''The Road Home'', a

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released in 1995, is the fourteenth album overall by the rock group

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. It chronicles a club performance in the "

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" style – but with strings – in their home city of

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. The setlist contains acoustic versions of many of the band's hits including " Alone", "

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", and "

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". The album was produced by

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, a band to whom Ann and Nancy Wilson paid tribute with their band the Lovemongers. "He was a prince among men," enthused Ann. The cover photograph shows an old picture of a young Ann & Nancy Wilson with a candle. The album reached number eighty-seven on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200. In 1995 a VHS was released under the same name and with the same cover containing another concert from the same tour. The video was reissued on DVD in 2003.

Track listing

VHS track listing

''unlisted introduction interview with Ann & Nancy Wilson'' #"River" #"Dog and Butterfly" #"(Up on) Cherry Blossom Road" #"Back to Avalon" #"Alone" #"These Dreams" #"Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child)" #"Seasons" #"Dream of the Archer" #"Love Alive" #"All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" #"Straight On" #"Mistral Wind" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis, Fisher) #"Barracuda" #"Love Hurts" #"Crazy on You" #"The Road Home"

DVD bonus material

The Road Home - electronic press kit #"Crazy on You" - live from ''

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'' with

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#"The Road Home" - live from ''

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Personnel

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- lead vocals,

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* Nancy Wilson - vocals,

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- guitars,

, keyboards,

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, background vocals *

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, mandolin, producer (only on CD concert) *

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- bass, background vocals *Denny Fongheiser -

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*Gary Gersh - percussion, executive producer *Kristen Barry - background vocals *Seattle Symphony string section (CD): **Gennady Filimonov, Leonid Keylin - violins **Vincent Comer - viola **David Tonkongui - cello **John DeJarnatt - oboe, English horn * London Metropolitan String Quartet on track 12 and DVD: **Rosemary Furniss, David Ogden - violins **Andrew Brown - viola **

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- cello **John Anderson - oboe **Roger Bolton - conductor

Charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Road Home, The Heart (band) live albums 1995 live albums Capitol Records live albums Albums recorded at the Moore Theatre 1995 video albums Live video albums Capitol Records video albums