''Welcome Home'' is the second studio album by the American band

'Til Tuesday Til Tuesday (often stylized as til tuesday) was an American new wave band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The band, consisting of Aimee Mann (lead vocals, bass), Robert Holmes (guitar), Joey Pesce (keyboards), and Michael Haus ...

, released in 1986. It peaked at No. 49 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The band supported the album with a North American tour.

Production

The album was produced by

Rhett Davies Rhett Davies (born 1949 in London) is an English record producer and engineer. Davies' father was trumpet player Ray Davies (no relation to Ray Davies of The Kinks). Davies became a studio engineer at Island Records studios in the early 1970s, a ...

. All of its songs were written or cowritten by

Aimee Mann Aimee Elizabeth Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter. Over the course of four decades, she has released more than a dozen albums as a solo artist and with other musicians. She is noted for her sardonic and literate lyr ...

Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote that "Mann is adept at writing melancholy lyrics about shattered romance, but they don't have to be set to languid music." ''

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'' determined that "none of the members of this East Coast modern pop quartet could put together a decent song if it were written on their beautiful foreheads, and one more video band takes the gas." The ''

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'' called ''Welcome Home'' "a warm, sepia-toned collection of tunes that exploit Mann's songwriting abilities." ''

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'' concluded that "one by one, the songs just barely steer clear of self-pity... But together, they add up to an album as single-mindededly morose as Frank Sinatra's ''Only the Lonely''."

Track listing

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Coming Up Close "Coming Up Close" is a song by American band 'Til Tuesday, which was released in 1986 as the second and final single from their second studio album '' Welcome Home''. The song was written by Aimee Mann and produced by Rhett Davies. "Coming Up Clos ...

" (Mann) – 4:40 #"On Sunday" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 4:06 #"Will She Just Fall Down" (Mann) – 2:49 #"David Denies" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 4:50 #"Lovers' Day" (Mann, Pesce) – 4:19 #"Have Mercy" (Mann) – 4:55 #"Sleeping and Waking" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 3:24 #"Angels Never Call" (Mann) – 3:40 #"No One Is Watching You Now" (Mann) – 3:52

Personnel

;'Til Tuesday *

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

and bass *Joey Pesce –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

s, backing vocals * Robert Holmes –

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 ...

s, backing vocals *

Michael Hausman Michael Hausman is an American musician and talent manager, known for his collaboration with former-girlfriend and bandmate Aimee Mann. Hausman attended Berklee College of Music and played with a Boston band called The Dark before becoming the dr ...

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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 ...

and

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

;Technical *Mark McKenna, Rhett Davies - engineer *Bruce Lampcov - engineer, mixing *Mark Larson - art direction *

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- photography

Charts

Certifications

References

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