Audio CD review:
Heart - Magazine

Heart - Magazine

Band: Heart Title: Magazine Rating: Release Date: 1995-06-16 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Heartless 2: Devil Delight 3: Just the Wine 4: Without You - Heart, Ham, Pete 5: Magazine 6: Here Song 7: Mother Earth Blues - Heart, Chapman, P 8: I've Got the Music in Me - Heart, Boshell, Bias

Technically Heart's Second Album Even though their second album was "Little Queen," these songs were recorded in between the two, except for the live songs, which were sort of pre-fame, I think. This is a fine followup to Dreamboat Annie. "Devil's Delight" alone is worth the price of the CD, but the whole album was fantastic, from start to finish. This shows Heart while they are still an idealistic young band, before they became such a worldwide phenomenon. They were really hard rockers back then, with a huge Zeppelin Jones going on. That they could always throw in a beautiful, sweet acoustic moment such as "Here Song" is a testament to the true musical talent these ladies and their bandmates showed, and continue to show to this day. batcall You can't love rock n roll without loving Heart. Like they say, Heart is the female version of Led Zepplin. It's a shame there was no male version of Led Zep. in the US. The Mushroom version was better. I found a copy of the original Mushroom version in (what was then West) Germany in 1980 (and I found it strange they didn't wrap their LPs in cellophane, like in the US), and later found the "official" version released by Heart. I have to wonder why Heart even bothered to make their "own" version of Magazine. I always got the impression that the changes made for the "official" version were made simply for the sake of change. This version is OK, but the (for lack of a better word) magic was gone. Heart would continue to put out good albums afterwards, and really should have let this one go. A Heart Classic Let's just say this is a classic 1970's rock album. I won't go into all the drama that was behind this album because many have already spoken to it. Magazine, Heartless, Without You, Here Song, Just The Wine and Devil Delight are killer songs and Ann Wilson is simply the best rock vocalist that ever lived. The live tracks are fun and show how Heart could go from pop (I've Got The Music In Me) to blues/rock (Mother Earth Blues) without missing a beat. If you are into classic rock, get this gem!. WHAT IS UP WITH EVERYONE Every song they recorded in the 1970's were simply put, MASTERPIECES! You had to be there. Heart are such a classic in every since of the word. You had to go into (K-Mart, it was for me) and buy that album with the disclaimer from the band on it. Only to return later and buy the album over after the band approved. Heartless and Devil Delight are perfect! Magazine is almost as good as Mistral Wind. Just The Wine and Here Song: great ballads with exceptional playing. Without You does the song justice and the live tracks are COOL! . You can see a complete list of all Heart discography, or go back to the Heart tabs