Happy Come Home
Studio album by Victoria Williams
Released	1987 (1987)
Studio	RPM Studios Sorcerer Sound
Length	41:23
Language	English
Label	Geffen
Producer	Anton Fier Stephen Soles
Victoria Williams chronology
Happy Come Home (1987) Swing the Statue! (1990)

Happy Come Home is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Victoria Williams. It has received positive reviews from critics.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Lindsay Planer writing "Happy Come Home is the personification of the word eclectic" and "there is an undeniable strength and maturity in Williams' songwriting".^[1] In Spin, Billy Altman praised Williams' vocals and songwriting that shows she is "blissfully at peace with the universe".^[2] In a review of Williams' career for Trouser Press by Ira Robins, Wif Stenger, and Floyd Eberhard, the publication blames producers Anton Fier and Stephen Soles for "burying Williams and her eccentric voice in a massive studio effort", but praised the string arrangements by Van Dyke Parks.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Victoria Williams, except where noted.

1. "Shoes" – 3:00
2. "Frying Pan" – 3:34
3. "Merry Go Round" – 4:26
4. "Happy" – 0:58
5. "TC" – 3:57
6. "I’ll Do His Will" (James Cleveland) – 5:09
7. "Big Fish" – 3:36
8. "Animal Wild" – 3:01
9. "Main Road" – 3:02
10. "Lights" – 1:45
11. "Opelousas" – 2:55
12. "Statue of a Bum" – 4:43
13. "Poetry" – 1:17

Personnel

Commercial performance

Happy Come Home was difficult to market and by 1997, it had only sold 14,000 units and did not chart on any Billboard charts.^[4]