Heart - Desire Walks On
(1993)
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CD 95 tracks, 51:13 |
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Capitol |
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Desire Walks On |
51:13 |
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Desire |
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Black On Black Ii |
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03:51 |
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Back To Avalon |
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03:41 |
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Woman In Me |
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04:01 |
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Rage |
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05:01 |
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In Walks The Night |
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06:02 |
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My Crazy Head |
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04:31 |
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Ring Them Bells |
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03:50 |
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Will You Be There (In The Morning) |
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04:30 |
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Voodoo Doll |
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04:53 |
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Anything Is Possible |
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05:00 |
12 |
Avalon (Reprise) |
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00:32 |
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Desire Walks On |
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05:03 |
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Mujer Que Hay En Mi |
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Quedaras [en La Manana] |
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100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration - Disc 2 |
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Morning Has Broken - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel |
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Happy Are They - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel |
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In Christ There Is No East Or West - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel |
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Silent Night - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel |
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Be Thou My Guardian - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel |
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Ye Servants Of The Lord - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel |
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At The Name Of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel |
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To Thee O Lord Our Hearts We Raise - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel |
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Behold The Great Creator Makes - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel |
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Rejoice The Lord Is King - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel |
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Creator Of The Stars Of Night - Ely Cathedral Choir |
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He Comes With Clouds Descending - Ely Cathedral Choir |
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O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Ely Cathedral Choir |
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Alleluya Alleyluya Alleyluya - Ely Cathedral Choir |
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This Is The Day The Lord Hath Made - Ely Cathedral Choir |
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How Sweet The Name Of Jesus Sounds - Ely Cathedral Choir |
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Lord Thy Word Abideth - Ely Cathedral Choir |
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Jesus Lord We Look To Thee - Ely Cathedral Choir |
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O Lord Our God Arise - Ely Cathedral Choir |
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Lord Of All Hopefulness - Ely Cathedral Choir |
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100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration - Disc 3 |
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Soldiers Of Christ Arise - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral |
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Lift Up Your Hearts - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral |
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Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral |
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Maker Of The Sun - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral |
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O King Most High - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral |
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O Praise Our Great And Glorious Lord - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral |
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Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral |
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We Love The Place O God - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral |
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Let Us With A Gladsome Mind - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral |
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Give Rest O Christ - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral |
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Come Holy Ghost Our Hearts Inspire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral |
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O Thou In All Thy Might So Far - Choir Of Truro Cathedral |
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O Christ, Who Art The Light And Day - Choir Of Truro Cathedral |
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O God Thy Soldiers' Crown And Guard - Choir Of Truro Cathedral |
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Strife Is O'er The Battle Done - Choir Of Truro Cathedral |
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O Christ Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral |
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Jesus Shall Reign - Choir Of Truro Cathedral |
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God Of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir Of Truro Cathedral |
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O Jesu Saviour Of Mankind - Choir Of Truro Cathedral |
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Immortal Invisible God Only Wise - Choir Of Truro Cathedral |
