Headin' Home (Gary Wright album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Headin' Home
| type = Album
| artist = Gary Wright
| cover = Headin' Home (Gary Wright album).jpg
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| released = 1979
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| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = Gary Wright
| prev_title = Touch and Gone
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = The Right Place
| next_year = 1981
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Headin' Home is the sixth solo album by one-time Spooky Tooth keyboard player Gary Wright, released in 1979.{{cite news |last1=Stubbs |first1=Dave |title=Weaver has fun with his poster pal |work=The Gazette |date=10 July 2014 |location=Montreal |page=B3}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score ={{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id= r22313/review|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
| rev2 = Music Week
| rev2score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{cite magazine|date=March 24, 1979|title=Album Reviews: Gary Wright — "Headin' Home"|magazine=Music Week|page=34|publisher=Pensord Press Ltd.|location=Gwent|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-03-24.pdf#page=28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520093118/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-03-24.pdf#page=28|archive-date=May 20, 2024|access-date=March 26, 2025|via=WorldRadioHistory.com}}
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The Globe and Mail wrote that "the production is pure California—carefully textured, not a note out of place, bouncy and soulful without being crass or sweaty."{{cite news |last1=Niester |first1=Alan |title=Headin' Home Gary Wright |work=The Globe and Mail |date=24 Mar 1979 |page=F6}}
Track listing
All songs written by Gary Wright except as noted.
- "Keep Love In Your Soul" (Wright, Jamie Quinn) (4:55)
- "Love's Awake Inside" (4:35)
- "You Don't Own Me" (3:38)
- "Moonbeams" (3:32)
- "Stand" (3:52)
- "I'm The One Who'll Be By Your Side" (Wright, Cristina Wright) (4:14)
- "Follow Next To You" (4:35)
- "I Can Feel You Cryin'" (4:37)
- "Let Me Feel Your Love Again" (2:35)
- "Love Is Why" (Wright, Lorna Wright) (4:05)
Personnel
- Gary Wright - Moog synthesizer, Hohner Clavinet, Arp Strings, vocals
- Jai Winding - Arp Strings, Oberheim Horns
- Neil Larsen - Oberheim Flute
- Michael Boddicker - Polymoog Strings
- Bobby Lyle - Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano
- Steve Lukather - Guitar
- Roland Bautista - Guitar
- Hugh McCracken - Rhythm Guitar
- Fred Tackett - Rhythm Guitar
- Buzz Feiten - Acoustic Guitar
- Jim Horn - Saxophone
- Michael McDonald - Backing Vocals
- David Crosby - Backing vocals
- Graham Nash - Backing vocals
- Andy Newmark - Drums
- Jeff Porcaro - Drums
- Alan White - Drums
- Harvey Mason - Drums, Percussion
- Lenny Castro - Percussion
- Paulinho da Costa - Percussion
- Emil Richards - Percussion
- Audie Watkins - Percussion
Production
- Producers: Gary Wright
- Engineers: John Haeny
- Assistant Engineers: Paul Black, John (Michael) Weaver
References
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