Release Date: 2/1/2008 UPC: 88697239622 Item ID: 921205 Studio: SBME SPECIAL MKTS. ProductID: SBMK723962.2 Benmont Tench (Organ, Piano, Producer) Brian Gardner (Mastering) Doyle Bramhall II (Main Performer) Jim Scott (Engineer, Mixing, Producer) Mike Scotella (Assistant Engineer) Shari Sutcliffe (Production Coordination) Susannah Melvoin (Percussion, Vocals)
1. Green Light Girl - 3:09 2. Problem Child - 5:52 3. So You Want It to Rain - 5:18 4. Life - 5:29 5. Helpless Man - 4:17 6. Soul Shaker - 4:05 7. Send Some Love - 4:52 8. Smokestack - 7:04 9. Last Night - 6:35 10. Blame - 4:55 11. Thin Dream - 8:38 12. Cry - 8:08 Editorial Reviews: Welcome, Doyle Bramhall's third effort, continues to blur the lines between rock and blues, but he doesn't always achieve success with this tactic. Although the album opens with "Green Light Girl," a frenetic tune with lots of rockin', driving guitar riffs, the majority of the songs veer toward blues, albeit unconvincingly. "Send Some Love," an aching ballad, calls for emotion-drenched crooning, but Bramhall's vocals are a tad too cool, and "Thin Dream" attempts at bluesy stylings but is really a rock power ballad. The last cut, "Cry," finally whips up some emotion from Bramhall, but it should have been spread throughout Welcome. Even contemporary blues needs a little grit. ~ Rosalind Cummings-Yeates, All Music Guide