny Loggins
Released April 13, 1977
Recorded 1975-1976
Genre Rock, soft rock
Length 44:30
Label Columbia
Producer Phil Ramone, Bob James
Kenny Loggins chronology
Celebrate Me Home
(1977)		 Nightwatch
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[2]

Celebrate Me Home is the debut solo album from Kenny Loggins, released in 1977. The album, Loggins' first since splitting from Loggins and Messina, represents a slight move away from the folk-rock leanings of his previous recordings towards a more polished, soft rock sound.

Despite featuring production by famed Billy Joel collaborator Phil Ramone and jazz keyboardist Bob James, Celebrate Me Home (eventually certified platinum by the RIAA) failed to make a significant impact on the Billboard album charts, peaking at number 27. Loggins would experience greater commercial and chart success with his next album release, Nightwatch.

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Lady Luck" (Kenny Loggins, lyrics: John Townsend) – 4:40
  2. "If You Be Wise" (Loggins, lyrics: Jimmy Webb) – 4:25
  3. "I Believe in Love" (Loggins, lyrics: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 3:30 (#66 US)
  4. "Set It Free" (Eva Ein, Loggins) – 5:56
  5. "Why Do People Lie" (Ein, Loggins) – 4:29
Side Two
  1. "Enter My Dream" (Loggins) – 5:20
  2. "I've Got the Melody (Deep in My Heart)" (Patti Austin) – 4:12
  3. "Celebrate Me Home" (Bob James, Loggins) – 4:42
  4. "Daddy's Back" (Ein, David Foster, Loggins) – 3:32
  5. "You Don't Know Me" (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker) – 4:14

Personnel

  • Patti Austin – backing vocals (6, 7)
  • Hiram Bullock – guitar solo (1)
  • Jon Clarke – recorder (3), saxophone and woodwinds (4, 5, 8), flute (8), clarinet (8), oboe (8), English horn (8), horn arrangements
  • Vince Denham – saxophone and woodwinds (4, 5, 8), flute (8), clarinet (8), horn arrangements
  • Laudir de Oliveira – percussion (4, 5, 6, 8)
  • Bill Eaton – choral arrangement (8)
  • Robben Ford – guitar (2-6, 8)
  • Steve Forman – percussion (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)
  • Steve Gadd – drums (7, 9)
  • Eric Gale – guitar (1, 5, 7, 9, 10)
  • Lani Groves – backing vocals (6, 7)
  • Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals (6, 7)
  • George Hawkins – bass (1-9), backing vocals (1-8)
  • Bob James – keyboards, horn and string arrangements
  • Steve Khan – guitar (7, 9)
  • Kenny Loggins – lead vocals, backing vocals (1-8)
  • Ralph MacDonald – tambourine (1, 3, 9), percussion (2, 4), congas (4, 9), cowbell (9)
  • Harvey Mason, Sr. – drums (1-6, 8)
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar (3, 8)
  • Dean Parks – guitar (4, 6)
  • Lee Ritenour – guitar (1, 2, 3, 6), bouzouki (1), mandolin (1)
  • Tommy Tedesco – bouzouki (1), mandola (1), mandolin (1)
  • Richard Tee – organ (1)

Production

  • Producers – Bob James and Phil Ramone
  • Engineer – Phil Ramone
  • Assistant Engineers – Jim Boyer, Frank Jones and Andy MacDonald.
  • Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios (Burbank, CA) and A&R Recording (New York City, NY).
  • Design – Tom Steele
  • Photography – Ed Caraeff
  • Lettering – Martin Donald

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r11897
  2. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kennyloggins/albums/album/222853/review/5942771/celebrate_me_home
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