Welcome Home (Carole King album)
# Welcome Home (Carole King album)

Welcome Home is the 9th album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1978.

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | link |

## Track listing

All songs by Carole King except where noted.

* "Main Street Saturday Night"
* "Sunbird" (King, Rick Evers)
* "Venusian Diamond" (King, Evers, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Robb Galloway, Miguel Rivera, Richard Hardy, Michael Wooten)
* "Changes"
* "Morning Sun"
* "Disco Tech" (King, Hallman, McEntee, Galloway, Rivera, Wooten, Hardy)
* "Wings of Love" (King, Evers)
* "Ride the Music"
* "Everybody's Got the Spirit"
* "Welcome Home"

## Personnel

* Carole King – vocals, background vocals, string arrangements
* Robert McEntee – guitar, background vocals
* Mark Hallman – guitars, background vocals
* Rob Galloway – bass, background vocals
* Michael Wooten – drums
* Miguel Rivera – congas, percussion
* Richard Hardy – flute, saxophone, clarinet, vocals
* George Bohanon – trombone, horn arrangement
* Dick Hyde – trombone
* Ernie Watts – saxophone
* Nolan Andrew Smith, Jr – trumpet, fluegelhorn
* Oscar Brashear – trumpet, fluegelhorn
* Charles Veal, Jr. – concertmaster, violin
* Israel Baker – violin
* Frank Foster – violin
* William H. Henderson – violin
* Marcia Van Dyke – violin
* Dorothy Wade – violin
* John Wittenberg – violin
* Kenneth Yerke – violin
* Rollice Dale – viola
* Denyse Buffum – viola
* Dennis Karmazyn – cello
* Ronald Cooper – cello
* The Trio on "Changes" was played by Charles Veal, Rollice Dale, Dennis Karmazyn
* Bob Harrington – hammer dulcimer
* Anne Golia – tamboura
* Georgia Kelly – harp
* Rick Evers – cowbell
* Carole King, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Richard Hardy, Stephanie Spruill, Alexandra Brown, Ann White – choir

## Charts

| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 69 |
| US Billboard Top LPs & Tape | 104 |
