Coming Home (Sol3 Mio album)

Coming Home
Coming Home
Studio album by Sol3 Mio
Released	12 November 2021
Genre	Classical crossover
Length	49:34
Label	Universal Music New Zealand
Producer	Nic Manders
Sol3 Mio chronology
Singles from Coming Home
	"E Ipo"; Released: 21 October 2021;

Coming Home is the fourth studio album by New Zealand classical crossover band Sol3 Mio, released on 12 November 2021.

Production

The album featured a stripped-back production compared to the trio's previous albums.^[2] The album was recorded over four days during a gap in the group's touring schedule in 2021, and is a collection of live recordings performed at Roundhead Studios in Auckland.^[3]^[1] The songs the trio selected to cover for the album represent songs from their childhoods, to help their audience understand where their musical influences came from.^[1]

Release and promotion

The first single from the album was their cover of Prince Tui Teka's "E Ipo",^[2] which was released on 21 October.^[4] Sol3 Mio performed the Coming Home Tour in October 2022, performing four dates across New Zealand including Spark Arena in Auckland and the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.^[5]

Track listing

*Coming Home* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hold Me While You Wait"	Jamie Commons Jamie Hartman Lewis Capaldi	4:01
2.	"If"	David Gates	2:58
3.	"A Thousand Years"	Christina Perri David Hodges	3:14
4.	"Blue Bayou"	Joe Melson Roy Orbison	4:30
5.	"Romanza"	Mauro Malavasi	4:04
6.	"E Ipo"	Ngoi Pēwhairangi Prince Tui Teka	4:38
7.	"To Love Somebody"	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb	3:40
8.	"Don't Worry Be Happy"	Bobby McFerrin	3:58
9.	"Sylvia's Mother"	Sheldon Silverstein	3:58
10.	"Hallelujah"	Leonard Cohen	3:52
11.	"Used to Love You"	John Stevens Kanye West	2:49
12.	"Arms of an Angel"	Sarah McLachlan	5:52
Total length:			49:34

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Coming Home*
Chart (2021)	Peak position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[6]	2

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Coming Home*
Chart (2021)	Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[7]	42

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Harawira, Tumamao (12 November 2021). "Sol3 Mio releases new album, 'Coming Home'". Teaomaori.news. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Burgham, Lydia (22 October 2021). "Exclusive: Sol3 Mio announce new album Coming Home and Moses Mackay reflects on his Bachelor NZ journey". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ Aholelei, Soana (4 December 2021). "Sol3 Mio's new album 'Coming Home' a tribute to the past". Tangata Pasifika. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ "E Ipo". Spotify. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ "SOL3 MIO ANNOUNCE 'THE COMING HOME TOUR' FOR OCTOBER 2022". Newstalk ZB. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ "Charts.nz – Sol3 Mio – Coming Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ "Top Selling Albums of 2021". Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[TAM-1] Harawira, Tumamao (12 November 2021). "Sol3 Mio releases new album, 'Coming Home'". Teaomaori.news. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[Herald-2] Burgham, Lydia (22 October 2021). "Exclusive: Sol3 Mio announce new album Coming Home and Moses Mackay reflects on his Bachelor NZ journey". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[TP-3] Aholelei, Soana (4 December 2021). "Sol3 Mio's new album 'Coming Home' a tribute to the past". Tangata Pasifika. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[4] "E Ipo". Spotify. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[Newstalk-5] "SOL3 MIO ANNOUNCE 'THE COMING HOME TOUR' FOR OCTOBER 2022". Newstalk ZB. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[ac_New_Zealand_Sol3_Mio-6] "Charts.nz – Sol3 Mio – Coming Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[7] "Top Selling Albums of 2021". Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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