Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home (1977) - €4,99

Celebrate Me Home is the debut solo album from Kenny Loggins, released in 1977.
The album, Loggins' first since splitting from Loggins and Messina, represents a slight move away from the folk-rock leanings of his previous recordings towards a more polished, soft rock sound.
Despite featuring production by famed Billy Joel collaborator Phil Ramone and jazz keyboardist Bob James, Celebrate Me Home failed to make a significant impact on the Billboard album charts, peaking at number 27.

Freed from Loggins & Messina, Kenny Loggins retreats from that duo's folky conceits, turning to smooth, smooth soft rock, filled with leisurely paces,
lush strings and electric pianos and easy attitude -- so it's no surprise when you discover this is a co-production by Billy Joel's chief collaborator Phil Ramone and Bob James. There is a bit of surprise that this album doesn't really have any big hits to its credit, especially since Loggins would later have several Top Ten records, but this is a consistent record, maintaining its mellow mood even when the tempo picks up for the relatively insistent "I Believe in Love."
Loggins is in good form throughout the record, and if even only the title track entered his readily-acknowledged canon, this has a fine, sustained mood: a soft late '70s vibe that makes it a nice artifact of its time, as well as one of his stronger records, as illustrated by its platinum status -- something it achieved without any blockbuster singles.


Side A
A1. Lady Luck - 4:40
A2. If You Be Wise - 4:28
A3. I Believe In Love - 3:30
A4. Set It Free - 6:00
A5. Why Do People Lie - 4:35

Side B
B1. Enter My Dream - 5:20
B2. I’ve Got The Melody (Deep In My Heart) - 4:15
B3. Celebrate Me Home - 4:44
B4. Daddy’s Back - 3:37
B5. You Don’t Know Me - 4:13


Personnel

• Kenny Loggins – lead vocals, backing vocals 
• Bob James – keyboards, Fender Rhodes, horn and string arrangements, musical direction
• Richard Tee – organ 
• Hiram Bullock – electric guitar solo
• Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar , electric guitar, bouzouki, mandolin 
• Tommy Tedesco – bouzouki, mandola, mandolin
• Eric Gale – electric guitar 
• Steve Khan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar 
• Robben Ford – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Hugh McCracken – acoustic guitar 
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar, electric guitar 
• George Hawkins – bass guitar, backing vocals 
• Harvey Mason – drums
• Steve Gadd – drums 
• Steve Forman – percussion 
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion, tambourine, cabasa, congas, cowbell
• Laudir de Oliveira – percussion
• Jon Clarke – sopranino recorder solo, saxophones, woodwinds, flute, alto flute, bass flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, English horn, recorder, horn arrangements
• Vince Denham – alto sax solo, woodwinds, flute, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophones (9), horn arrangements
• Patti Austin – backing vocals, harmony vocals 
• Lani Groves – backing vocals 
• Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals 
• Bill Eaton – choral arrangement 

Production

• Producers – Bob James and Phil Ramone
• Engineer – Phil Ramone
• Assistant Engineers – Jim Boyer, Frank Jones and Andy MacDonald.
• Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios (Burbank, CA) and A&R Recording (New York City, NY).
• Design – Tom Steele
• Photography – Ed Caraeff
• Lettering – Martin Donald

Notes
Release:  1977
Format:  LP
Genre:  Pop
Label:  CBS Records
Catalog#  81882
Prijs:  €4,99

Vinyl:  Goed
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