After seven straight gold-selling, Top 20 albums, Welcome Home demonstrated thoroughly that Carole King was on the wrong track.
Her third husband, Rick Evers, who wrote lyrics for some of her songs and is pictured with her on the record cover, died of a drug overdose after this album was recorded in January 1978, but before it was released in May, which seems emblematic of the problems here.
They include "Venusian Diamond," a song that deliberately borrows gimmicks from Beatles records, and "Disco Tech." That's right, Carole King goes disco.
There were no hits, although "Morning Sun" made a brief appearance in the adult contemporary chart, and there was certainly nothing that was up to King's usual standards.
The album failed to make the Top 100 and effectively removed King from the top echelon of pop artists.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Street Saturday NightCarole King | Carole King | Play | 05:44 | 13 MB | 38 MB |
| 2 | SunbirdRick Evers, Carole King | Carole King | Play | 04:05 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | Venusian DiamondRick Evers, Carole King, Navarro | Carole King | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | ChangesCarole King | Carole King | Play | 02:27 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 5 | Morning SunCarole King | Carole King | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 6 | Disco TechCarole King, Navarro | Carole King | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 7 | Wings of LoveRick Evers, Carole King | Carole King | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 8 | Ride the MusicCarole King | Carole King | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | Everybody's Got the SpiritCarole King | Carole King | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 10 | Welcome HomeCarole King | Carole King | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 40 mins | 92 MB | |||||
| 40 mins | 269 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel Baker | Violin |
| 2 | George Bohanon | Horn Arrangements, Trombone |
| 3 | Oscar Brashear | Flugelhorn, Trumpet |
| 4 | Alexandra Brown | Choir/Chorus |
| 5 | Denyse Buffum | Viola |
| 6 | Ronald Cooper | Cello |
| 7 | Rollice Dale | Viola |
| 8 | Rick Evers | Composer, Cowbell |
| 9 | Frank Foster | Violin |
| 10 | Roy Galloway | Bass, Vocals |
| 11 | Anne Golia | Tamboura |
| 12 | Mark Hallman | Choir/Chorus, Guitar, Vocals |
| 13 | Richard Hardy | Choir/Chorus, Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Soloist, Vocals |
| 14 | Bob Harrington | Hammer Dulcimer |
| 15 | William H. Henderson | Violin |
| 16 | Dick Hyde | Trombone |
| 17 | Dennis Karmazin | Cello |
| 18 | Steve Katz | Engineer |
| 19 | Georgia Kelly | Harp |
| 20 | Carole King | Choir/Chorus, Composer, Liner Notes, Primary Artist, Producer, String Arrangements |
| 21 | Norm Kinney | Engineer, Producer |
| 22 | Roy Kohara | Art Direction |
| 23 | Robert McEntee | Choir/Chorus, Guitar, Vocals |
| 24 | Navarro | Composer, Main Personnel |
| 25 | Roy Reynolds | Art Direction, Photography |
| 26 | Miguel Rivera | Congas, Percussion |
| 27 | Nolan Andrew Smith | Flugelhorn, Trumpet |
| 28 | Stephanie Spruill | Choir/Chorus |
| 29 | Linda Tyler | Engineer |
| 30 | Marcia Van Dyke | Violin |
| 31 | Charles Veal, Jr. | Concert Master, Violin |
| 32 | Dorothy Wade | Violin |
| 33 | Ernie Watts | Saxophone |
| 34 | Ann White | Choir/Chorus |
| 35 | John Wittenberg | Violin |
| 36 | Michael Wooten | Drums |
| 37 | Kenneth Yerke | Violin |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |