Back Home (Chuck Berry album)

Back Home
Studio album by Chuck Berry
Released	November 1970
Recorded	February 1970; Tel Mar Studios, Chicago
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	30:09
Label	Chess
Producer	Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry chronology
Concerto In B. Goode (1969) Back Home (1970) San Francisco Dues (1971)

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Allmusic	[1]

Back Home was released in 1970 by Chess Records. The album title refers to Chuck Berry 'coming home' back to Chess Records after several years with Mercury Records.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Chuck Berry

1. "Tulane" - 2:39
2. "Have Mercy Judge" - 2:40
3. "Instrumental" - 2:47
4. "Christmas" - 3:27
5. "Gun" - 2:45
6. "I'm a Rocker" 4:34
7. "Flyin' Home" - 4:17
8. "Fish and Chips" - 2:50
9. "Some People" - 4:10

Personnel

• Chuck Berry - guitar, vocals
• Bob Baldori - harmonica
• Lafayette Leake - piano
• Phil Upchurch - bass
• Malcolm Chisholm - engineer
• Peter Amft - photography

Cover versions

"Tulane" was covered by the Steve Gibbons Band in 1977, making No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart and spending eight weeks in the Top 40.^[2]

"Tulane" was covered by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts on their 1988 album Up Your Alley, and by Chris Smither on his 1991 album Another Way to Find You.

References

1. Eder, Bruce. Back Home (Chuck Berry album) at AllMusic