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The Road Home (1995)

Where the lyrics of The Road Home take you, and where it was really made.

Heart's live album was recorded in a Seattle club, yet its producer was John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.

Key places

Recorded live at The Backstage, Seattle (1994)

Recording site The Backstage — The album was recorded live at The Backstage in Seattle, Washington, from 12 to 16 August 1994. The club performance was given in an unplugged style in the band's home city. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The Road Home: live album by the rock group Heart, released 1995
• Fourteenth album overall by the band
• Club performance in the unplugged style, in the band's home city of Seattle
• Setlist: acoustic versions of many hits, including "Dreamboat Annie", "Alone" and "Barracuda"
• Released 9 August 1995

Background

• Produced by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin
• Ann and Nancy Wilson had paid tribute to Led Zeppelin with their band the Lovemongers
• John Paul Jones played piano, bass and mandolin, and took part only on the CD concert
• Gary Gersh contributed percussion and served as executive producer

Recording

• Recorded live at The Backstage in Seattle, Washington, 12 to 16 August 1994
• Recorded and mixed by Brian Foraker
• Mixing took place at Bad Animals, Real World Studios and Enterprise Studios
• Mastered at Oceanview Digital Mastering
• Seattle Symphony string section played on the CD
• London Metropolitan String Quartet played on one track and on the DVD

Cover

• Cover photograph shows an old picture of a young Ann and Nancy Wilson with a candle

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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

Records

• United States, Billboard 200: number 87
• In 1995 a VHS was released under the same name and with the same cover, containing another concert from the same tour
• The VHS track list opens with an unlisted introduction interview with Ann and Nancy Wilson
• The VHS was reissued on DVD in 2003
• The DVD bonus material includes an electronic press kit
• The DVD also carries live performances of "Crazy on You" from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The DVD also carries a live performance of "The Road Home" from Later with Greg Kinnear
• The VHS and DVD share the album's title and cover art, linking the video release to this record

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Ann Wilson praised producer John Paul Jones, calling him a prince among men.
• The 1995 VHS opens with an unlisted introduction interview with Ann and Nancy Wilson before the concert tracks.
• The DVD adds an electronic press kit and live TV performances of "Crazy on You" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and "The Road Home" on Later with Greg Kinnear.
• The VHS was reissued on DVD in 2003.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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