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Home at Last (2007)

Where the lyrics of Home at Last take you, and where it was really made.

When this album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 20, the number one album in the US was Miley Cyrus's Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus.

Key places

Recorded at Ocean Way, Hollywood (2007)

Recording site The Music Grinder (Hollywood) — The source lists Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood as a recording location for this album. The map point uses city-center coordinates, so it marks the Hollywood area rather than the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Recorded at Sound Emporium, Nashville (2007)

Recording site Sound Emporium Studios — Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville is listed as a recording location for Home at Last. The point uses the studio's address-level coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Your Place or Mind, Glendale (2007)

Recording site Echo Sound — The source lists Your Place or Mind in Glendale as a recording location for this album. The map point uses city-center coordinates, so it marks the Glendale area rather than the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Home at Last: tenth studio album by American singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus
• Released July 24, 2007
• Follow-up to Wanna Be Your Joe (2006)
• Cyrus's debut and only album to date for Walt Disney Records

Background

• Lead-off single 'Ready, Set, Don't Go' debuted at number 47 on Billboard Hot Country Songs, chart week of August 11, 2007
• First chart entry for Billy Ray since 'The Other Side' in 2004
• Duet version with Miley Cyrus performed on Dancing with the Stars, October 9, 2007
• Duet debuted on the chart October 27, 2007 at number 27, later peaking at number 4 on the country charts
• First Top 5 single for Billy Ray since 'Busy Man' reached number 3 in 1999
• Also Miley's first Top 5 on any Billboard chart and her first release to country radio
• No further singles after 'Ready, Set, Don't Go' fell from the country charts; Cyrus began work on his next studio album

Recording

• 'Stand' was originally recorded as a duet with Miley Cyrus on Wanna Be Your Joe, then remixed without her vocals and added here
• Miley Cyrus sings on track 14; Emily Osment sings on track 7
• Recording locations listed: Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood), Sound Emporium Studios (Nashville), Your Place or Mind (Glendale)
• Personnel list includes many session players, such as drummer Kenny Aronoff and backing vocalist Chris Stapleton
• Billy Ray Cyrus sings lead vocals

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born William Ray Cyrus on August 25, 1961, in Flatwoods, Kentucky; American singer, songwriter and actor.
• Debut album Some Gave All (1992) topped the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums; certified 9× multi-platinum in the US and sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
• Lead single "Achy Breaky Heart" topped the Hot Country Songs chart and became a global hit, spreading the line dance into the mainstream.
• Moved from Mercury Records to Monument Records in 1999, then to New Door/UMe, Walt Disney Records and Lyric Street Records.
• Starred in the PAX series Doc (2001–2004), Disney Channel's Hannah Montana (2006–2011) with daughter Miley Cyrus, and CMT's Still the King (2016–2017).

Old Town Road

• Featured on the remix of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 19 consecutive weeks there.
• The song won Grammy Awards for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video.

Personal life

• Married Cindy Smith (1986–1991), then Leticia "Tish" Finley; the couple raised several children together.
• Married Australian singer Firerose in 2023; divorce finalized in August 2024.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Debuted at number 3 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart
• Debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 and on Billboard's Top Comprehensive Albums
• Cyrus's first Top 5 album since It Won't Be the Last in 1993
• Sold approximately 30,000 copies in its first official week of release
• Set a record for a father-daughter duo to have their own Top 20 album on the Billboard 200
• Debuted while Miley's album Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus was at number 1

Records

• Cyrus's first album in 13 years to reach certification
• Certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies
• Sold over 297,000 copies in the United States
• Sold over 500,000 copies worldwide to date

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Miley Cyrus's Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus was at number one when this album debuted at number 20.
• The album includes covers of Van Morrison's 'Brown Eyed Girl' and Carole King's 'You've Got a Friend', the latter featuring Emily Osment.
• The album version of 'Ready, Set, Don't Go' with Miley Cyrus is the closing track, and it runs 3:48.
• 'Over the Rainbow' at 5:18 is the longest track on the album.
• Cyrus's next studio album, Back to Tennessee, came out on Lyric Street Records in 2009.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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