David Cassidy Music:

		List Price: $54.98		Label: Bmg Japan/Zoom Salesrank: 289656 Released: January 6, 2009
		Our Price: $89.99
		Media: Audio CD

Editorial Review:
Japanese remastered paper sleeve pressing. 1st time on CD. BMG. 2009.

Home Is Where The Heart Is Reviews:
Brilliant.
2009-04-12 - Wow. If people only heard this and "The Higher They Climb, The Harder They Fall" they would insist David Cassidy get his old bandmates together and create this sound again and again.

One of the great undiscovered Pop/Rock albums of all time. Great writing, vocals, and arrangements.

Depth in Artistry
2009-04-03 - First time on CD, this cardboard sleeve album looks exactly like the authentic LP, only miniature in sizes. It also comes with a foldout poster of the original David Cassidy handwritten liner notes, the original band-photo embroidered paper sleeve, a plastic sleeve which houses the disc and a booklet in Japanese with English lyrics. The CD itself is remastered with K2 24bit Mastering Technology. The sound is warm, crispy clear and dynamic.

The RCA albums, or the Da-idy records as known to David Cassidy fans, were the ones with which he tried to establish himself as serious musician in the industry. The Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston who co-produced and involved with these albums once said that with these albums David was taking next step. His half-brother Shaun also commented, "The albums David did with Bruce Johnston are the best record he ever made." He explained, "[they] feel true to him...for the first time, he was allowed to push the boundaries and...it felt like he was doing exactly what he wanted to do."

Unlike the previous "The Higher They Climb, The Harder They Fall" which is more of a tongue-in-cheek theme album, "Home Is Where The Heart Is" is more of a "band record". Not only it is evidential in the inner sleeve and paper sleeve photos, but revealed forthrightly through the dynamic interaction among the band members and the raw energy from the recorded materials. Surrounded himself by Bruce Johnston, the America's Gerry Beckley and musician friends such as Bill House, David Cassidy experimented with his voice as well as music style. Maybe it is not far-fetched to say that the approach was not unlike those of Rod Stewart and the Faces or Paul McCartney and the Wings, since the latter's "Tomorrow" was covered here.

I enjoyed this album tremendously. Bruce Johnston who said that artistically he preferred "Home Is Where the Heart Is" to "The Higher They Climb" confirms my feeling. Maybe this is the reason why, in comparing with the other two RCA releases, this album has more songs being selected in the earlier Razor and Tie compilation "When I was a Rock `n' Roll Star". True, there are only four tunes ( "A Fool in Love", "Run and Hide", "Goodbye Blues" and "Bedtime" ) which have not been available in the CD format previously and that content-wise, the running time is barely over half an hour, but the whole album is so worthwhile owning with its meticulous packaging and its original glory.

I would like to end the review with quotes. Bill House said, " [Home Is Where The Heart Is] is a good record...It's better than The Higher They Climb, The Harder They Fall...David was more in control of what he was trying to do." Bruce Johnston said, "I thought what David wanted to bring to the table was really cool...It was about making music that mattered...He was as good as any major artist I ever heard or worked with, [although] some people weren't ready to accept that David had a lot of depth in his artistry."

Well, 33 years has since gone by, are you ready?

Track List

On Fire
Damned If This Ain't Love
January
A Fool in Love
Tomorrow
Breakin' Down Again
Run and Hide
Take This Heart
Goodbye Blues
Bedtime

UPDATE: ORDERING TIPS
While amazon.com finally stocks this Japanese import, it is asking for an outrageous 55 dollars! Go to amazon Japanese site and click on the English menu button somewhere on the upper right corner of the web page. The same item is offered for 2520 yen, approximately 27 dollars -- less than half of what has been asked here. There are also other on-line stores offering sweeter deals.