Better Than Home

2015 studio album by Beth Hart

Better Than Home

Studio album by

Beth Hart

Released

April 13, 2015^[1]

Genre

Blues rock,^[2] blues,^[3] soul^[3]

Length

48:58

Label

Provogue/Mascot Label

Producer

Rob Mathes and Michael Stevens

Beth Hart chronology

Live in Amsterdam
(2014)

Better Than Home
(2015)

Fire on the Floor
(2016)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Blues Rock Review	^[1]

Better Than Home is the seventh solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Beth Hart. Hart's husband and her manager convinced her to work with the production team of Rob Mathes and Michael Stevens, whom she had met when she performed at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012. Hart had worked with Kevin Shirley for her last three albums, but she was persuaded to try a different team and go a different direction.^[4] The production team challenged Hart to leave behind the darker themes and to "write more about my joy and what I believe in and what my love is."^[4] Hart was pushed to write songs that came from a different source, from when she was happy or having a good time.^[4] One song on the album, "Tell Her You Belong to Me", took her a year and a half to write.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Beth Hart

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Might as Well Smile"	4:01
2.	"Tell 'Em to Hold On"	4:24
3.	"Tell Her You Belong to Me"	5:56
4.	"Trouble"	4:42
5.	"Better Than Home"	4:37
6.	"St. Teresa"	5:07
7.	"We're Still Living in the City"	4:20
8.	"The Mood That I'm In"	3:55
9.	"Mechanical Heart"	4:16
10.	"As Long as I Have a Song"	3:25
11.	"Mama This One's for You"	3:26
Total length:		48:09

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[6]	11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[7]	59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[8]	41
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[9]	39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[10]	1
French Albums (SNEP)^[11]	39
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[12]	11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[13]	16
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[14]	30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[15]	47
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[16]	5
UK Albums (OCC)^[17]	33
US Billboard 200^[18]	133
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)^[19]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[20]	19

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)	Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[21]	64
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)^[22]	12

References

^ ^a ^b Roos, Meghan (April 10, 2015). "Beth Hart: Better Than Home Review". Blues Rock Review. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Better Than Home - Beth Hart". AllMusic.com. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Piovano, Filippo (April 7, 2016). "Review: Beth Hart: Better Than Home". The Metropolist. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Graff, Gary (April 7, 2015). "Exclusive: Listen to Beth Hart's New Album 'Better Than Home'". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
^ Ball, Lauren (April 20, 2016). "Beth Hart". American Songwriter. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Beth Hart – Better Than Home" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Ultratop.be – Beth Hart – Better Than Home" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Ultratop.be – Beth Hart – Better Than Home" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Danishcharts.dk – Beth Hart – Better Than Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Beth Hart – Better Than Home" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Lescharts.com – Beth Hart – Better Than Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Beth Hart – Better Than Home" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Beth Hart – Better Than Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Beth Hart – Better Than Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Beth Hart – Better Than Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Beth Hart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Beth Hart Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Beth Hart Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 2015". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ "Blues Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.