Some classic rock reunions are driven by marketing, some driven by a desperate need to reconnect to the past, some exist merely for the music.
Red Velvet Car, Heart’s first album since 2004’s Jupiter’s Darling, belongs to the latter camp: it’s music with no seeming commercial aspirations, music that is connected to the past but doesn’t strive to replicate it.
Heart eschews their teased, corseted ‘80s bombast and sticks to the Zep worship of the ‘70s, an obsession that’s proved quite fertile.
The Wilson sisters are clearly older than they were when they belted out “Barracuda” -- the tempos are generally slower, Ann’s voice doesn’t reach the same heights -- but they embrace their age, a move that gives their excursions into folk including a revival “Sand” from their 1990 Lovemongers sideproject, a record that pointed the way toward the textured movie here.
Red Velvet Car has something of a meditative mood -- the punchy Townshend power chords are used as color, not fuel -- triggered somewhat by a preponderance of textured, acoustic-laden arrangements and miniature epics, all elements that hearken back to Heart’s golden age yet wind up feeling right in line with their vibe in 2010.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There You GoC. Bartock, A. Wilson, N. Wilson | Heart | Play | 03:36 | 0 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | WtfC. Bartock, A. Wilson, N. Wilson | Heart | Play | 03:26 | 0 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | Red Velvet CarA. Wilson, N. Wilson | Heart | Play | 02:58 | 0 MB | 20 MB |
| 4 | Queen CityC. Bartock, A. Wilson, N. Wilson | Heart | Play | 04:16 | 0 MB | 29 MB |
| 5 | Hey YouN. Wilson | Heart | Play | 04:13 | 0 MB | 27 MB |
| 6 | WheelsA. Wilson, N. Wilson | Heart | Play | 03:05 | 0 MB | 21 MB |
| 7 | Safronia's MarkC. Bartock, A. Wilson, N. Wilson | Heart | Play | 03:53 | 0 MB | 26 MB |
| 8 | Death ValleyA. Wilson, N. Wilson | Heart | Play | 03:52 | 0 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | SunflowerN. Wilson | Heart | Play | 03:42 | 0 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | SandA. Wilson, N. Wilson | Heart | Play | 04:06 | 0 MB | 25 MB |
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| 37 mins | 251 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Bartock | Dobro |
| 2 | Andrew Bodkin | Assistant Engineer |
| 3 | C. Bartock | Composer |
| 4 | David Eaman | Assistant Engineer |
| 5 | Masa Fukudome | Assistant Engineer |
| 6 | Heart | Primary Artist |
| 7 | Jesse Higman | Cover Image |
| 8 | David Leonard | Engineer, Mixing |
| 9 | Matthew Macdougall | Assistant Engineer |
| 10 | Patrick MacDougall | Engineer |
| 11 | Ric Markmann | Guitar (Bass) |
| 12 | Amber McDonald | Package Design, Photography |
| 13 | Ben Mink | Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Producer, Programming, String Arrangements, Viola, Vocals |
| 14 | Melanie Mullens | Assistant Engineer |
| 15 | Randee St. Nicholas | Photography |
| 16 | Craig Waddell | Mastering |
| 17 | Geddy Lee Whistle | Featured Artist |
| 18 | A. Wilson | Composer |
| 19 | Ann Wilson | Flute, Vocals |
| 20 | N. Wilson | Composer |
| 21 | Nancy Wilson | Autoharp, Dobro, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |