Welcome Home ('Til Tuesday album)

Welcome Home is the second studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1986.^[2][3] It peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200. The band supported the album with a North American tour.^[4]

Welcome Home
Studio album by 'Til Tuesday
Released	October 4, 1986[1]
Studio	Bearsville, Woodstock
Length	40:31
Label	Epic
Producer	Rhett Davies
'Til Tuesday chronology
Voices Carry (1985) Welcome Home (1986) Everything's Different Now (1988)

Production

The album was produced by Rhett Davies.^[5] All of its songs were written or cowritten by Aimee Mann.^[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Orlando Sentinel	[8]
Windsor Star	C+[3]

The Los Angeles Times wrote that "Mann is adept at writing melancholy lyrics about shattered romance, but they don't have to be set to languid music."^[9] The Gazette 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."^[10] The Orlando Sentinel called Welcome Home "a warm, sepia-toned collection of tunes that exploit Mann's songwriting abilities."^[8] The New York Times 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."^[11] Timothy White in Spin noted that "Mann writes taut yet warmly ironic songs that succeed for their keen subtleties."^[12]

Track listing

1. "What About Love" (Mann) – 3:56
2. "Coming Up Close" (Mann) – 4:40
3. "On Sunday" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 4:06
4. "Will She Just Fall Down" (Mann) – 2:49
5. "David Denies" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 4:50
6. "Lovers' Day" (Mann, Pesce) – 4:19
7. "Have Mercy" (Mann) – 4:55
8. "Sleeping and Waking" (Hausman, Holmes, Mann, Pesce) – 3:24
9. "Angels Never Call" (Mann) – 3:40
10. "No One Is Watching You Now" (Mann) – 3:52

Personnel

'Til Tuesday

• Aimee Mann – vocals and bass
• Joey Pesce – piano, synthesizers, backing vocals
• Robert Holmes – guitars, backing vocals
• Michael Hausman – drums and percussion

Technical

• Mark McKenna, Rhett Davies – engineer
• Bruce Lampcov – engineer, mixing
• Mark Larson – art direction
• Erica Lennard – photography

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
United States (Billboard 200)	49

Certifications

^[1]

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[13]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.