Audio CD review:
Heart - Heart

Heart - Heart

Band: Heart Title: Heart Rating: Release Date: 1990-10-25 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: If Looks Could Kill - Heart, Conrad, J. 2: What About Love? - Heart, Alton, Sheron 3: Never - Heart, Knight, Holly 4: These Dreams - Heart, Taupin, Bernie 5: The Wolf - Heart, Heart [1] 6: All Eyes - Heart, Knight, H. 7: Nobody Home - Heart, Wilson, Ann 8: Nothin' at All - Heart, Mueller, Mark 9: What He Don't Know - Heart, Wilson, Ann 10: Shell Shock - Heart, Heart [1]

Survival Some people who like to act self important wanna call this type of change "selling out", but look at all the other bands of the past who refused to change - most of them are nowhere and forgotten. While this album certainly isn't the same music Heart was known for in the 70s, it brought them back into the music spotlight and brought new fans. Very few bands of that era have a sound that maintains through time. Put "bands of the 70s" in your search browser and see what comes up. There's maybe 5 bands on that list that continued to produce music successfully thru the 80s and 90s. And Heart is one of them. When it comes to entertainment, if you wanna survive, you gotta give the fans what they want. And that's what Heart did on this disc and a few more after this. . The Wolves Are Singing! Their first album was "Dreamboat Annie". Heart's self-titled album is not Heart's first one. However, after about 10 years these two women release one of their best albums. The opening song "If Looks Could Kill" is really rocking and after that there's many great songs, and you could almost say that this is an ultimate fem-rock album. . . but then the ninth track "What He Don't Know" proves to be so basic rock. The ballads "These Dreams" and "Nobody Home" are great ones, as well as "What About Love", "The Wolf", "Shell Shock", "All Eyes", and "Never" which are great classic rock songs. "Nothin' at All" has great "echo sounds" which were later copies by The Corrs. This is a great hard rock album although not so similar to "Dreamboat Annie". Stars: What About Love, If Looks Could Kill, The Wolf. Totally 80's I got my first job in a restaurant in the early 80's and remember hearing this on the radio (in the employees only area, that is) I graduated high school in '77 just as Dreamboat Annie became a big hit and thereafter I purchased Little Queen and Magazine. It sounded like everything else from the 80's - overblown synthesizer ballads. I liked the vocals and the guitar parts, kind of a female Led Zeppelin (they are the only band that should be legally allowed to cover Led Zeppelin). By the time I got my job in the restaurant Heart had become just another MTV band, which is not to say that they were bad, it's to say that MTV was and still is bad. The 80's attracted a lot of criticism of this kind and I didn't feel like paul parroting what's already been said: That MTV videos are choregraphed to death much like the music and that it lacks any individuality or personality. I picked up a copy of this on CD just recently to learn "If Looks Could Kill" for a band. Couldn't stand to listen to the rest of it and then I remembered why: as a restaurant employee, grateful to have a job, it seemed silly to complain about the background music and if we were really busy it was easy to ignore the radio altogether! They sold out (sort of) but at least it looked like they succeeded and who could blame them if it sells records? Glam it up and get rid of the hippie girl look from the 70's. It was indeed easy to ignore and that's the problem. Nothing really gets your attention one way or the other. It's great background music shows signs of maturity all of which has it's place in the world but. . . it's been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely lonely time. (Hint Hint) . Great Album The radio stations in Chicago played the hell out of the singles. I liked this album since it debuted. 9 good songs. The only one I didn't care for is " What He Don't Know". Ann was gaining alot of weight around this time and in the video's her body is blocked by props on stage or the camera zooms in for jsut head shots of her singing. She's still got a strong, powerful voice. . Heavy synth, hairspray and Heart Wow, how I love this album. One of my favorite things from the 1980's was the synth-heavy pop-rock of Heart. Chock full of that classic 80's lite rock sound, with fantastic Ann and Nancy Wilson vocals. All around great stuff. You can see a complete list of all Heart discography, or go back to the Heart tabs