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Red Velvet Car (2010)

Where the lyrics of Red Velvet Car take you, and where it was really made.

Red Velvet Car debuted at number 10 on the US Billboard 200, Heart's first top-10 album since Brigade (1990).

Key places

Recorded at Octopus' Garden (2010)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Discogs credits list Octopus' Garden as a recording location for this album. The map point sits at city-center level, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Recorded at Lochinkop Studio (2010)

Recording site Little Mountain Sound Studios — Discogs credits list Lochinkop Studio as a recording location for this album. The map point sits at city-center level, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Red Velvet Car is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Heart
• Released on 31 August 2010 by Legacy Recordings
• Track list differs by format and territory
• Standard US CD: 10 tracks
• European CD and US download: 12 tracks
• Japanese CD: 13 tracks, with "Listening" as the 13th track
• Some exclusive download versions use a live 2010 version of "Crazy on You" as the 13th track

Background

• Heart is an American rock band
• Credited lineup on the album: Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Ben Smith, Ric Markmann, Ben Mink
• Ann Wilson: vocals and flute
• Nancy Wilson: vocals, guitars, mandolin, autoharp, Dobro
• Ben Smith: drums and percussion
• Ric Markmann: bass guitar
• Ben Mink: guitars, gypsy fiddle, viola, lap steel, programming, vocals, string arrangements, and production
• Geddy Lee of Rush plays whistle on "Death Valley"
• Craig Bartock plays Dobro on "Safronia's Mark"

Recording

• David Leonard handled recording and mixing
• Patrick MacDougall was second engineer
• Engineering assistance came from Andrew Bodkin, Melanie Mullens, Matthew MacDougall, Masa Fukudome, and David Eaman
• Recording sessions took place at Octopus' Garden and Lochinkop Studio
• Craig Waddell mastered the album at Gotham City Studios in Vancouver

Cover

• Cover image by Jesse Higman
• Package design and photos by Amber McDonald
• Additional photos by Randee St. Nicholas

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · es.wikipedia.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 31 August 2010 by Legacy Recordings
• Debuted at number 10 on the US Billboard 200
• First-week sales were 27,000 copies
• First top-10 album for Heart since Brigade (1990)
• The album spawned the singles "Hey You" and "WTF"
• Hey You peaked at number 26 on the Adult Contemporary chart
• WTF peaked at number 19 on the Hot Singles Sales chart

Records

• US Billboard 200 peak: number 10
• First-week sales in the US: 27,000 copies
• Heart's previous top-10 album: Brigade (1990)
• Adult Contemporary chart peak for Hey You: number 26
• Hot Singles Sales chart peak for WTF: number 19
• Track counts by release: standard US CD with 10 tracks; European CD and US download with 12 tracks; Japanese CD with 13 tracks
• Some exclusive download versions carry a live 2010 version of "Crazy on You" in place of the Japanese 13th track

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The Japanese CD's 13th track is "Listening"
• Some exclusive download versions replace it with a live 2010 version of "Crazy on You"
• Discogs notes the release was made in Germany and printed on both the CD label and the rear artwork
• The European CD and US download versions contain 12 tracks

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

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