Heart: Rock The House Live! CD Track Listing

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Heart Rock The House Live! (1991)
Originally Released September 24, 1991\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: By 1991, Heart might have been expected to issue a live album or a hits compilation consolidating their second string of massively popular recordings made from the 1985 Heart album on. But the group felt they'd made a deal with the Devil, agreeing to record outside material in the name of achieving hit singles, but sacrificing their hard rock persona. As a result, in 1990, they made the harder rocking Brigade, and this live disc, recorded during the Brigade tour at the Centrum in Worcester, MA, on November 28, 1990, seemed intended not to demonstrate that Heart was the band of ballad hits like "These Dreams" and "Alone..." but instead an arena rock staple. Unfortunately, that meant filling the album neither with their early hard rock hits nor their later pop ones, but instead less familiar recent album tracks (six from Brigade), which made this a live album representative of one night, but not of Heart's career. -- William Ruhlmann\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOnly for die-hard Heart fans..., June 2, 2004\nReviewer: C. Capelle "ccapelle" (Wilton, CT United States)\nRecorded live in November 1990, this CD is an odd release. Heavy on tracks from that year's BRIGADE (six!) and light on classics, the CD represents the end of an era for Heart, as their next release would forsake the big hair, bad fashion and professional songwriters (not to mention hits).\nI was at this concert (admittedly only for opener Cheap Trick), and only bought the CD for the "I was there" bit, not for the music. The Centrum in Worcester, MA was an odd choice for a live recording - a half-full arena with terrible acoustics in a dead, third-tier industrial city. (Why the band didn't choose the sold-out Forum show in Los Angeles is beyond me.)\n\nThe music? Nothing special. If you're a fan from the 1970s (i.e. you think that the band sold out after 1980), then there's little of interest here. If you're a fan of Heart's top ten era, well...same answer. No wonder it didn't sell. Even two new songs (You're The Voice and Way Back Machine) can't save this mess. \n\nMy only guess is that Capitol only put this out because after three consecutive top-five, multi-platinum albums, they figured anything with the Heart name would sell a boatload of CDs. Wrong again. The worst part of all of this (for me, anyway) was the screaming Mimi I sat next to at the concert, who was determined to screech at the most inappropriate moments - which mercifully didn't end up on the CD. Not that I listen to it often...\n\nRock The House Live! is recommended only for Heart fans who must have everything and for those who were there that night.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nRock The House? What house? It's been brought down, July 15, 2003\nReviewer: Daniel J. Hamlow (Farmington, NM USA)\n"Wild Child" and "Fallen From Grace" were two of Brigade's standout tracks and both rise in grace higher live. Basically, Brigade live, with a new song and a few old songs mixed in, performed live at Worcester, MA at the Centrum on 28 November 1990.\nThe two Heart selections are the heaviest ones from that album--"If Looks Could Kill" and "Shell Shock." If they'd included "The Wolf" and "All Eyes", the house would probably be rocked beyond tolerance. "Shell Shock" gets its rightful due live, but the speeded up heavy guitars in fact this version of "If Looks Could Kill" really outstrips its studio counterpart.\n\nFor a breather, they perform one of their favorite songs from Little Queen, "Love Alive" which becomes a powerhouse with Denny Carmassi's drum power. They keep the acoustic guitars for "Under The Sky", a new favourite of theirs and mine, with the dreamy feeling of "lying on your back, looking at the stars" as Ann says in introducing the song.\n\nI described "The Night" with its heavily punctuated power chords. Well, the only way it could be outdone was it to have been done live. With the beginning power chords from Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times" introduced, followed by bluesy guitar solo, the song proper begins, and yes, those power chords are pounded.\n\nThere isn't too much variation in the Bon Jovi-like "Tall Dark Handsome Stranger" or "Call Of The Wild" from Brigade or "Who Will You Run To" from Bad Animals. These are the few weak moments in this album.\n\n"How Can I Refuse," from Passionworks is really given the rocking treatment with the chugging guitar intro. Given the unjustified roasting Passionworks got from the critics, it's at least gratifying to see at least one of its songs represented live.\n\nThe new song "You're The Voice" is a power ballad whose guitarwork gives it a Brigade-era sound. The importance of making a difference is the theme here, with peaceful overtones: "We're all someone's daughter/We're all someone's son/How long can we look at each other/Down the barrel of a gun?"\n\nHoward Leese's guitar solo, "The Way Back Machine," serves as a prelude to the ferociously done "Barracuda" which makes it more a shark than a Barracuda. The best track here.\n\nThe song selection here clearly favours the Brigade album, but whether or not one liked Brigade, this live album proves that Heart can still rock and roll and live treatments of studio tracks that were heavy before give them a major rousing makeover. My only question was, after this song, was there a lake or somewhere they the audience could cool off? Great live album, despite its weak spots.\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: Heart, Richard Erwin \nDistributor: Bayside Record Dist. \n\nAlbum Notes\nHeart: Nancy Wilson (vocals, guitar, mandolin, dobro, blues harp); Howard Leese (vocals, guitar, keyboards, mandolin); Ann Wilson (vocals, flute, autoharp); Mark Andes (guitar, bass, background vocals); Denny Carmassi (drums).\n\nEngineers: Richard Erwin, Sean Webb, Roger Binette.\n\nRecorded at the Centrum, Worcester, Massachussetts on November 28, 1990.\n\nWhile penning their 1990 studio album, BRIGADE, the Wilson sisters became disenchanted with the keyboard-heavy pop sound featured on Heart's previous two records, as well as working with outside songwriters. On the ensuing tour, the sisters had turned their back on their late-'80s Top 40 hits, focusing primarily on their late-'70s glory period and material from their latest album. But for Heart's second live album, 1991's ROCK THE HOUSE LIVE!, the band decided to mostly showcase their recent direction (the rockers "Wild Child," "Night"), with just a few old gems such as the rapid-fire "Barracuda" and the tranquil "Love Alive" featured.
This rock cd contains 14 tracks and runs 62min 46sec.
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