Home is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Blessid Union of Souls. It was released on March 21, 1995 on the EMI label. The album contains their biggest hit single, "I Believe", which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Home
Studio album by Blessid Union of Souls
Released	March 21, 1995
Recorded	July−November 1994
Studio	Ligosa Sound (Cincinnati), by Jerry Lane
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	47:30
Label	EMI
Producer	Emosia; associate producer: Charles Roth
Blessid Union of Souls chronology
Home (1995) Blessid Union of Souls (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Track listing[3]

1. "I Believe" — 4:27 (Eliot Sloan, Jeff Pence, Matt Senatore)
2. "Let Me Be The One" — 4:38 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore)
3. "All Along" — 3:54 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore, Charles P. "Charly" Roth, Andrea M. Sarmiento)
4. "Oh Virginia"* — 3:59 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore)
5. "Nora" — 4:07 (Sloan, Roth)
6. "Would You Be There" — 4:00 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore, Sarmiento)
7. "Home" — 3:29 (Sloan, Pence, Sarmiento)
8. "End of the World" — 3:42 (Sloan, Pence)
9. "Heaven" — 4:33 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore)
10. "Forever For Tonight" — 5:08 (Sloan, Pence)
11. "Lucky To Be Here" — 5:46 (Sloan, Pence, Senatore, Roth)
12. "I Believe" (extended) — 4:41

• Two versions of the album were released. The difference on the album's cover is the band having simply changed the text from having the band name on the bottom, to the top, and vice versa for the album title. The main differences in these two releases, musically, are the songs "Oh Virginia," and the extended version of "I Believe." Originally, the song "Oh Virginia" featured an electric lead guitar intro, and electric rhythm guitar throughout the track, played by Curt Benton, accompanied by his harmonica playing. The re-released album contains this song in an almost completely acoustic version, with Curt Benton only playing the harmonica. The extended version of "I Believe" is absent from the original version.

Personnel

Blessid Union of Souls

• Eliot Sloan: Piano, Vocal
• Jeff Pence: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Synthesizers, Vocal
• Charles P. "Charly" Roth: Electric Bass, Keyboards, Drums, String Arrangements
• Eddie Hedges: Drums, Percussion

Additional Personnel

• Curt Benton: Guitars, Harmonica
• Ted Karras: Guitars
• Paul Patterson: Violin
• Kevin Hupp: Drums, Percussion
• Emosia, Mike Star: Vocal Backing

Production

• Produced By Emosia
• Recording Engineered By Jerry Lane & Ashley Sheppard
• Re-mix & Additional Production on tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 & 11 by David Kershenbaum (for John Galt Entertainment); remix engineered by Kevin W. Smith
• Tracks 4, 6 & 9 mixed by Tony Phillips; assisted by Liz Sroka
• Tracks 2 & 7 mixed by Jerry Lane
• Mastered By Ted Jensen (Sterling Sound, New York City)

Liner notes

Eliot Sloan placed a note to his ex-girlfriend Lisa (who he based the song "I Believe" on) in the liner notes of the album: "Lisa, give me a call sometime just to say hello, my number is still the same."[4][5]

External links

• RockOnTheNet info
• Website info

References