Jesse Come Home
Studio album by
James Gang
ReleasedFebruary 7, 1976
RecordedDecember 1975
StudioCriteria Studios & Cleveland Recording Company
GenreRock, hard rock
Length31:02
LabelAtco
ProducerHoward & Ron Albert
James Gang chronology
Newborn
(1975)		 Jesse Come Home
(1976)

Jesse Come Home is the ninth and final studio album by James Gang, released in 1976. This album is the only one recorded with lead guitarist Bob Webb and keyboardist Phil Giallombardo (Giallombardo had been in an early lineup of the band but he had left prior to the recording of their first album). The title Jesse Come Home refers to one of the band's namesakes: Jesse James. The cover features an atmospheric painting of the folk hero riding off into the sunset, an image which fans had identified as evidence that the band had intended for this album to be its last. The band broke up in 1977, though they have reunited with classic bandmate Joe Walsh several times since then.

Wounded Bird Records has released Jesse Come Home and its predecessor Newborn together on one compact disc.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that Jesse Come Home "was the James Gang's final album, and it's not too difficult to see why. Ignoring the group's continuing failure to write strong songs, the main problem of the album lies in the bland, uninspired playing of the entire group."[1]

Track listing

  1. "I Need Love" (Phil Giallombardo) – 3:17
  2. "Another Year" (Bob Webb) – 3:59
  3. "Feelin' Alright" (Giallombardo, Dale Peters, Jim Fox, Webb) – 3:26
  4. "Peasant Song" (Giallombardo) – 3:56
  5. "Hollywood Dream" (Webb) – 3:12
  6. "Love Hurts" (Andrew Gold) – 3:29
  7. "Pick Up the Pizzas" (Webb) – 2:30
  8. "Stealin' the Show" (Webb) – 3:58
  9. "When I Was a Sailor" (Giallombardo) – 6:46

Personnel

Charts

Year Chart Position
1976 Billboard 200 -

References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jesse Come Home > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
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