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{{Infobox album
| name       = Homegrown
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Dodgy]]
| cover      = Dodgyhomegrown.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 24 October 1994
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Pop punk]],<ref name=AMreview/> [[Britpop]]
| length     = 42:01
| label      = [[A&M Records|A&M]]<ref>{{cite news |title=On The Road: Dodgy in France |work=The Guardian |date=10 Feb 1995 |page=T10}}</ref>
| producer   = Hugh Jones, [[Ian Broudie]]
| prev_title = [[The Dodgy Album]]
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [[Free Peace Sweet]]
| next_year  = 1996
}}
'''''Homegrown''''' is the second [[album]] by the British indie group [[Dodgy]], released in [[1994 in music|1994]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dodgy-mn0000172205/biography|title=Dodgy Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mathur |first1=Paul |title=Albums — Homegrown by Dodgy |journal=Melody Maker |date=Nov 26, 1994 |volume=71 |issue=46 |page=38}}</ref> The band's record company marketed the album by including cannabis seeds with some promotional copies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barber |first1=Nicholas |title=ROCK |work=The Independent |date=20 Nov 1994 |department=The Critics Page}}</ref>
The album peaked at No. 28 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dodgy |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28838/dodgy/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref> The first single was "Staying Out for the Summer".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Leo |title=The artful Dodgy |work=Daily Mirror |date=May 25, 1995 |department=Features |page=19}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=AMreview>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r220624}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA735|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=27 May 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Select">{{cite web |first=Roy |last=Wilkinson |title=Dodgy: ''Homegrown'' > Review |url=http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/06/albums2.jpg}}</ref>
}}
''[[The Guardian]]'' stated that "this London guitar trio's main accomplishment is to sound like a synthesis of nearly every band of the early sixties."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Caroline |title=DODGY Homegrown |work=The Guardian |date=28 Oct 1994 |department=The Guardian Features Page}}</ref> ''[[The Age]]'' wrote: "Brits in Beatlesque '60s retro mode, in consciously jolly celebration of good weather, freedom and smoking naughty things."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Masterston |first1=Andrew |title=Short Cuts |work=The Age |date=July 21, 1995 |department=Entertainment Guide |page=8}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All songs: music by Nigel Clark/Andy Miller, lyrics by Nigel Clark/Mathew Priest
# "Staying Out for the Summer" – 3:13
# "Melodies Haunt You" – 3:40
# "So Let Me Go Far" – 4:05
# "Crossroads" – 4:05
# "One Day" – 3:09
# "We Are Together" – 4:23
# "Whole Lot Easier" – 2:46
# "Making the Most Of" – 4:03
# "Waiting for the Day" – 3:35
# "What Have I Done Wrong?" – 1:53
# "Grassman" – 7:05
==Personnel==
*Nigel Clark - lead vocals, bass guitar, additional guitar & keyboards
*Andy Miller - guitars, backing vocals
*Mathew Priest - drums, percussion, backing vocals
with
*Rob Lord - keyboards & piano on all tracks except "Melodies Haunt You", "One Day" & "Waiting for the Day"
*Zeb Jameson - keyboards & piano on "Melodies Haunt You", "One Day" & "Waiting for the Day"
*The [[Kick Horns]] - brass on "Melodies Haunt You" & "Making the Most Of"
*[[Roddy Lorimer]] - trumpet on "Crossroads"
*[[Caroline Lavelle]], Sonia Slany - strings
==References==
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[[Category:1994 albums]]
[[Category:Dodgy albums]]
[[Category:A&M Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Ian Broudie]]