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“Home For A Rest” by Spirit of the West
From the album Save This House (1990)
“Home For A Rest” by Spirit of the West appears on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1991 and 2009. It was first released in 1990 on the album Save This House. Its best result is #190 on The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,943 alternative song of all time.
Spirit of the West put "Home for a Rest" on Save This House, their fourth album, in 1990, and it has since become the Canadian folk rock band's signature and a classic of the country's music. John Mann and Geoffrey Kelly wrote it on an early English tour in 1989, when it was more poem than song, and kept it out of the main sessions. Producer Danny Greenspoon only heard it as he was wrapping up to head home to Toronto, talked them past their doubts and cut it last.
Mann and Kelly sing, Mann on guitar and Kelly on flute and whistle, with Linda McRae on accordion, Hugh McMillan on bass and Jerry Adolphe on drums. Radio and clubs played it all through the 1990s, yet it wasn't a single until a limited Record Store Day pressing in 2014.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 980 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 689 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2009 | 190 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge | 200 |
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