Monday, October 11, 2004
Heart
Jupiters Darling
My earliest memory of Heart was when their song Barracuda came on the radio in the summer of 1978 (I think) and Jim Shirley, the neighbor kid, said, “This is a cool song.” Jim was never into music too much so it really stood out. He was right and all summer Heart was on the radio. Mike Abendroth and I went to see Heart play the Music Hall and they were exciting and energized. We left the show pumped up! By the early ‘80’s, thanks to over-exposure on the radio, I had heard enough of the band Heart and thought I could live without hearing them again... until now.
After an extended hiatus, and an exceptional acoustic duet album that snuck past most folks in the late ‘90’s, Ann and Nancy Wilson are back with their hybrid Led Zeppelin vein of rock. This album is six songs too long but it is a damn good record. Traditional “rock” fans could very easily forget that this is a band that was well past its prime: this record is fresh and brings back everything that made Heart interesting back in the late ‘70’s without sounding like a Nostalgia Act.
Don’t let my rating fool you, a good record is, well, good. And if we are honest with ourselves, when was the last time you actually heard a “good album?” By that I mean, from start to finish it’s good: what it isn’t is three good songs surrounded by filler tracks. The packaging is especially good and the band is back doing what they go best, rock.
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