Going Back Home
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{{Infobox album
| name = Going Back Home
| type = studio
| artist = Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey
| cover = Going Back Home.jpg
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| released = 25 March 2014
| recorded = November 2013
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| studio =
| genre = * Rhythm and blues
| length = 34:29
| label = Chess
| producer = Dave Eringa
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| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Wilko Johnson
| type = album
| prev_title = Red Hot Rocking Blues
| prev_year = 2005
| title = Going Back Home
| year = 2014
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}}{{Extra chronology
| artist = Roger Daltrey
| type = album
| prev_title = Moonlighting: The Anthology
| prev_year = 2005
| title = Going Back Home
| year = 2014
| next_title = As Long As I Have You
| next_year = 2018
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Going Back Home is a collaborative studio album by former Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson and the Who lead vocalist Roger Daltrey released in 2014. The album contains versions of songs previously recorded by Johnson and his former band Dr. Feelgood, as well as a version of "Everybody's Carrying a Gun" by Wilko Johnson and the Solid Senders.
The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 3,{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223230217/http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/|archive-date=23 February 2014|work=The Official UK Charts Company|title=Official Albums Chart UK Top 100 - 5th April 2014}} making it Daltrey's highest ranking since the Who's album Face Dances (No. 2 in 1981), while Johnson's last major chart success was Dr. Feelgood's live album Stupidity which reached No. 1 in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com/news/read/midweeek-charts-sam-bailey-powering-to-no-1/058025|work=Music Week|title=Midweeek (sic) Charts: Sam Bailey powering to No 1|first=Paul|last=Williams|date=26 March 2014|access-date=23 November 2022}}
Background
Johnson and Daltrey decided to work together after meeting when seated next to each other at an awards ceremony in 2010 and quickly striking up a friendship. Daltrey said, "It turned out we both loved Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. They'd been a big influence on both our bands. That heavy power-trio sound, backing up a singer; it's a British institution. No-one does that better than us."
Johnson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2013, but was well enough to press ahead with the collaboration when The Who finished their world tour. Going Back Home was recorded in the space of a week in November 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/76236|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323095336/https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/76236|archive-date=23 March 2014|work=NME|title=Wilko Johnson to sign copies of new album 'Going Back Home' in London next week|date=21 March 2014}} According to Johnson, "Roger jumped up and said, 'Let's do it,'. He knew this lovely little studio called Yellow Fish in Uckfield. Unfortunate name for a place, but a great studio."{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/22/wilko-johnson-new-album-the-who-roger-daltrey|work=The Guardian|title=Wilko Johnson records new album with the Who's Roger Daltrey|first=Michael|last=Hann|date=22 January 2014|access-date=23 November 2022}} The album's track listing was revealed on 22 February 2014.{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/wilko-johnson-roger-daltrey-going-back-home|work=Ultimate Classic Rock|title=Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey to Release ‘Going Back Home’|first=Dave|last=Lifton|date=22 February 2014|access-date=23 November 2022}} It was later established that Johnson actually had a less aggressive neuroendocrine tumour, and following radical surgery he was later declared cancer-free.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63728503|work=BBC News|title=Wilko Johnson: Dr Feelgood guitarist dies, aged 75|date=23 November 2022|access-date=23 November 2022}}
Some of the musicians who worked with Johnson and Daltrey on the album were current and past Blockheads members Dylan Howe, Norman Watt-Roy (who also worked on Daltrey's 1984 album Parting Should Be Painless), and the Style Council's former keyboardist Mick Talbot.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/going-back-home-mw0000722865|work=AllMusic|title=Going Back Home Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=23 November 2022}}
| rev2 = The Daily Telegraph
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/10714605/Wilko-Johnson-and-Roger-Daltrey-Going-Back-Home-review.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey, Going Back Home, review|first=Helen|last=Brown|date=22 March 2014|access-date=23 November 2022}}
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev4 = Mojo
| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|work=Mojo|title=Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey Going Back Home|first=Mark|last=Blake|page=92|date=April 2014}}
| rev5 = The National
| rev6 = NME
| rev7 = The Oakland Press
| rev8 = USA Today
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/04/07/martina-mcbride-mercyme-wilko-johnson-roger-daltrey/7433515/|work=USA Today|title=Listen Up: Other notable releases|first=Edna|last=Gunderson|date=7 April 2014|access-date=23 November 2022}}
}}
At The Oakland Press, Gary Graff rated the album three out of four stars, writing that "If this is indeed Johnson’s last gasp, he’s made it a memorable howl." Edna Gunderson of USA Today rated the album three stars out of four, and remarked: "Do they defy age with a ferocious display of R&B? Roger Wilco that." In his review for Mojo magazine, Mark Blake wrote that "Johnson's chopping rhythm guitar and Daltrey's geezerish growl make perfect bedfellows." Blake described Going Back Home as a "joyful, celebratory affair".
Track listing
All songs written by Wilko Johnson except as noted.
{{Track listing
| title1 = Going Back Home
| length1 = 4:00
| writer1 = Wilko Johnson, Mick Green
| title2 = Ice on the Motorway
| length2 = 2:50
| title3 = I Keep It to Myself
| length3 = 3:21
| title4 = Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
| length4 = 3:37
| writer4 = Bob Dylan
| title5 = Turned 21
| length5 = 3:06
| title6 = Keep On Loving You
| length6 = 2:57
| writer6 = Wilko Johnson, Norman Watt-Roy, Salvatore Ramundo
| title7 = Some Kind of Hero
| length7 = 2:25
| title8 = Sneaking Suspicion
| length8 = 3:45
| title9 = Keep It Out of Sight
| length9 = 2:43
| title10 = Everybody's Carrying a Gun
| length10 = 2:55
| title11 = All Through the City
| length11 = 2:50
| total_length = 34:29
}}
Personnel
- Wilko Johnson - lead guitar
- Roger Daltrey - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Norman Watt-Roy - bass guitar
- Dylan Howe - drums, percussion
- Mick Talbot - piano, Hammond organ
- Steve Weston - harmonica
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2014)
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| {{album chart|Flanders|97|artist=Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey|album=Going Back Home|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|46|artist=Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey|album=Going Back Home|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Finland|29|artist=Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey|album=Going Back Home|week=14|year=2014|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 April 2014}} |
| {{album chart|France|117|artist=Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey|album=Going Back Home|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|4|date=20140330|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Spain|57|artist=Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey|album=Going Back Home|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|56|artist=Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey|album=Going Back Home|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|3|date=20140330|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2014)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20140105/37502/|work=The Official UK Charts Company|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2014|access-date=23 November 2022}}
| 49 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Going Back Home|artist=Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey|award=Gold|relyear=2014|certyear=2014|id=12802-3886-2|access-date=23 November 2022}}
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