Home (Blue October album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Home

| type = studio

| artist = Blue October

| cover = Blue_October_home.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 22, 2016

| recorded = August – November 2015

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 56:13

| label = Up/Down Records

| producer = Tim Palmer, Justin Furstenfeld

| prev_title = Things We Do at Night (Live from Texas)

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = I Hope You're Happy

| next_year = 2018

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Blue October studio album

| type = studio

| prev_title = Sway

| prev_year = 2013

| title = Home

| year = 2016

| next_title = I Hope You're Happy

| next_year = 2018

}}

{{Singles

| name = Home

| type = studio

| single1 = Home

| single1date = December 16, 2015

| single2 = Break Ground

| single2date = May 31, 2016

| single3 = The Still

| single3date = September 29, 2016

| single4 = I Want It

| single4date = February 2017

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Jam Magazine

|rev1score = (favorable){{cite web |url=http://jammagazine.com/cd-reviews/cd201604-blue-october-cd-reviews-home-up-dow-records-writer-tim-taylor.aspx|publisher=Jam Magazine|title=Blue October Home Up/Down Records|author=Tim Taylor|date=2016-04-21}}

|rev2 = teamrock.com

|rev2score = (favorable){{cite web |url=http://teamrock.com/review/2016-06-14/blue-october-home-album-review|publisher=teamrock.com|title=Blue October: Home Album Review|date=2016-06-14|author=Grant Moon}}

}}

Home is the eighth studio album by Blue October.{{cite news |url=http://www.houstonpress.com/music/a-clear-headed-blue-october-looks-to-the-future-7954925 |date=2015-11-27| newspaper=Houston Press|title=A Clear-Headed Blue October Looks to the Future|author=Matthew Keever}} The album was recorded between August and November 2015 at Orb Studios in Austin, Texas and Justin Furstenfeld's home studio Crazy Making Studio. Long-time collaborator, Tim Palmer, co-produced and mixed the album.

After its first week of sales, Home charted at number 10 on the Building Album Sales chart with sales of 22,194 units.{{cite web |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/building_album_chart |date=2016-04-29 |title=Building Album Sales Chart}} On the Billboard charts, Home debuted at number 1 on the Rock Albums Chart, number 1 on the Alternative Albums Chart, number 1 on the Independent Albums Chart, and number 19 on the Billboard 200.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7357951/blue-october-home-top-rock-albums|title=Blue October Finds 'Home' Atop Top Rock Albums Chart|author=Rutheford, Kevin|date=2016-05-06|magazine=Billboard}} The first single, the title track "Home" made its radio debut December 16, 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.thebuzz.com/onair/the-rod-ryan-show-links-and-52901/justin-from-blue-october-joins-the-14205646|date=2015-12-16|title=Justin From Blue October Joined The Rod Ryan Show|publisher=KTBZ Radio}} and spent over six months on the Adult Top 40, peaking at number 24. The followup single "I Want It" also charted, peaking at number 36.

Justin Furstenfeld wrote the album on a tiny keyboard while driving through the California desert.{{cite web|url=http://www.austinmonthly.com/Austin-Amplified/October-2016/5-Things-You-Didnt-Know-About-Blue-Octobers-Frontman-Justin-Furstenfeld/|title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Blue October's Frontman Justin Furstenfeld|author=Rivademar, Cory|date=2016-10-06|publisher=Austin Monthly}}

The cover image is a painting representing Jeremy and Justin Furstenfeld's parents' first kiss.