Home Plate (album)

Home Plate
Studio album by Bonnie Raitt
Released	1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Rock
Length	31:59
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Rothchild
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Streetlights (1974) Home Plate (1975) Sweet Forgiveness (1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A [2]
Robert Christgau	A [3]
Rolling Stone	(average) [4]

Home Plate is the fifth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1975.

Track listing

1. "What Do You Want the Boy to Do?" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:19
2. "Good Enough" (John Hall, Johanna Hall) – 2:56
3. "Run Like a Thief" (J.D. Souther) – 3:02
4. "Fool Yourself" (Fred Tackett) – 3:04
5. "My First Night Alone Without You" (Kin Vassy) – 3:07
6. "Walk Out the Front Door" (Mark T. Jordan, Rip Stock) – 3:09
7. "Sugar Mama" (Glen Clark) – 3:45
8. "Pleasin' Each Other" (Bill Payne, Fran Tate) – 3:44
9. "I'm Blowin' Away" (Eric Kaz) – 3:25
10. "Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes" (Nan O'Byrne) – 2:47

Personnel

• Bonnie Raitt - guitar, electric guitar, vocals, slide guitar
• Harry Bluestone - concert master
• George Bohanon - trombone, baritone saxophone, bass trumpet
• Jackson Browne - vocals, background vocals
• Rosemary Butler - vocals, background vocals
• Venetta Fields - vocals, background vocals
• Freebo - bass, guitar, tuba, vocals, guitarron, fretless bass
• Jim Gordon - baritone saxophone
• Debbie Greene - vocals, background vocals
• John Kingsley Hall - guitar, electric guitar
• Emmylou Harris - vocals, background vocals
• John Herald - vocals, background vocals
• Dick Hyde - trombone, trumpet, bass trumpet; horn (as Richard Hyde)
• Jerry Jumonville - tenor saxophone
• Jef Labes - keyboard
• Maxayn Lewis - vocals, background vocals
• Gary Mallaber - drums
• Will McFarlane - guitar, electric guitar
• Robbie Montgomery - vocals, background vocals
• Bill Payne - accordion, keyboard, vocals
• Jeff Porcaro - percussion
• Greg Prestopino - vocals, background vocals
• Terry Reid - vocals, background vocals
• John Sebastian - autoharp, harp
• William D. "Smitty" Smith - piano, keyboard
• J.D. Souther - vocals, background vocals
• Fred Tackett - synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, keyboard, 12 string guitar, Fender Rhodes
• Willow VanDer Hoek - vocals, background vocals
• Tom Waits - vocals, background vocals on "Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes"
• Dennis Whitted - drums
• Jai Winding - piano, keyboard, clavinet

Production

• Producer: Paul Rothchild
• Engineer: Fritz Richmond
• Remastering supervisor: Ed Cherney
• Remastering: Gregg Geller
• Project coordinator: Jo Motta
• Horn arrangements: Nick DeCaro, Jerry Jumonville, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett
• String arrangements: Nick DeCaro
• Art direction: Lockart
• Photography: Michael Dobo, Norman Seeff
• Cover photo: Norman Seeff

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

References