''Homerun'' is the fourteenth regular

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by the European-American pop group

The Kelly Family The Kelly Family is an Irish-American music group consisting of a multi-generational family, usually nine siblings who were joined occasionally on stage in their earlier years by their parents. They play a repertoire of rock, pop, and folk music ...

, released by

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in 2004 (see

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) throughout most of

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. The first disc has only acoustic songs while the songs on the second disc include drums and e-guitarres. In 2004 and 2005 The Kelly Family toured Germany to promote the album.

Track listing

Disc one

#"I'll Be There" – 4:16 #"Walking" – 3:49 #"Strange World" – 3:39 #"What If Love" – 4:06 #"Don't Always Want" – 3:46 #"Intermission: Mother Teresa" – 0:13 #"Carry My Soul" – 3:43 #"Break The Walls" – 3:52 #"Burning Fire" – 5:18 #"Don't Be So Unhappy" – 4:31

Disc two

#"Babylon" – 4:06 #"Everybody Is Beautiful" – 4:07 #"Streets of Love" – 3:23 #"Street Kid (Gucci Shit)" – 3:27 #"Intermission: China Keitetsi" – 0:34 #"Blood" – 3:51 #"I Wish the Very Best" – 4:35 #"Flip a Coin" – 4:30 #"Edge of Happiness" – 4:54

Personnel

Musicians

* Wilhelm Geschwind -

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, fretless bass, piccolo-double bass. * Axel Hilgenstoehler -

Wurlitzer electric piano The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from the mid-1950s to mid-1980s. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is conceptua ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, sound treatment. * Angelo Kelly - vocals,

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

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, guitars,

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. * Jimmy Kelly - vocals,

, guitars, percussion. * Joey Kelly - vocals,

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, percussion. *

Maite Kelly Maite Star Kelly (born 4 December 1979) is a German-born Irish singer and actress. The second youngest child of The Kelly Family, she is the only one born in Germany. When she was younger, Kelly worked singing with her family. Later she started ...

- vocals, acoustic guitar,

, percussion. * Paddy Kelly- vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards,

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

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, percussion. * Patricia Kelly - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, percussion. * Paul Kelly - hurdy-gurdy. * Peter Materna -

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. * Ölberger Kinderchor - vocals. * Marc Weis - sound treatment.

Production

* Writing: The Kelly Family * Recording: Britta Kühlmann * Mastering: Bob Ludwig * Mixing: Richard Rainey ** Mixing assistance: Flo Beir * Engineers: Britta Kühlmann ** Engineering assistance: Marc Weis *

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: Thomas Stachelhaus *

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: Heidi Mösl * Litho: RGI Dortmund Germany

Charts

References

External links

KellyFamily.de
— official site {{Authority control 2004 albums The Kelly Family albums