Review Heart - Heart (1985)

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One of my favorite albums of the 80's that still rocks with brilliant songs well written produced and performed with great vocals. A classic that stands the test of time.

Heart never seems to play "Never" in concert. Not on the videos that I've seen anyway. But here's proof that they have played it in concert before.

I love my copy of Little Queen. I really should get more CDs of Heart.

This album has not aged well. Musically, it has that mid-1980s gloss that's dated terribly. Even the cover photo is embarrassing.

1) This is a phenomenal album with ZERO bad cuts. Also it was remastered a few years ago and that gave these songs a better sound that holds up

2)Contrary to what the reviewer said, Ann and Nancy have NEVER EVER said they hate this record. The only thing they did say was they were not thrilled at the user off outside writers that new label (Capitol) insisted on then signing the band after they had been dropped by Epic Records. While Ann and Nancy also said they were not thrilled with some of the videos like gold being poured into a slab and then Nancy emerges while Ann is stuck behind a welders mask. This was a band in a state of transition. After the failure of Private Audision and then so so sales of Passionworks (which did contain the big hit “How Can I Refuse”). They needed to come out swinging and boy did they ever. One of my Top 20 records to take on a deserted island! I love their 70’s output but this album and “Brigade” both ROCK!!

3) Also for a nice listen to some of their 80’s cuts, take a listen to the live album from Heart called “Rock The House Live”
Excellent live LP

oscar gamble said:

This album has not aged well. Musically, it has that mid-1980s gloss that's dated terribly. Even the cover photo is embarrassing.

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I agree about the cover. But the music I still enjoy from Heart as a band. Not as good as albums like Dog and Butterfly though.

It's still a cut above much of the devolution of music that took place in the 80s.

I wrote about this album back in July for my Cassette Chronicles series. You can check out the article HERE!

If you were looking for the 70's Heart, this is not what you are going to get with this album. Not really the type of hits like "Magic Man", "Crazy For You", "Barracuda", "Heartless", "Kick It Out", "Straight On" in this album other than probably "If Looks Could Kill". That being said though, Heart delivered with this album. Yeah most of the hits had a poppy feel to them, but they were still quality. My personal favorite on this album was "All Eyes" which really wasn't a big hit. In my opinion Ann Wilson could sing a dictionary and make it sound outstanding.