Product Description

The other Wilson sisters strode wilfully back into the international charts with their self-titled debut for Capitol Records, now seen as the first female AOR classic. Drawing on outside writers to help develop the project, they created analbum of enormous musical wealth that charted internationally with a host of successful spin-off singles. With Ron Nevison's lush production and the Wilsons' soulful vocals, tracks such as "What About Love", "Never", and the yearning "These Dreams" were guaranteed sellers, while the band still rocked majestically for "If Looks Could Kill' and "Wolf", in particular.

Track Listing

1. If Looks Could Kill
2. What About Love
3. Never
4. These Dreams
5. Wolf
6. All Eyes
7. Nobody Home
8. Nothin' At All
9. What He Don't Know
10. Shellshock

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8265 in Music
• Released on: 1986-02-03
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
The adage goes that a band has its entire career to create its first album, and the Wilson sisters, Ann and Nancy, never seemed able to top Dreamboat Annie, certainly one of rock's all-time strongest debuts. In fact, by the time they recorded this eponymous effort after switching labels, the industry had pretty much written them off as has-beens. Strangely, the 1985 release became one of the biggest hits of their career, scoring five hit songs. Of course, this was also where the band succumbed to outside tunesmiths and synthesizer-heavy MOR power ballads. Producer Ron Nevision even has Ann at times trying to emulate Madonna. Not a new direction but, frankly, a new band. --Bill Holdship

Customer Reviews

Pop masquerading as rock
I was hooked on this album when I first heard it twenty years ago. These days, it doesn't strike the same chord. As a rock album, it's pretty tame, but it's littered with great melodies and the highlight is the soaring vocal delivery. Significantly, when the band go for a more abrasive approach, such as 'The Wolf,' the result is bland. 'If Looks Could Kill' is an arresting song that could have rocked a lot harder. With a rhythm section that features founder members of Montrose and Jo Jo Gunne, one wonders what might have been achieved. Instead, that 1980s scourge of rock music, the synth, tends to dominate.
All of the first four tracks, culminating in the hit, 'These Dreams,' are irresistible pop items. Thereafter, the quality is uneven. Many of the songs are from outside songwriting teams, which nearly always leads to cliched lyrical blandness. Still, it's the same route other bands on the skids, such as Aerosmith, have taken. The same applies to their next effort, 'Bad Animals,' but that album rocks better. Nearer a mark of three than five for me, but if you want good pop tunes, this is a worthwhile buy.

Fabulous and Unforgettable.

I 've just discovered "Heart" - the name of the album and the band, the album was recorded in April 1985. It is one of the great Rock albums, a superb recording and a great achievement by all the band members and the contributing musicians. It features the incomparable voice of Nancy Wilson on 'These Dreams', I have rarely heard a singer who can communicate such beauty and emotion, it is a fabulous and unforgettable album.

Now Your In The 80's!
Okay, without doubt Heart will forever be remebered as the band responsable for hits such as Dreamboat Anne, but it was here in 1985 with this total change for the band that I think they became the group we all know and love......

One of the most Iconic sounds from the 80's, heavy, powerfull rock ballads with the unreal vocals of Anne Wilson.

Who could ask for a better slice of 80's rock!!!!!!!!