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100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration - Disc 4 |
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Ride On Ride On In Majesty - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London |
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All Glory Laud And Honour - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London |
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Come Rejoicing - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London |
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God Is Love And Where True Love Is - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London |
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Magnificat: The Great Advent Antiphons - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London |
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Come, Christ's Beloved - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London |
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Children Of The Hebrews (Palm Procession) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London |
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Veneration Of The Cross/The Reproaches (Veneratum And Reproaches) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London |
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Once In Royal David's City - Choir Of Keble College |
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God Be In My Head - Choir Of Keble College |
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O Thou Who Camest From Above - Choir Of Keble College |
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Judge Eternal Throned In Splendour - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral |
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Christ The Lord Is Risen Again - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral |
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For All The Saints - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral |
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Thy Hand O God Has Guided - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral |
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Christ The Dawn Of Our Salvation - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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I Was Glad - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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Locus Iste - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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Praise My Soul The King Of Heaven - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration - Disc 5 |
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Stand Up! Stand Up For Jesus! - The Choir Of The Abbey School, Tewkesbury |
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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Choir Of The Abbey School, Tewkesbury |
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O Worship The King - The Choir Of The Abbey School, Tewkesbury |
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O Heavenly Word Of God On High - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary |
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Praise To The Lord, The Almighty - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary |
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Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - The Choir Of York Minister |
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First Nowell - The Choir Of York Minister |
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Abide With Me - The Choir Of York Minister |
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Breathe On Me Breath Of God - Choir Of Keble College |
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Rock Of Ages - Choir Of Keble College |
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On This Day, The First Of Days - Choir Of Keble College |
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Jesu Sweet And Mary - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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O Quam Gloriosum - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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Ye Holy Angels Bright - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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O For A Closer Walk With God - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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Prayer Of St Patrick - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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Lord's Prayer - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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Blessed Be The God And Father - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet In Ancient Times) - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel |
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Details |
Packaging |
Jewel Case |
UPC (Barcode) |
077779962723 |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Originaly Released November 16, 1993\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: When Desire Walks On came out in 1993, a lot of arena rock, pop-metal and hair metal artists felt like the rug was being pulled out from under them. Alternative rock had become rock's primary direction, and bands like Heart were being made to feel antiquated and passé. Desire Walks On had a lot working against it--not only did have Heart have to contend with radical changes in the marketplace, but also, the CD suffers from unevenness and a shortage of really strong material. Although Desire Walks On isn't a bad album, it isn't one of the Wilson Sisters' more memorable albums either. The catchy "Back To Avalon" is a gem, and Heart is enjoyable on Robert "Mutt" Lange's power ballad "Will You Be There (In The Morning)," the adult contemporary ballad "The Woman in Me" and a cover of Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells." But on the whole, Desire Walks On is unimpressive. Obviously the least essential of Heart's Capitol releases, this CD is strictly for completists. -- Alex Henderson\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nHeart transisitions out of the MTV years, September 28, 2005\nReviewer: kireviewer (Sunnyvale, Ca United States)\nHEART PLAYS IN THE STYLE OF THE EARLY NINETIES. THERE IS INFLUENCE FROM ROBERT PLANT, MADONNA AND SIMPLE MINDS. THERE IS STILL A LITTLE OF THE VAN HALEN GUITAR, BUT PINK FLOYD LICKS HAVE BEEN THROWN IN. \n\nThis CD was originally released in 1993 with 13 tracks. It was 53 minutes long. The newer versions of the CD have two added tracks, Women In Me and Will You Be There, sung in Spanish. \n\nWhen this album was released in 1993 and Black on Black II was first played on the radio, I thought "WOW! Heart finally got their balls back". During most of the eighties, Heart was more popular for MTV pop music. Their most popular