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 infectious album welcome home Dec 24, 2009
I never hear their albums too often. enough said. however, wit doesn't have soul, it's part of the soul.
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Great album! Nov 26, 2007
This is a really great album that I have loved since it came out years ago. The songs are excellent, the mix and sound is really clear and layered. Aimee Mann's lyrics are interesting and evocative. Put on a good set of headphones and listen to this amazing music!
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 Their 2nd Best Album Jul 17, 2007
I would recommend "Everything's Different Now" over this one, but if you already have that, this makes a great second choice. The best tracks are indeed the more popular hits, but songs such as "On Sunday" and "David Denies" are also great album cuts.
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Til Tuesday Jun 11, 2007
Excellent work by the Til Tuesday group. Aimee Mann's emotion comes out in these songs. I lost this one and HAD to replace it, my collection wouldn't be complete without it. I purchased the Aimee Mann solo CD with a little disappointment (I can't even remember the name of it). I don't listen to it at all, but Welcome Home is one of my favorites.
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A courageous artistic move... and an outstanding pop album. Sep 04, 2005
Til Tuesday, the former band of the now legendary singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, will forever be remembered for their unique debut single ("Voices Carry", perhaps one of the most striking songs of the 80s).However, there was much more to this band than meets the eye. As demonstrated on their sadly overlooked sophomore album "Welcome Home", this band was powered by a unique artist (Aimee Mann) backed by solid musicians that seemed willing to take chances. It would have been easy to try to come up with a sequel to "Voices Carry", but what we got instead was an album filled with personal songs and musical settings that were totally untypical of the era in which the album was released. The moment you'll hear the second song on the album (the brilliant masterpiece "Coming Up Close", one of Mann's finest compositions ever), you will know how special this album is. This was the first pop song of the 80s to heavily feature acoustic guitars, a few years before Indigo Girls, Suzanne Vega or Melissa Etheridge became millionaires with their good old six strings. And the rest of the album is just as good : "Have mercy" and "No-one is watching you now" are heartbreaking tales with a haunting melody and an achingly expressive vocal, "On Sunday" is a smouldering uptempo number that slowly builds up to an intense finale, "Will she just fall down" is reminiscent of the Beatles, and songs like "Angels never call" and "David denies" add layers after layers of floating notes until it all becomes an aural reverie.Don't look for a weak spot on this album, for you won't find one. Some songs don't have the same emotional depth or musical originality ("Lovers day" and "What about love", for instance), but they remain powerful compositions nonetheless. If there's only one thing wrong with this album, it's the poor reaction it got from the record-buying public, which clearly wasn't ready in 1986 for this kind of vintage, song-oriented music; the first single "What about love" created very little waves, and the two follow-ups ("On Sunday" and "Coming up close") went totally unnoticed. But now that Til Tuesday's good fortunes on the charts don't matter anymore, music lovers will be well advised to check out this courageous album. Aimee Mann's loyal fans will have just as much fun (re)discovering this album; it became clear with this album that she was a truly unique artist, and she started to find her voice and her persona as a songwriter on this album. The eventual demise of Til Tuesday eventually allowed her to spread her wings and to make the kind of music that she wanted to make, with no regards to commercial conventions. Saying no to these conventions and expectations with "Welcome Home", Aimee set a path for herself as an artist that she would stick with for over twenty years : the path of an artist whose vision and creativity wouldn't be restrained by trends. It was a rare quality in the 80s... and it's still just as rare today.
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