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. Six of the tracks were composed by Hardy. The album also contained fellow Canadian musician

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's song " Cold on the Shoulder" and five songs by other songwriters."Hagood Hardy The Homecoming"
''AllMusic'' Review by Shawn M. Haney It reached #21 on the ''RPM Magazine'' Top Albums chart in October, 1975. In 1976, based on the music in this collection, Hardy was named Composer of the Year at the annual

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Title track

The title track, "The Homecoming", started out as music to a 1972 TV commercial for

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. After being included in this album, it was released as a single in 1975 on the Isis label through the Toronto company, Hagood Hardy Productions. It rose to #14 on the Canadian charts, and to #41 on the pop and #6 on the easy listening US charts. It was certified Gold in Canada."Little: Canadian radio and music history lives in Burlington"
''Hamilton Spectator'', Aug 07, 2013 by Joan Little

Track listing

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Homecoming, The 1975 albums Hagood Hardy albums Attic Records albums