Studio Album · No. 8
Home Songwriting Credits by Blue October
Produced by Justin Furstenfeld, Tim Palmer, Mark Needham · Engineered by Eric Holtz, Robert Sewell
Holds writing credit on 12 of 12 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 12 / 12 documented
Scored across the 12 tracks with documented writers, by whether Blue October carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 12 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Home is a Justin Furstenfeld record in almost every credit. He is the sole or lead writer on all twelve tracks, sharing the pen only with bandmates: brother and drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld on 'Driver,' bassist Matt Noveskey on several cuts, guitarist Steve Schiltz on 'Coal Makes Diamonds' and 'Leave It in the Dressing Room,' violinist Ryan Delahoussaye on 'Time Changes Everything,' and producer Tim Palmer on one track. Production is shared between Furstenfeld and Tim Palmer across the album, with Mark Needham adding work on 'I Want It' and 'Home.' The performing credit is the touring band, with Matt Chamberlain guesting on drums for the title track.
Home is the eighth studio album by Blue October, released April 22, 2016 on the band's own Up/Down Records. Written after frontman Justin Furstenfeld had gotten sober and remarried, it is the most openly hopeful record in the catalog, trading the addiction and heartbreak of earlier albums for songs about recovery, family, and staying grounded. Furstenfeld wrote or co-wrote every track, and the anthemic lead single 'Home' and the driving 'I Want It' set the album's forward-looking tone. The band recorded with longtime producer Tim Palmer, Furstenfeld co-producing, and the lineup of Jeremy Furstenfeld on drums, Ryan Delahoussaye on violin and keyboards, C.B. Hudson on guitar, and Matt Noveskey on bass fills out the sound. It debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Rock, Alternative, and Independent album charts, the band's strongest chart showing to that point.