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Heart - Desire Walks On Audio CD

A fair review of the Heart "Desire Walks On" 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: Desire Walks On
Rating:
Release Date: 1993-11-16
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Desire 2: Black on Black II 3: Back to Avalon 4: Woman in Me 5: Rage 6: In Walks the Night 7: My Crazy Head 8: Ring Them Bells 9: Will You Be There (In the Morning) 10: Voodoo Doll 11: Anything Is Possible 12: Avalon (Reprise) 13: Desire Walks On 14: Mujer Que Hay en Mi 15: Quedaras [En la Manana]

Desire walks... away !
The sound is flawless, as usual. In my opinion, not the band's best, but still a very solid effort, and Ann's voice is as addictive as ever.

A very serious technical issue with this CD, though : my original copy (1993 release) suffers from the infamous "Disc Rot" symptom, which eventually made it unreadable. I had to re-order one copy (reissue), 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 "The Road Home" CD.

Does anyone know of a way to have the "wasted" copy replaced ?.


Sesire for good music
It was AWSOME. I just Got this cd today and i know it will be one i'm going to listen to for years.


No Desire for Desire Walks On.
I heard this disc at a store when it first came out but didn't buy it until years late at a used Record / CD store. Black On Black / Back To Avalon / Ring Them Bells / Will You Be There are the only four songs worth listening too. I Listened to a few clips and decided to buy it for the four songs listed above.

Where did Howard Leese go after this album?

The newer sound and new band members began to turn me off to their newer music.


Great second comeback for heart...
This collection showcases not only her voice, but thier enduring talent. Ann Wilson has always had one of the most powerful voices in rock.
From the opening, hard driving guitars of Black on Black, the girls from Canada reclaim a rightful position. They follow up with a number of great songs that never really got the recognition they deserve.
Back to Avalon, In Walks the Night, Woman in Me, Will You be There, Anything is Possible. . . . all great songs that cater to the softer side of Heart.
Rage and Voodoo Doll both meet again with the harder side of the sisters and the remaining songs play to the mystical side of these talented women.
I think that when this CD was released the modern listeners were beyond true rock and into other genres, therefore this one got lost in the shuffle. Listening to this again I am still quite pleasantly suprised at the talent they showed.
Sadly, the girls tried some other avenues. . . The Lovemongers, which failed, and Jupiters Darling, which I never could warm up to.
Ann's new release throws things back to classical cover type rock, which was carried off well. But alas. . . I miss these chicks. They had the look, the talent. . and most of all they had Ann's voice! I doubt there will ever be this kind of talent again in the history of Rock.


Heart - A Decent Effort At The End Of Their Commercial Comeback
In the 70's they burst upon the scene with their unique take on hard rock that also incorporated elements of folk, funk, and even a bit of progressive rock into the mix. Heart is a band that has had almost two separate careers. By the early 80's album sales had fallen off the charts and it was looking like tailspin time for the band. Then in the late 80's Heart changed their sound to a slicker brand of pop rock and made a remarkable commercial comeback. The albums "Heart", "Bad Animals", and "Brigade" all produced huge radio hits putting the band back on top of both the sales charts and concert trail. "Desire Walks On" came at what was basically the end of this era. The album only produced the minor AOR hit "Back On Black II" and the Nancy Wilson led top 40 ballad "Will You Be There", and did not rack of the sales of the previous three. From a quality standpoint I think the album is better than the three larger sellers that proceeded it and was somewhat a return to form for a band that had become too slick and polished in the late 80's and early 90's. During their comeback the band had turned to outside writers for much of the material. Here there are only three tracks not at least co-written by the Wilson sisters. The album does not rank up in quality to the band's first two classic discs, but it is a decent effort that is worth adding to your collection if you are a heart fan. Highlights include "Back On Black II" which is as heavy a rocker as the band has ever done. "Back To Avalon" is a nice acoustic oriented tune that would have fit right in on an album like "Little Queen". "Ring Them Bells" is a cool cover of the Bob Dylan tune featuring a vocal duet between Ann Wilson and Layne Staley from Alice In Chains. The final title track "Desire Walks On' is another good one with a spoken word intro. This album will not go down in history as one of Heart's classics, but it is a good solid album from them.


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