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Beautiful Broken (2016)

Where the lyrics of Beautiful Broken take you, and where it was really made.

Most of this album is older Heart songs done again, and only two of its tracks are new.

Key places

Recording at Sunset Sound (2016)

Recording site Sunset Sound — The album was recorded at Sunset Sound, and the same studio also handled the mixing according to the release credits. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Tom-Tom Studio (2016)

Recording site Tom-Tom Studio — Part of the album was recorded at Tom-Tom Studio, according to the release credits, alongside the sessions at Sunset Sound. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Beautiful Broken: sixteenth studio album by American rock band Heart
• Released 8 July 2016 by Concord Records
• Two new songs; the rest are re-interpretations of songs from the band's earlier albums
• Spanish Wikipedia describes it as a mix of new songs and re-recorded classic tracks
• Ten tracks listed on Spanish Wikipedia
• Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson credited on vocals; Nancy Wilson also on guitar

Background

• Discogs release note: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members present all new recordings
• New tracks named Beautiful Broken, Two and I Jump
• Re-imagined, hand-selected band favourites make up the rest

Recording

• Recorded at Sunset Sound and Tom-Tom Studio
• Mixed at Sunset Sound
• Mastered at Howie Weinberg Mastering
• Ken Sluiter credited with engineering and mixing
• Dan Rothchild and Nancy Wilson credited with production
• Hungarian Studio Orchestra plays strings on tracks 3, 4, 7 and 10

Cover

• Artwork by Brian McGuffey
• Nancy Wilson credited with art direction
• Photography by Anna Knowlden and Dan Rothchild

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

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

• Discogs lists the release as containing all-new recordings by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members
• Brand new tracks named as Beautiful Broken, Two and I Jump
• Band favourites re-imagined and hand-selected for the set
• Copyright line: 2016 Heart General Partnership
• Credits name Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Ben Smith, Craig Bartock, Chris Joyner and Dan Rothchild as the core band
• Additional musicians include James Hetfield on the first track and Paul Buckmaster on string arrangements
• The record was engineered and mixed by Ken Sluiter and mastered by Howie Weinberg

Sources: www.discogs.com

Trivia

• James Hetfield sings vocals and background vocals on the first track
• Paul Buckmaster wrote the string arrangements for tracks 3, 4, 7 and 10
• The Hungarian Studio Orchestra performed those strings, conducted by Péter Illényi
• Kurina Tamás is credited for strings recording
• Dan Rothchild is credited for both production and photography on the album

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

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