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** [[Music/{{Starship}} Mickey Thomas]] provided backing vocals for three songs, including "What About Love".

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** [[Music/{{Starship}} Mickey Thomas]] provided backing vocals for three songs, including "What About Love".Love", which Grace Slick also provided backing vocals for.
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''Heart'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] eighth studio album recorded by the American rock [[Music/{{Heart}} band of the same name]]. It was released through Creator/CapitolRecords on July 6, 1985.

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''Heart'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] eighth studio album recorded by the American rock [[Music/{{Heart}} [[Music/{{Heart|Band}} band of the same name]]. It was released through Creator/CapitolRecords on July 6, 1985.
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* SecondVerseCurse: Certain radio edits for "These Dreams" cut out the second half of the first verse (Darkness on the edge, shadows where I stand/I search for the time on a watch with no hands. I want to see you clearly, come closer than this/but all I remember are the dreams in the mist).
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* SecondVerseCurse: Certain radio edits for "These Dreams" cut out the second half of the first verse (Darkness on the edge, shadows where I stand/I search for the time on a watch with no hands. I want to see you clearly, come closer than this/but all I remember are the dreams in the mist).
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They had already experimented with the sound, with the unreleased single "Perfect Stranger" from ''Private Audition''. So they used that as their template. And they showed the boys how power ballads were done.

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They had already experimented with the sound, with the unreleased single "Perfect Stranger" from ''Private Audition''. So they used that as their template. And they showed the boys how [[PowerBallad power ballads ballads]] were done.
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** [[Music/EltonJohn Bernie Taupin]] and Martin Page wrote "These Dreams".

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** [[Music/EltonJohn Bernie Taupin]] and Martin Page wrote "These Dreams".Dreams".
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "These Dreams" was Heart's first single where Nancy took lead vocals. But she would rarely perform it for a long time; when she recorded it, her voice was rough from a cold, and it was difficult for her to replicate the sound from that song.
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While ''Magazine/RollingStone'' may not have liked the result initially--they rated it unfavorably, and only gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars in their Album Guide--the public was definitely sold on the new sound. ''Heart'' would be Heart's first album to top the Billboard 200 album chart, and went quintuple-Platinum in the United States, and would finish at #2 on the year-end Billboard 200 for 1986. It also went six-times Platinum in Canada, and yielded their first Gold record in the United Kingdom.

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While ''Magazine/RollingStone'' may not have liked the result initially--they rated it unfavorably, and only gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars in their Album Guide--the public was definitely sold on the new sound. ''Heart'' would be Heart's first album to top the Billboard 200 album chart, and went quintuple-Platinum in the United States, and States; it would finish at #2 on the year-end Billboard 200 for 1986. It also went six-times Platinum in Canada, and yielded their first Gold record in the United Kingdom.
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** [[Creator/{{Starship}} Mickey Thomas]] provided backing vocals for three songs, including "What About Love".
** [[Creator/EltonJohn Bernie Taupin]] and Martin Page wrote "These Dreams".

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** [[Creator/{{Starship}} [[Music/{{Starship}} Mickey Thomas]] provided backing vocals for three songs, including "What About Love".
** [[Creator/EltonJohn [[Music/EltonJohn Bernie Taupin]] and Martin Page wrote "These Dreams".

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* AlbumTitleDrop: The word "heart" is so simple, pointing it out in any of the songs feels like cheating for this trope.

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* AlbumTitleDrop: The word "heart" is so simple, pointing it out in any of the songs feels would seem like cheating for this trope.trope. But it only appears in "What About Love" and "Nobody Home", once each.



* PowerBallad: Quite a few, especially "What About Love" and "Never"

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* PowerBallad: Quite a few, especially "What About Love" and "Never""Never"
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** [[Creator/{{Starship}} Mickey Thomas]] provided backing vocals for three songs, including "What About Love".
** [[Creator/EltonJohn Bernie Taupin]] and Martin Page wrote "These Dreams".
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While ''Magazine/RollingStone'' may not have liked the result initially--they rated it unfavorably, and only gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars in their Album Guide--the public was definitely sold on the new sound. ''Heart'' would be Heart's first album to top the Billboard 200 album chart, and went quintuple-Platinum in the United States. It also went six-times Platinum in Canada, and yielded their first Gold record in the United Kingdom.

