Heart - Dreamboat Annie
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Free Music Review: Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Hit: 5 Stars
This is Heart at its best - a great rock and roll album. This one belongs in every true rock fans' CD collection. White Lightning & Wine is a GREAT tune, worth the cost of the record by itself.Free Music Review: Great Songs...
Hit: 5 Stars
I love almost every song on the record.
Love their vocals and arrangements, great band.
Wish they had more like this...
Free Music Review: My favorite Heart Album
Hit: 5 Stars
The first and best Heart album. This is an essential and must own album for any fan of rock music.Free Music Review: Dreamboat Annie
Hit: 4 Stars
I remember when "Magic Man" hit the airwaves, I was so impressed that I went out & bought the album. The Wilson sisters from Seattle did not disappoint. "Magic Man", at the time, was a radical departure for a lead female vocalist. As the Wilson sisters were so fond of saying, "We rawk!" This was an impressive debut from the group. They did three different versions of "Dreamboat Annie", albeit each subtly different. "Crazy on You" was the other hit from this album though it didn't chart as well. "Crazy on You", in my opinion, was just as good as "Magic Man". What set it apart was the acoustic intro, Nancy was an excellent rhythm guitarist. Ann had the killer voice that could gravitate from soft to harsh in a second, a very gifted vocalist. Other great songs on this album include "White Lightening and Wine" & "Sing Child".
Heart could do ballads and rock hard. They have been compared to Led Zeppelin, even called "the female Led Zeppelin". I'm not sure who propagated this myth but Heart didn't do anything to disprove it. They wholeheartedly covered Led Zeppelin songs. I'm not familiar with them before they hit it big but did see them in concert about the time the album Magazine was released. They put on a great show but they didn't do any Led Zeppelin songs. Since that time, however, they have released two Led Zeppelin songs that they covered: "Rock and Roll" & "Stairway to Heaven". It's even been claimed that one song from their second album "Dream of the Archer" was a complete appropriation of the Led Zeppelin song "The Battle of Evermore". Certainly there are some similarities. But the comparison to Led Zeppelin was an unfair one. Ann had the vocal ability to match Robert Plant but the rest of the group weren't on the same talent level of Led Zeppelin. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed Heart, they were a group that was capable of many styles & they did them well.
Free Music Review: The album that launched a legend, a MUST BUY at this price
Hit: 5 Stars
I first discovered Heart by going through my dad's old record collection and stumbling across "Dreamboat Annie". I was hooked on the first listen. Now I own all their CD's, and this album still holds a special place in my heart. It's definitely one of their best releases, and also probably their most unified, conceptual album. Though we now have CDs and iPods to listen to our music, I will review this album as if it were still on vinyl to respect the structure and intent of Heart.
The hard-rocking, bouncy rhythm of "Magic Man" opens up this quasi-concept album. An acoustic ditty of "Dreamboat Annie" follows, then the radio classic "Crazy on You", which begins with a very fine acoustic guitar solo from Nancy Wilson. "Soul of the Sea", a mellow track with a catchy bass line and an exciting bridge section. A full-band version of "Dreamboat Annie" ends the first side of the album.
"White Lightning & Wine" rocks open the second side with a catchy guitar riff and crooning vocals from Ann Wilson. "Love Me Like Music (I'll Be Your Song)" is slow and dripping without being too soft. "Sing Child" fuses bluesy vocal harmonies with a hard-rocking backing band. "How Deep It Goes" is indeed the deepest song on the album, succulent and spacey, featuring a backing orchestra. A slower reprise of "Dreamboat Annie" provides closure to this beautiful album.
At this price, "Dreamboat Annie" is a must-have, hands-down.
Note: don't buy this album expecting a carbon-copy of Heart's eponymous album or any of their more well-known 80's albums. "Dreamboat Annie" was released in '76, and has a VERY different feel, much more folk-rocky. It owes much more to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd than to Survivor and Pat Benatar. If you know them primarily for their hits "If Looks Could Kill", "These Dreams", and "What About Love", I suggest you pick up this album. You'll be pleasantly surprised with the musicality and depth of "Dreamboat Annie".