Home Plate

For the baseball term, see Home plate. For the geological feature on Mars, see Home Plate (Mars). Album |

  Name        = Home Plate |

Type = Album | Artist = Bonnie Raitt |

  Cover       = Bonnie Raitt - Home Plate.jpg |
  Background  = Orange |
  Released    = 1975 |
  Recorded    = 1975 |

Genre = Rock |

  Length      = 31:59 |

Label = Warner Brothers | Producer = Paul Rothchild | Reviews =
* All Music Guide

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*Robert Christgau (A) link | Last album = Streetlights
(1974) | This album = Home Plate
(1975) | Next album = Sweet Forgiveness
(1977) |Home Plate is the fifth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music).

Track listing

#"What Do You Want the Boy to Do?" (Toussaint) â€" 3:19#"Good Enough" (Hall, Hall) â€" 2:56#"Run Like a Thief" (Souther, Souther) â€" 3:02#"Fool Yourself" (Tackett) â€" 3:04#"My First Night Alone Without You" (Vassy) â€" 3:07#"Walk Out the Front Door" (Jordan, Stock) â€" 3:09#"Sugar Mama" (Clark) â€" 3:45#"Pleasin' Each Other" (Payne, Tate) â€" 3:44#"I'm Blowin' Away" (Kaz) â€" 3:25#"Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes" (O'Bryne, O'Byrne) â€" 2:47

Personnel

*Bonnie Raitt - guitar, electric guitar, vocals, slide guitar
*Harry Bluestone - concert master
*George Bohannon - trombone, baritone saxophone, bass trumpet
*Jackson Browne - vocals, background vocals
*Rosemary Butler - vocals, background vocals
*Venetta Fields - vocals, background vocals
*Freebo - bass, guitar, tuba, vocals, guitarron, fretless bass
*Jim Gordon - baritone saxophone
*Debbie Greene - vocals, background vocals
*John Kingsley Hall - guitar, electric guitar
*Emmylou Harris - vocals, background vocals
*John Herald - vocals, background vocals
*Dick Hyde - trombone, trumpet, bass trumpet
*Richard Hyde - horn
*Jerry Jumonville - tenor saxophone
*Jeff Labes - keyboard
*Maxayn Lewis - vocals, background vocals
*Gary Mallaber - drums
*Will McFarlane - guitar, electric guitar
*Robbie Montgomery - vocals, background vocals
*Bill Payne - accordion, keyboard, vocals
*Jeff Porcaro - percussion
*Joe Porcaro - percussion
*Greg Prestopino - vocals, background vocals
*Terry Reid - vocals, background vocals
*John Sebastian - autoharp, harp
*William D. "Smitty" Smith - piano, keyboard
*J.D. Souther - vocals, background vocals
*Fred Tackett - synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, keyboard, 12 string guitar, Fender Rhodes
*Willow VanDer Hoek - vocals, background vocals
*Tom Waits - vocals, background vocals
*Dennis Whitted - drums
*Jai Winding - piano, keyboard, clavinet

Production

*Producer: Paul Rothchild
*Engineer: Fritz Richmond
*Remastering supervisor: Ed Cherney
*Remastering: Gregg Geller
*Project coordinator: Jo Motta
*Horn arrangements: Nick DeCaro, Jerry Jumonville, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett
*String arrangements: Nick DeCaro
*Art direction: Lockart
*Photography: Mickey Dobó, Norman Seeff
*Cover photo: Norman Seeff

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Pop Albums	43