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While ''Magazine/RollingStone'' may not have liked the result initially--they rated it unfavorably, and only gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars in their Album Guide--the public was definitely sold on the new sound. ''Heart'' would be Heart's first album to top the Billboard 200 album chart, and went quintuple-Platinum in the United States.States, and would finish at #2 on the year-end Billboard 200 for 1986. It also went six-times Platinum in Canada, and yielded their first Gold record in the United Kingdom.
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Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson were in a rut to start TheEighties. Their last two albums, ''Private Audition'' and ''Passionworks'', were flops, receiving no certifications, and yielding only one Top 40 hit (1982's "This Man is Mine"). So for their next album, they decided to dabble with the growing GlamRock sound.

They already had experimented with the sound, with the unreleased single "Perfect Stranger" from ''Private Audition''. So they used that as their template. And they showed the boys how power ballads were done.

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Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson were in a rut to start TheEighties. Their last two albums, 1982's ''Private Audition'' and 1983's ''Passionworks'', were flops, receiving no certifications, and yielding only one Top 40 hit (1982's "This Man is Mine").Mine", at #33). So for their next album, they decided to dabble with the growing GlamRock sound.

They had already had experimented with the sound, with the unreleased single "Perfect Stranger" from ''Private Audition''. So they used that as their template. And they showed the boys how power ballads were done.



The album has stood the test of time, becoming one of the defining moments of their careers. [=AllMusic=] rates the album 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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''Heart'' was nominated at the 28th Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The album has stood the test of time, becoming one of the defining moments of their careers. [=AllMusic=] rates the album 4.5 out of 5 stars.
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The album has stood the test of time, becoming one of the defining moments of their careers. [=AllMusic=] rates the album 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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* AlbumTitleDrop: The word "heart" is so simple, pointing it out in any of the songs feels like cheating for this trope.

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Which is interesting, as it was their first ever released single with ''Nancy'' on lead vocals instead of Ann.

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Which is interesting, as it "These Dreams" was their first ever released single with ''Nancy'' on lead vocals instead of Ann.


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* NewSoundAlbum: Heart decided to go fully into the [='80s=] flavor of hard rock.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''The love I'm sending''\\
''Ain't making it through to your heart'']]
->''Hey baby I'm talkin to you''\\
''Stop yourself and listen''\\
''Some things you can never choose''\\
''Even if you try, yeah''\\
''You're banging your head again''\\
''Cause somebody won't let you in''\\
''One chance, one love''\\
''Your chance to let me know''
-->--'''"Never"'''

''Heart'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] eighth studio album recorded by the American rock [[Music/{{Heart}} band of the same name]]. It was released through Creator/CapitolRecords on July 6, 1985.

Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson were in a rut to start TheEighties. Their last two albums, ''Private Audition'' and ''Passionworks'', were flops, receiving no certifications, and yielding only one Top 40 hit (1982's "This Man is Mine"). So for their next album, they decided to dabble with the growing GlamRock sound.

They already had experimented with the sound, with the unreleased single "Perfect Stranger" from ''Private Audition''. So they used that as their template. And they showed the boys how power ballads were done.

While ''Magazine/RollingStone'' may not have liked the result initially--they rated it unfavorably, and only gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars in their Album Guide--the public was definitely sold on the new sound. ''Heart'' would be Heart's first album to top the Billboard 200 album chart, and went quintuple-Platinum in the United States. It also went six-times Platinum in Canada, and yielded their first Gold record in the United Kingdom.

Five singles were released in support of the album: "What About Love", "Never", "These Dreams", "Nothin' At All", and "If Looks Could Kill". The first four were all Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, with "These Dreams" becoming the band's first #1.

Which is interesting, as it was their first ever released single with ''Nancy'' on lead vocals instead of Ann.

!!Tracklist
[[AC:Side One]]
# "If Looks Could Kill" (3:42)
# "What About Love" (3:41)
# "Never" (4:07)
# "These Dreams" (4:15)
# "The Wolf" (4:03)
[[AC:Side Two]]
[numlist:6]
# "All Eyes" (3:55)
# "Nobody Home" (4:07)
# "Nothin' at All" (4:13)
# "What He Don't Know" (3:41)
# "Shell Shock" (3:42)
[/numlist]

!!Personnel
* Ann Wilson – vocals
* Nancy Wilson – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, background vocals; lead vocals (track 4)
* Howard Leese – lead guitar, keyboards, mandolin, background vocals
* Mark Andes – bass guitar
* Denny Carmassi – drums

!!"These tropes go on when I close my eyes:"
* GlamRock: "What About Love" could be the archetypal glam rock music video.
* PowerBallad: Quite a few, especially "What About Love" and "Never"

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