song, These Dreams, was probably their worst. \n\nOn this album, Heart moves away from the eighties sounds and follows what was happening in the nineties. The opening track and Desire Walks On sounds like something Madonna would have done at the time (similar to Vogue). Voodoo Doll sounds like a Robert Plant song (Heart were always Led Zeppelin fanatics). Will Be There starts out like a Simple Minds tune. \n\nThe biggest problem with this album is that Howard Leese is still playing guitar in the style of Eddie Van Halen, but not as good. That was one of the major problems with the live album Rock This House Live. Forturnately, there is not as much of it on this CD. He also borrows licks from Pink Floyd's The Wall. \n\nThe CD starts out strong with a little Madonna-like teaser and then goes into the hard rocking Black On Black II. The fifth track, Rage, is one of the best songs Heart has ever done. It is one of those highly creative songs that made Dreamboat Annie one of the best rock albums of all times. \n\nBack To Avalon is an OK tune, but Heart does it much better live. It is probably the most popular track on the CD. \n\nAfter Rage, the next four songs are nothing special. I find their version of Dylan's Ring Them Bells to be annoying and probably the weakest part of the CD. Will You Be There has a nice powerful chorus, but the rest of the song doesn't really hold up. \n\nVoodoo Doll is another great rocker (borrowing from Plant) and Desire Walks On is a very good song, even if it is a copy of Madonna's style. \n\nI don't think this CD is quite as good as Heart's first four, but it is certainly better than what they did in the mid and late eighties. But, I am not a fan of their pop music and still think Dreamboat Annie is the best thing ever did. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOne of Heart's best and most underrated albums, June 27, 2005\nReviewer: Darth Kommissar (Las Vegas, NV (USA))\nHeart is one of my all time favorite classic rock groups, no questions asked. Despite numerous sound shifts and band member changes, the Wilson sisters remained two of the ultimate musicians in the rock and roll community. In the early nineties they formed a side project group called the Lovemongers, and many fans wondered whether or not there would be another Heart album. All doubts were shattered in 1993 by the release of their first studio album in three years, Desire Walks On. Unfortunately for the Wilson sisters, this album never achieved any true popularity, and following its release, the group faded into obscurity. Is Desire Walks On an underrated masterpiece, or one people are right to overlook? Read on, and you shall see. \n\nHeart has a LOT of underrated albums that are still very high-quality releases, and I will not hesitate to say that Desire Walks On is the most underrated Heart album of all time. By the time many so-called "classic rock" bands reached the nineties, they were mere shadows of their former selves, releasing what are now often called "filler releases" in the band's catalogue. That's what I expected Desire Walks On to be - a mere filler album I had to get to complete my Heart studio album collection. Boy, was I ever stupid to think that. THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST HEART ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. This is the band's "melting pot" album, on which all the styles they performed in the past merge together, and they even implement more contemporary/modern sounds into the music. The end result is GREAT. In addition to being the most underrated Heart album, this is also the most diverse in terms of the sheer musical variety it explores. With the whole Lovemongers thing, I wasn't sure whether or not Heart would release another album, and I figured if they did, it would probably not be anything special. So what does Heart do? Surprises EVERYONE and releases what is arguably their finest album EVER (okay, okay, nothing will ever top Dreamboat Annie in my book, but this one comes pretty close.) Well, I've spared no expense in my praise of this underrated and excellent album. If you're a fan of Heart and/or the Wilson sisters, this is a must own. \n\nSadly, because this album never really got any credit, it went out of print and is now difficult to find. Fortunately, copies can usually be found at used CD shops. And if you can't find any of them there, you can order it. If you're a Heart die-hard, you may want to get the imported version, which has two bonus cuts. Otherwise, domestic works fine. \n\nDesire Walks On is a kick-ass rock and roll experience from start to finish. Heart is a band that almost never fails to please, and it's demonstrated beautifully so many times on this album. If you're new to Heart, I'd recommend starting with their older material, but if you're already a tried and true fan, DO NOT HESITATE TO ADD THIS ONE TO YOUR COLLECTION! I give Desire Walks On five stars, and my highest recommendation.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThis is one of their best, January 5, 2004\nReviewer: D. Wilcox "donw1965" (Los Angeles, CA United States)\nI have to disagree with the comments that this album signaled Heart's time was up. Rather, I felt like it was a stunning return to form after a very forumulaic (though great) decade. \nI think this is a very strong album, full of great melodies, killer hooks, and innovative instrumentation and unique percussion. \n\nI've heard Ann and Nancy are working on a new Heart studio album, so this won't be their last studio album after all. I don't know if the new stuff can live up to "Desire Walks On", because I think it's one of their career highlights. Definitely their best since 1985's comeback album, "Heart", and one of my top four Heart albums of all time.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe end of Heart's second wind, July 23, 2003\nReviewer: Daniel J. Hamlow (Farmington, NM USA)\n \nUpon listening to this on the in-store play at my workplace back in 1993, I sadly thought, this is it. Heart's second wind has officially entered the doldrums. They are no longer relevant. To use a phrase from a song, better they sail back to Avalon. I didn't even buy this upon first release--that's how I felt, and I was a big Heart fan then. Years later, I bought it and some of that feeling dissapated. This year, and I found myself thinking, "Man, what was I thinking? This was indeed a glorious last stand studiowise, albeit with a few flaws."\nFrom the opening chugging guitar that had never seen the likes of since "Barracuda," "Black On Black II" seemed to be a promise that Heart was continuing back on the rock treadmill that defined Brigade. The dynamic of opposites is emphasized on the chorus, "pleasure and pain", "the sacred and the profane", "ice and fire". Ann really lets it rip on this one.