Happy Come Home is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Victoria Williams. It has received positive reviews from critics.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Lindsay Planer writing "Happy Come Home is the personification of the word eclectic" and "there is an undeniable strength and maturity in Williams' songwriting". In Spin, Billy Altman praised Williams' vocals and songwriting that shows she is "blissfully at peace with the universe". In a review of Williams' career for Trouser Press by Ira Robins, Wif Stenger, and Floyd Eberhard, the publication blames producers Anton Fier and Stephen Soles for "burying Williams and her eccentric voice in a massive studio effort", but praised the string arrangements by Van Dyke Parks.

Commercial performance Happy Come Home was difficult to market and by 1997, it had only sold 14,000 units and never charted on any Billboard chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Victoria Williams – vocals, painting Lamar Alsop – violin Sarah Auld – production coordination Amy Berger – instrumentation Peter Blegvad – vocals Carla Bley – piano Alfred Brown – strings T-Bone Burnett – guitar Ralph Carney – saxophone Greg Cohen – bass guitar Tony Conniff – bass guitar Bob Cranshaw – bass guitar Stephen Croce – backing vocals Robin Danar – recording Angel Dean – backing vocals Anton Fier – arrangement on "Merry Go Round", "I'll Do His Will", and "Opelousas"; production Irwin Fisch – instrumentation Ralph Forbes – drum programming on "Animal Wild" Danny Frankel – percussion Jody Harris – guitar Jeri Heiden – art direction Lisa Herman – backing vocals Chris Howard – recording Fats Kaplin – fiddle "Iron" Mike Krowiak – audio engineering at Grog Kill Studio Jesse Levy – cello Tony Maimone – bass guitar George Marino – audio mastering at Sterling Sound Hugh McCracken – guitar LouAnn Montessi – violin Van Dyke Parks – string arrangement on "Shoes", "TC", and "Main Road" Mark Pawlowski – arrangement on "Shoes", "TC", and "Main Road" Bobby Previte – drums Hans Reumschuessel – instrumentation Stephen Soles – backing vocals, production Syd Straw – backing vocals Steve Swallow – bass guitar David Van Tieghem – percussion Bernie Worrell – keyboards

See also List of 1987 albums

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