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Heart (1985)

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

The band's self-titled eighth album was its only US Billboard 200 number one to date, and it was later certified quintuple platinum.

Key places

Recorded at The Plant Studios (1985)

Recording site Record Plant — This album was recorded at The Plant Studios in Sausalito. The point marks the studio listed as a recording site. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Record Plant (1985)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — Recording for this album also took place at The Record Plant in Los Angeles. It is listed alongside the Plant Studios as a recording site. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Heart: eighth studio album by American rock band Heart
• Released June 21, 1985, by Capitol Records
• Marks the band's Capitol Records debut
• Only Heart album to top the US Billboard 200 to date
• Certified quintuple platinum by the RIAA

Background

• Continues the band's transition into mainstream rock, the genre that brought it its greatest commercial success
• Self-titled; Ann Wilson said in a 2022 interview that the band did not write most of the songs, so a title that felt real was hard to find
• The two previous releases, Private Audition and Passionworks, were uncertified

Recording

• Recording locations: The Plant Studios (Sausalito) and The Record Plant (Los Angeles)
• Ron Nevison handled production and engineering
• Mike Clink gave engineering assistance; Brian Foraker was second assistant engineer
• Mike Reese mastered the album at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California
• Ann Wilson on vocals; Nancy Wilson on guitars and mandolin; Howard Leese on guitars, keyboards and mandolin; Mark Andes on bass; Denny Carmassi on drums
• Peter Wolf played synthesizers and acoustic piano

Cover

• Cover photography by Rebecca Blake
• Art direction and design by Norman Moore

Sources: en.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

Reappraisal

• Loudwire staff elected it the best hard rock album of 1985 in 2024

Records

• Top of the US Billboard 200, the only Heart album to reach number one to date
• Marked the band's Capitol Records debut
• Yielded the band's first number-one single, These Dreams
• Four other singles: What About Love, Never, Nothin' at All, If Looks Could Kill
• The first four singles reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100
• Certified quintuple platinum by the RIAA, while the two previous releases were uncertified
• Portuguese Wikipedia gives 5 million copies sold for the quintuple platinum disc
• Nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards

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

Trivia

• In a 2022 interview, Ann Wilson said the album was self-titled because the band wrote few of its songs.
• Grace Slick sang background vocals on track 2.
• Nancy Wilson took lead vocals on track 4.
• Frankie Sullivan played solo guitar on track 7.
• Holly Knight played keyboards on the album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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