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Heart - Dreamboat Annie Audio CD

A fair review of the Heart "Dreamboat Annie" 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: Dreamboat Annie
Rating:
Release Date: 1995-06-16
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Magic Man 2: Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child) 3: Crazy on You 4: Soul of the Sea 5: Dreamboat Annie 6: White Lightning & Wine 7: (Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song 8: Sing Child 9: How Deep It Goes 10: Dreamboat Annie (Reprise)

The last great classic rock band, and their best album...
Heart, in my opinion, were probably the last great rock band to emerge before the rise of disco, new wave, MOR, and punk, and this album shows them at their best. For me this album is more than just a great debut album. Heart certainly were more than just the "arena rock" brand that they were unfortunately lumped into, and they certainly were more than just Ann & Nancy Wilson and just a bunch of guys, which, I'm sorry to say, is what Heart has been ever since 1980; the sound of Heart indeed going the way of arena rock, hair metal, and adult contemporary.

The original lineup; Ann Wilson - the lead singer extraordinare and flute player, Nancy Wilson on rhythm and acoustic guitars, Roger Fisher on lead guitar, Steve Fossen on bass, the multi-talented Howard Leese on second lead guitar, keyboards, and string arrangements, and Mike DeRosier on drums; created a sound that for Heart and indeed for the Dreamboat Annie album, seemed to be the culmination of rock and roll. Equal parts the harsh sounds put forth by Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Who, and Black Sabbath; the folk sensibilities of Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, and Joan Baez; the stunning command of pop harmony and arrangement in the great tradition of The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and the downright innovation of progressive rock bands like Yes, The Moody Blues, Genesis, & Jethro Tull. Heart's sound seemed to synthesize all of the elements, yet come out totally original.

As for Dreamboat Annie, this is definitely their best album. The next 3 albums done by the original lineup all have their moments of sheer brilliance ("Barracuda", "Mistral Wind", "Heartless", "Love Alive". . . just to name such moments. . . ), yet they all lack the cohesiveness of Dreamboat Annie. Every single song on this album is pure genius, even the hits ("Magic Man", "Crazy On You", and the title track) are great songs, and in no way are diminutive to the deeper cuts or the flow of the album, like so many hit songs are to their parent albums.

For me, this album never gets old, because each time I listen to it, I find new layers of meaning or hear details in the recording that I never picked up on before, which is how a great album should be. I dare any band out there today, to actually try and accomplish something like that, and indeed it will be an arduous task, because of the lack of sonic and lyrical detail that is running rampant in music today.

Basically, my point is. . . Great music is great music. I bet it was certainly a shock to see a band fronted by 2 extremely talented sisters back in the day, but to me it doesn't seem like gender factors much into the music. It certainly wasn't like Heart were saying, "Look at us, we're girls playing rock!!!" as much as some other "girl bands" who followed have indeed needed to point out to us, time and time again. If anything, Heart were practically gender-neutral, because the 4 men of the group were just as responsible for the sound of this great record, as much as the 2 women on the front cover were.


Dreamboat Annie by Heart
I remember un boxing it as a clerk for the Wherehouse Records. This Cd is a classic for those of us that were there when it first hit the record stores. It sold like hotcakes. Great album by a great new band. I also liked the fact that it was on an indapendent record lable "Mushroom Records"

It would have been nice if they could have added that touch to this Cd release. I would rate this 10 on my scale 1-10

Again the whole album is awesome and only showed the pure power of a band led by the sisters Wilson.

Jazzman3.


Heart
Great music, not too much hard rock, more mellow but not anemic. This album is more of a book with the theme of Dreamboat Annie woven throughout.


Heart? More like FART!
The Wilson sisters try to be as awesome as the Kroeger brothers but fail miserably. These girls prove once and for all that women cannot rock or even sing rock. Magic Man is all fluff and nothing else, and you have to be crazy to like Crazy on You.

If you want GOOD female singers, check out Britney Spears, Lady GaGa, Queen Latifah, Carrie Underwood, that girl from Arch Enemy, or that chick from Tokio Hotel. .


A Dreamy Album
In fact, I bought this album solely for the "Magic Man" track. Prior to purchasing this album, my only exposure to Heart was through local classic-rock radio stations, and the two classics "Magic Man" and "Barracuda" (the latter of which appears on the band's second album, Little Queen). What a pleasant surprise, then, to find out what a wonderful album this is. Dreamboat Annie plays almost like some progressive rock albums; each track flows neatly into the next. I really like the balance of music here as well. Tracks range from hard rock to gentle ballads. If you like classic rock, this album is a must own.


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