HEART: Little Queen LP 1977. check videos of the eternal anthem “Barracuda” and “Kick It Out”. Check a video review of the album

Description

Heart is a rock band whose founding members came from Seattle, Washington, USA in the early 1970s. Going through several line-up changes, the only constant members of the group are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The group rose to fame in the 1970s with their music being influenced by hard rock as well as folk music. After diminishing in popularity by the mid-1980s, the band created a major comeback in 1985, experiencing further success with their power ballads throughout the rest of the decade. By the mid-1990s, Heart left their 1980s’ sound and went back to their hard rock roots which they continue to play today. They have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Heart was ranked #57 on VH1 “”100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock””.

Little Queen is the second album released by the band Heart. It was released in May 1977
The group intended Little Queen to be the official follow-up to the debut Dreamboat Annie. They had just left their first label Mushroom Records, for the new formed Portrait Records division of CBS Records (now Sony/BMG.) However the situation became very complicated when Mushroom decided to release a batch of studio demos and live recordings as the album Magazine at the same time as Little Queen. The record was hugely successful, becoming the band second top ten album and eventually went 3x platinum. It also produced the band most popular hit Barracuda, which Ann Wilson wrote after a failed publicity stunt Mushroom Records created about her and Nancy.

Track listing:
“”Barracuda“” (Michael DeRosier, Sue Ennis, Roger Fisher, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson) -4:21
“”Love Alive”” (Fisher, A. Wilson, N. Wilson) -4:22
“”Sylvan Song”” (Instrumental) (Fisher, N. Wilson) -2:12
“”Dream of the Archer”” (Fisher, A. Wilson, N. Wilson) -4:30
“”Kick It Out“” (A. Wilson) -2:45
“”Little Queen”” (DeRosier, Fisher, Steve Fossen, Howard Leese, A. Wilson, N. Wilson) -5:10
“”Treat Me Well”” (N. Wilson) -3:25
“”Say Hello”” (Fisher, A. Wilson, N. Wilson) -3:36
“”Cry to Me”” (A. Wilson, N. Wilson) -2:52
“”Go On Cry”” (Fisher, A. Wilson, N. Wilson) -5:

Ann Wilson – lead vocals, flute, violin, guitar, keyboards
Nancy Wilson – background vocals, lead vocals on “”Treat Me Well””, guitar, mandolin, piano
Roger Fisher – guitar, mandolin, electric guitar, steel guitar
Howard Leese – guitar, vocals, synthesizer, piano, Moog bass, mellotron, mandolin, keyboards
Michael DeRosier – drums, chimes, tabla, percussion, timpani
Steve Fossen – bass guitar, percussion
Lynn Wilson Keagle – vocals
Seal (Celia) Dunnington – vocals