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Home at Last (Billy Ray Cyrus album)

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Home at Last
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 24, 2007 (2007-07-24)
Recorded2007
Studio
  • Ocean Way (Hollywood)
  • Sound Emporium (Nashville)
  • The Tracking Room (Nashville)
  • Your Place or Mind (Glendale)
  • Fireside (Nashville)
  • The Jungle Room (Glendale)
GenreCountry
Length52:17
LabelWalt Disney
ProducerFred Mollin
Billy Ray Cyrus chronology
Wanna Be Your Joe
(2006)
Home at Last
(2007)
Love Songs
(2008)
Singles from Home at Last
  1. "Ready, Set, Don't Go
    (with Miley Cyrus)"

    Released: October 10, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com
AllMusic
Common Sense Media
Country Weekly(average)

Home at Last is the tenth studio album by American singer and actor, Billy Ray Cyrus. It was released on July 24, 2007, and is follow-up album to Wanna Be Your Joe, which was released in 2006. Home at Last is Cyrus' debut and only album to date for Walt Disney Records.

The album debuted and peaked at number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums, and number 20 on the Billboard 200 and on the Billboard Top Comprehensive Albums. This became Cyrus's first album in 13 years to reach certification as it is certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies. It also set a record for a father-daughter duo to have their own Top 20 album on the Billboard 200. When Home at Last debuted, Miley's album, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus was at number 1.

Background

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The album's lead-off single, "Ready, Set, Don't Go", debuted at number 47 for the chart week of August 11, 2007, on the Billboard Hot Country Songs, making it Billy Ray's first chart entry since 2004 with "The Other Side". On October 9, 2007, Billy Ray and Miley performed a duet of the song on Dancing with the Stars.

The duet debuted on the chart on October 27, 2007, at number 27. It eventually reached number 4 on the country charts, giving Billy Ray his first Top 5 single since "Busy Man" reached number 3 in 1999. It was also Miley's first Top 5 on any Billboard chart, as well as her first release to country radio.

After "Ready, Set, Don't Go" fell from the country music charts, no further singles were released. Cyrus began to work on his next studio album. The album was released on Lyric Street Records on April 7, 2009. It was titled Back to Tennessee.

The track "Stand" was originally recorded as a duet with Miley Cyrus on Billy Ray's previous album Wanna Be Your Joe. However, the song was remixed without Miley's vocals and was added to Home at Last.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ready, Set, Don't Go"Cyrus, Casey Beathard4:06
2."The Beginning"Jack Wallin3:56
3."The Buffalo"Tom Douglas, Andy Goldmark3:55
4."Flying By"Joanna Smith, Tom Hambridge, Jeffrey Steele3:57
5."Brown Eyed Girl"Van Morrison3:43
6."Don't Give Up on Me"Walt Aldridge, James LeBlanc3:22
7."You've Got a Friend" (featuring Emily Osment)Carole King4:24
8."You Can't Lose Me"Diane Warren4:01
9."I Can't Live Without Your Love"Brad Crisler, LeBlanc3:42
10."My Everything"Cyrus3:29
11."Put a Little Love in Your Heart"James R. Holiday, James Randy Myers, Jackie DeShannon3:12
12."Over the Rainbow"Harold Arlen, E. Y. "Yip" Harburg5:18
13."Stand"Cyrus, Adam Watts, Andy Dodd3:58
14."Ready, Set, Don't Go" (featuring Miley Cyrus)Cyrus, Beathard3:48

Personnel

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  • Billy Ray Cyrus – lead vocals, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Chart performance

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The album debuted at number 3 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart; Cyrus' first Top 5 album since It Won't Be the Last in 1993. It also debuted at number 20 on the all-genres charts Billboard 200 and Billboard's Top Comprehensive Albums, selling approximately 30,000 copies in its first official week of release. To date, the album has sold over 297,000 copies in the United States and over 500,000 copies worldwide.

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN
2007 "Ready, Set, Don't Go" 33 76
"Ready, Set, Don't Go" (with Miley Cyrus) 4 37 47

References

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