''Home'' is the eighth studio album by

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. The album was recorded between August and November 2015 at Orb Studios in Austin, Texas and Justin Furstenfeld's home studio Crazy Making Studio. Long-time collaborator,

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, co-produced and mixed the album. After its first week of sales, ''Home'' charted at number 10 on the Building Album Sales chart with sales of 22,194 units. On the ''Billboard'' charts, ''Home'' debuted at number 1 on the Rock Albums Chart, number 1 on the Alternative Albums Chart, number 1 on the Independent Albums Chart, and number 19 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The first single, the title track "Home" made its radio debut December 16, 2015, and spent over six months on the

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, peaking at number 24. The followup single "I Want It" also charted, peaking at number 36. Justin Furstenfeld wrote the album on a tiny keyboard while driving through the

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desert. The cover image is a painting of a photo of Jeremy and Justin Furstenfeld's parents' first kiss.

Track listing

Personnel

Justin Furstenfeld Justin Steward Furstenfeld (born December 14, 1975) is an American musician and actor. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist of rock band Blue October. He is also a member of the band Harvard of the South. Personal life When not tou ...

– vocals, guitar, producer, programming *

Matt Noveskey William Matthew Noveskey (born June 16, 1976 in Adrian, Michigan, USA) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and bassist, best known as the bassist in the bands Blue October and Harvard of the South, and as bassist and ...

– bass *

Jeremy Furstenfeld Blue October is an American rock band originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and is currently composed of singer/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld, drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye, bassist ...

– drums, percussion *

Ryan Delahoussaye Blue October is an American rock band originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and is currently composed of singer/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld, drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye, bassist M ...

- violin, keyboard *

C.B. Hudson Blue October is an American rock band originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and is currently composed of singer/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld, drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye, bassist ...

- guitar *

- producer, and mixing *

Mark Needham Mark Needham is an American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music, including: Blue October, Newsboys, Fleetwood Mac, The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Chris Isaak, John Hiatt, Michelle Branch, P!nk, O.A ...

- co-producer, mixing * Eric Holtz - engineer, programming * Steve Schiltz of

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- guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9 *

Matt Chamberlain Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter. Biography Life and career Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. He began learning how to play the drums ...

- drums on track 5 * Robert Sewell - assistant engineer * Brad Bond - package design

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2016 albums Blue October albums Albums produced by Tim Palmer