It seems to me that most of these songs eventually became
hits, or at least it seems like it. I often wonder why this album was
self-titled. Usually a self-titled album is the band’s first album, but this
was Heart’s 9th album (8th if you
don't count The Greatest Hits album,
which did have some original material). Anyway, the Wilson sisters kick some royal rock-n-roll arse on this album. The
album starts heavy rockin' with If Looks Could Kill and
continues, on from there. Perhaps the highlight of the album is These
Dreams which is the first Heart
song where Nancy* sings lead vocals
instead of Ann. In the mid 1980s
when this album came out Rock-n-Roll was all about Hair Bands and Nancy certainly let hers fly all over
the place. I first got this album on vinyl, I think I still have it on that
format, as part of my first dozen albums or so when I signed up to the then Columbia Record and Tape Club,
eventually the mail-order service changed its name to the Columbia CD Club when they stopped dealing in vinyl in the early
1990s. All in all, this is probably my favorite Heart Album, I'd be hard pressed to pick a second favorite, I like
them all.
*Nancy recently released her first solo album You and Me on 07 May 2021.
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