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Home is the debut album by American hip hop band Spearhead, released in 1994 on Capitol Records. It was produced by Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo and Spearhead frontman Michael Franti at Studio 4 in Philadelphia.

Home
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 20, 1994
Recorded1993–1994
GenreHip hop Funk Alternative Hip Hop Neo soul
LabelCapitol
Producer
Spearhead chronology
Home
(1994)
Chocolate Supa Highway
(1997)

"Hole in the Bucket" was released as a single. It became an MTV Buzz Bin song and won a Clio Award.[1]


Reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
The Guardian[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
NME8/10[6]
Q[7]
Select4/5[8]

Paul Corio of Rolling Stone wrote: "Spearhead lean slightly toward jazz, but their warm rhythm and Franti's supple voice keep things fresh. Lacking even an eighth of PE's heyday power, this crew still boasts a telling advantage: It knows what time it is."[9]


Track listing


All tracks are written by Michael Franti.

No.TitleLength
1."People in tha Middle"5:04
2."Love Is da Shit"5:37
3."Piece o' Peace"4:54
4."Positive"4:29
5."Of Course You Can"4:38
6."Hole in the Bucket"5:22
7."Home"1:42
8."Dream Team"4:41
9."Runfayalife"4:42
10."Crime to Be Broke in America"4:51
11."100,000 Miles"5:21
12."Red Beans & Rice"4:27
13."Caught Without an Umbrella"5:22

Personnel



Charts


Chart (1994–95) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 44
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 24
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 147
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] 21

References


  1. "CLIO Awards". CLIO Awards. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  2. Theakston, Rob. "Home – Spearhead". AllMusic. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  3. Kot, Greg (December 15, 1994). "Heavenly Hip-Hop". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. Jeffries, Stuart (September 23, 1994). "Spearhead: Home (Columbia 7243 8 29113 2 6)". The Guardian.
  5. Hardy, Ernest (September 18, 1994). "Spearhead, 'Home,' Capitol". Los Angeles Times.
  6. "Spearhead: Home". NME. September 10, 1994. p. 48.
  7. "Spearhead: Home". Q. No. 97. October 1994. p. 126.
  8. Hall, Matt (October 1994). "Spearhead: Home". Select. No. 52. p. 103.
  9. Corio, Paul (December 29, 1994). "Spearhead: Home". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  10. "Australiancharts.com – Spearhead – Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  11. "Ultratop.be – Spearhead – Home" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  12. "Charts.nz – Spearhead – Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  13. "Chart Log UK: DJ S – The System Of Life". Zobbel.de. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  14. "Michael Franti & Spearhead Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2020.



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