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Heart - The Road Home Audio CD

A fair review of the Heart "The Road Home" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Heart reviews here, or go back to the Heart tabs.

Heart Band: Heart
Title: The Road Home
Rating:
Release Date: 1995-08-29
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child) 2: Dog and Butterfly 3: (Up on) Cherry Blossom Road 4: Back to Avalon 5: Alone 6: These Dreams 7: Love Hurts 8: Straight On 9: All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You 10: Crazy on You 11: Seasons 12: River 13: Barracuda 14: Dream of the Archer 15: Road Home

No punk inside, but Joni... and rotten !


In my opinion, not the band's best, but still a very solid effort, and Ann's voice is as addictive as ever. I won't add anything to what has already been said here about the band and this album, which deserves its high rating. The sound is flawless, as usual.

Unfortunately, this CD is also suffering from the dreaded "Disc Rot" syndrome, which eventually made my first copy unreadable. I had to re-order one copy, which arrived with the very same defect (though not as widespread as on my first copy) ; fortunately, I could duplicate the disc and it is now safe. I faced just the same problem with the Band's "Desire Walks On" CD.

That's too faulty CDs from the same band/publisher : how come ?! Has this been sorted out now, and does anyone know of a way to have the "wasted" copies replaced ?.


Heart's TRUE sound, pure & sweet
The raw, true, energy, and soul of Ann Wilson is just gold; Ann and Nancy together again in this 1995 event is spectacular. I actually saw the video of this acoustic concert first and it was heaven. An absolute must for any and all who appreciate the true sound of music and love HEART.


The Heart of the Matter
John Paul Jones seems as much as if not more at home in this setting than he did with Led Zeppelin. Excellent work from the Sisters Wilson and supporting musicians. I enjoy the acoustic treatment of major songs from the Heart catalogue. Give it a spin: you'll listen often!.


Intimate
I am a huge fan of the former, and a fan with less fanaticism about the latter.
Typically fans of Heart fall into one of two camps, `70s album rock fans, or `80s Power ballad fans. But I also fall into a third category as a huge fan of the more acoustic pieces. Love Alive, Dreamboat Annie (the song), Dream of the Archer, etc are some of my very favorites from what is probably my very favorite band.

I still recall when I saw Heart on their first headline tour supporting "Dreamboat Annie", and the first time Ann played a bar on the flute, I was hers for life. During that show which was curiously opened by a pop group (Player. . "Baby Come Back"), the crowd was in a very mellow mood, wanting to sit on the floor and wave the lighters. Ann was kind of befuddled about the reaction, and Said "Wow you guys really like the quiet stuff; Someday we'll come back and play a show like that. . . But tonight we're gonna ROCK & ROLL!

To this day, it was one of the best shows I ever saw. But I still am waiting for that show. I wish I would have been in the club where "The Road Home" was recorded, because it is the show I always wanted to see. These songs are performed largely acoustic, give or take, and have a very intimate feel. A lot of performers use the line Ann does in this set of "Welcome to our Living Room", but it really has that feel. The versions on this song you can readily imagine being at one of the sister's houses and watching a jam session like this from them and a few friends.

This is definitely a CD every Heart fan should own, but I think it is an album anyone would enjoy would enjoy, even if they didn't know they were fans yet.
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"Welcome to our living room...."
I personally don't like 'live' CD's because they often lose something. This CD is absolutely incredible. However, this CD brought it all together.
The girls brought all thier greatest stuff, and then some, back to life with a twist. They went acoustic. . . and boy did they do a good job.
It's hard to imagine some of their music done acoustically but it works well. 'How Do I Get You Alone?', 'All I Wanna Do' and, of course, 'Dreamboat Annie' are wonderful done this way. They actually sound like new songs! Some new items that are noteworthy are (Up On) Cherry Blossom Road, Seasons and their cover of River, an old Joni Mitchell song done exquisitely! Quite honestly, if you like Heart, or just Rock and Roll, you can't go wrong with this CD. Give it a try.
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