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Brigade (1990)

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

Heart's tenth album reached number three in both the US and the UK, yet it was the last Heart record to prominently feature outside writers.

Key places

A&M Recording studio credit (1990)

Recording site A&M Recording Studios — Credits list A&M Recording among the studios where Brigade was recorded, with several second engineers named for this room. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

One on One Recording studio credit (1990)

Recording site One on One Recording Studios — Credits also list One on One Recording, where Mike Tacci is named as a second engineer on the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Brigade: tenth studio album by American rock band Heart
• Released March 26, 1990 by Capitol Records
• Reached number three on both the US Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart
• Peaked at number two in Canada, Finland, and Sweden
• Lead single All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100
• Produced by Richie Zito

Background

• Follows the 1987 album Bad Animals
• Like Bad Animals, the album has fewer writing contributions from lead members Ann and Nancy Wilson
• Described as the last Heart album to prominently feature outside writers
• Followed by a successful world tour
• Promotional tour for Brigade was followed by the first live album, Rock the House Live!

Recording

• Richie Zito credited with production
• Phil Kaffel credited with recording and mixing
• Credits list recording at A&M Recording and One on One Recording
• Second engineers include Bill Kennedy, Chad Munsey, Ed Goodreau, Nick Jerrard, Randy Wine, and Mike Tacci
• Kim Bullard added keyboards on most tracks
• Richie Zito added guitar on track 10

Cover

• Art direction and design by Norman Moore
• Photography by Michael Miller

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.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

• Reached number three on the US Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart
• Peaked at number two in Canada, Finland, and Sweden
• Lead single All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100
• Follow-up single I Didn't Want to Need You peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100
• Stranded peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100
• Secret, the fourth and final single, charted at number 64

Records

• Six tracks charted inside the Top 25 of Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart
• Wild Child at number 3 on that chart
• Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger at number 24
• All I Wanna Do is Make Love To You at number 2
• I Didn't Want to Need You at number 13
• Stranded at number 25
• The Night at number 25
• Sold over 6 million copies in the United States
• Reached number three in the United Kingdom
• Followed by a successful world tour

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Discogs release notes list Made in Holland as a production note
• Ann and Nancy Wilson contributed fewer songs, as on the 1987 album Bad Animals
• Brigade was the last Heart album to prominently feature outside writers
• Richie Zito, the producer, also played additional guitar on track 10
• Kim Bullard added keyboards on most tracks
• Second engineers at A&M Recording and One on One Recording are listed in the credits

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

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