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Alive in Seattle (2003)

Where the lyrics of Alive in Seattle take you, and where it was really made.

The concert on this album was recorded at Seattle's Paramount Theatre on 8 August 2002, the band's final concert in Seattle during that tour.

Key places

Recorded at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle (2002)

Recording site Paramount Theatre — The concert was recorded live at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on 8 August 2002. It was the band's final concert in Seattle during the Summer of Love Tour. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Alive in Seattle: live DVD and album by the American rock band Heart
• Released in 2003, a recording of the band's final concert in Seattle
• The concert took place during the Summer of Love Tour in summer 2002
• The show included many of the band's greatest hits and some new songs
• The soundtrack was released as a double-CD package
• A Blu-ray transfer was released in 2008
• French Wikipedia counts it as Heart's fourth live album

Background

• Summer of Love Tour: the summer 2002 tour that this concert was part of
• The setlist mixed Heart's greatest hits with new material
• Lineup on the recording: Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Scott Olson, Tom Kellock, Mike Inez, Ben Smith
• Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson shared lead and backing vocals
• Tom Kellock played keyboards, Mike Inez played bass, Ben Smith played drums

Recording

• Recorded live at the Paramount Theater, Seattle, on August 8, 2002
• Spanish Wikipedia describes it as a performance in Seattle, USA, during the 2002 Summer of Love Tour
• Disc one track titles include "Crazy on You", "Sister Wild Rose", "The Witch", "Straight On", "These Dreams"
• Disc one continues with "Mistral Wind", "Alone", "Dog & Butterfly", "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters", "Battle of Evermore"
• Disc two track titles include "Heaven", "Magic Man", "Two Faces of Eve", "Love Alive", "Break the Rock"
• Disc two continues with "Barracuda", "Wild Child", "Black Dog", "Dreamboat Annie (Reprise)"
• Discogs credits Phil Kneebone as second engineer for Westwood One
• Discogs credits Biff Dawes as chief engineer for Westwood One and Woody Pornpitaksuk for authoring
• Mastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio and mixed by Tim Weidner

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · fr.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Heart is an American rock band formed in 1974 in the Pacific Northwest, coalescing from earlier projects including the Army (1967–1969), Hocus Pocus (1969–1970), and White Heart (1970–1973).
• By 1975 the lineup had settled with Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson, Michael Derosier, Howard Leese, Roger Fisher, and Steve Fossen.
• The band rose to fame with music influenced by hard rock, heavy metal, and folk.

Members

• Ann Wilson (lead vocals, flute) and Nancy Wilson (rhythm guitar, vocals) are the only consistent members across the band's history.
• Early members included Roger Fisher (guitar), Steve Fossen (bass), Michael Derosier (drums), and Howard Leese (guitar, keyboards).
• Mark Andes (bass) and Denny Carmassi (drums) joined around 1982 after the earlier lineup changes.

Career

• Debut album Dreamboat Annie (1975) produced the hits "Magic Man" and "Crazy on You" and sold over a million copies.
• The band split from Mushroom Records and signed with Portrait; "Barracuda" became a major hit in 1977.
• A commercial decline in the early 1980s was followed by a mid-1980s comeback led by the album Heart (1985), which produced the No. 1 hit "These Dreams".
• The 1987 single "Alone" spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Heart disbanded in 1998, reunited to tour and record several times afterward, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
• The band has sold over 50 million records worldwide.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released by Epic Records
• Issued as a DVD and as a double-CD soundtrack
• French Wikipedia lists the DVD and a double SACD edition
• Discogs release notes: plays on CD audio, SACD stereo and SACD surround sound
• Copyright line: 2003 Heart Amalgamated, Inc.
• Engineers credited: Phil Kneebone, Biff Dawes, Woody Pornpitaksuk
• Mixed by Tim Weidner, mastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio
• Ann Wilson credited with lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, autoharp, flute, ukulele
• Nancy Wilson credited with lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, mandolin, ukulele
• Scott Olson credited with lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, lap steel, backing vocals
• Tom Kellock credited with keyboards
• Mike Inez credited with bass guitar
• Ben Smith credited with drums and percussion

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · fr.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The concert was recorded at the Paramount Theater in Seattle on 8 August 2002
• A Blu-ray transfer followed in 2008, five years after the original release
• Disc two closes with "Dreamboat Annie (Reprise)" after "Black Dog"
• Discogs lists SACD stereo and SACD surround options alongside the standard CD audio format
• French Wikipedia counts this release as Heart's fourth live album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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