''Please Come Home'' is the first studio album by

Dustin Kensrue Dustin Michael Kensrue (pronounced KENZ-roo) is a musician, singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the rock band Thrice, as well as a solo artist. Career 2007: Please Come Home On October 10, 2006, it was a ...

, released in 2007.

Songs

The album contains eight songs, which Kensrue has emphasized was a reflection of the albums/EPs he used to buy as a kid.

Recording

The album was recorded in the studio of

Thrice Thrice is an American rock band from Irvine, California, formed in 1998. The group was founded by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and lead guitarist Teppei Teranishi while they were in high school. Early in their career, the band was known ...

lead guitarist

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, who also played piano and organ on the album. Electric guitars and drums were recorded by long-time friend and Thrice guitar technician, Chris Jones.

Release

The album was planned for release in October 2006, but was delayed to 2007 due to issues recording and acquiring a label to distribute it. On October 10, 2006, it was announced that Kensrue had signed with

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, and that the label would release his debut solo album. On November 7, "I Knew You Before" was made available for streaming via Kensrue's Myspace account. ''Please Come Home'' was released on January 23, 2007 through Equal Vision. In June, Kensrue went on a tour of the U.S. alongside

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Tracks

#"I Knew You Before" - 3:55 #"Pistol" – 3:44 #"I Believe" – 2:46 #"Please Come Home" – 3:41 #"Blood & Wine" – 1:59 #"Consider the Ravens" – 4:15 #"Weary Saints" – 4:08 #"Blanket of Ghosts" – 5:13

iTunes bonus tracks

Please Come Home for Christmas "Please Come Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song, written in 1960 and released the same year by American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune, which Brown co-wrote with G ...

" – 2:44 #" Go Tell It On The Mountain" – 3:15 #"

Silent Night "Silent Night" (german: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht", links=no, italic=no) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an ...

" – 3:50

References

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