\n\nWith "Back To Avalon", there seemed to be a slight return to the pleasant minstrel acoustic rock that defined Little Queen. There is also a bluesy feel in some of the guitars. However, the lyrics, "I can't stay here anymore, I'm leaving with the tide" might also reflect the feelings they felt with the new grunge sound emerging from Seattle. To the Nirvana/Soundgarden generation, Heart sadly seemed to be as relevant as Gerald Ford-brand toilet seats. The phoenix flying back to that mystical island of Avalon...nice image. \n\nWith the keyboard synth and Howard Leese's pronounced bass and haunting melody, the "The Woman In Me" sounds like a cross between a mellowed "These Dreams" and the Cars' "Drive."\n\nThe pounding rock rhythms of "Rage" seems directed against a frustrating and superficial world. "Addiction", "plastic", "styrofoam", "amphetamine vapors" are just some of the words to describe the sense of despair. Ann really does channel the rage in those throaty vocals of hers.\n\nThe power ballad "In Walks The Night" describes a nightmarish mental and emotional blackness that floods after remembering a former loved one. "In walks the night/in walks my fantasy/darkness all around me/and I'm dying for the light/I reach down for a little strength deep inside/I reach down for my sanity." Ann and Nancy's harmonies really shine out in this gem.\n\n"My Crazy Head" is what one's wayward angel is to sanctify. Despite being by the Wilsons and Sue Ennis, it shows that even the best of collaborations can yield a duff song. Then comes two standouts, a cover of Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells" from his 1989 Oh Mercy album, and "Will You Be There" penned by Mutt Lange. With assistance from Alice In Chains' Layne Staley, Ann sings for bells to ring for souls for the good and the not so good. A slowed down rhythm similar to "All I Wanna Do" starts the power ballad "Will You Be There." The lyrics seem unsubstantial, which the pleasant piano and electric guitar riffs more than make up for.\n\nAnn declares herself in control and no one's slave in the bizarre "Voodoo Doll." Then comes the proclamation of emotional support in "Anything Is Possible": "I know you're my friend/hold on and transcend/I know anything is possible." Bring out those lighters and wave! I can picture Aerosmith or Bon Jovi trying to do this... and failing. Only the Wilsons could make this so special.\n\nAfter a reprise of "Back To Avalon" comes the title track, which is hard-driving, but lyrically unsubstantial despite the Wilsons/Ennis collaboration, which score a 1/3 here. Ironically, songs co-written with Dalbello and others do better; it's good to see the Wilsons go back to songwriting. Despite no new studio albums, the sun didn't completely set on Heart yet. There was still The Lovemongers, The Road Home, and Alive In Seattle to come.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nIt's actually not bad, but it was clear Heart's time was up, July 3, 2003\nReviewer: 25-year old wallflower "Eric N Andrews" (West Lafayette, IN)\n1990's BRIGADE was Heart's "return-to-hard-rock" album after 1987's slightly keyboard-heavy BAD ANIMALS. While it definitely put some rocks back into Heart's sound, even that album had an air of unevenness, mainly due to the predominance of outside songwriters. For 1993's DESIRE WALKS ON, original material is the order of the day for the first time since 1983's PASSIONWORKS, and the return to in-house songwriting is indeed welcome. Yet there was still a sign that Heart was in need of an extended vacation from the music business.\nOnly three songs on the album come from outside of Heart, with one rather obvious tune & two more daring numbers. The big single was naturally a tailor-made power ballad, "Will You Be There [In The Morning]", from master producer Mutt Lange. It was his "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You" that nearly brought Heart back to #1 on the singles charts, so I guess Heart decided to try again. It only managed the top 40, which makes sense, seeing as how it's certainly not one of Lange's better works (saved by Nancy Wilson's passionate vocal, though). And of course, by 1993, the age of the power ballad had already come to a close.\n\nDonna Summer's "The Woman In Me" was indeed an unlikely choice for Heart, but Summer's "Starting Over Again" was a huge country hit for Dolly Parton after all, so maybe it's not that unbelievable. Donna's version was only a minor hit, but Heart turns it into a "These Dreams"-styled ballad that I think would have made a better single than "Will You Be There". Indicating Heart's eventual return to their acoustic folk roots in the Lovemongers, they take on Bob Dylan's latter-day masterpiece "Ring Them Bells". This alone proves there was more to late-period Heart than airbrushed arena rock (not to mention the unlikely appearance of late Alice In Chains leader Layne Staley).\n\nDESIRE WALKS ON does continue the more ballsy rock nature of BRIGADE with songs like the opening (after the short intro "Desire") "Black On Black II" (one of the few full-on heavy metal songs Heart ever did), "Rage", "Voodoo Doll" & the closing title track. Only "My Crazy Head" falls flat, sounding good while it plays, but not too memorable afterwards.\n\nThe album does contain its share of ballads, of course, but the blow-dried production of HEART (1985) & BAD ANIMALS is sacrificed for a more stripped-down yet still anthemic style. "In Walks The Night" & "Anything Is Possible" are the ballads Heart should have specialized more in during this time. No over-the-top keyboards to date them into a specific era, just slightly bluesy, guitar-driven anthems that harken back to the album that started it all, 1975's DREAMBOAT ANNIE. "Back To Avalon" is another song that could have been at home on that legendary debut, and is an acoustic-driven rocker that hints at 1995's THE ROAD HOME (the reprise later in the album wasn't exactly necessary).\n\nWhile the music Heart had been making for the better part of a decade was no longer in vogue, it was clear they hadn't yet wanted to fold like the younger bands that had been raised on the stuff. They would return 2 years later with the acoustic live album THE ROAD HOME, again proving to be a better example of a band returning to their roots. But when the Wilson sisters formed the Lovemongers to make that kind of music albeit under a pseudonym of sorts, Heart was, for all intents & purposes, defunct.\n\nNot to fear, though. Heart's recently released ALIVE IN SEATTLE album seems to have the Wilson sisters going back to the arena-ish style and, better yet, with some new songs. A full-scale studio return of Heart may just be around the corner, so until they grace our presence again, DESIRE WALKS ON will keep the listener occupied (if they can find this currently out-of-print album), even if it does remain a second-level purchase for Heart fans.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nTragically overlooked masterpiece., November 19, 2001\nReviewer: Philip Manitta (Troy, NY United States)\nI don't think I'm going out on a limb by saying this is Heart's best work since Bebe Le Strange. This disc screams from beginning to end and is a joyful return to their roots. (Sort of) It's actually a combination of the best of the 70's and 80's versions of Heart. \nThe primary thing that separates this disc from the 3 prior albums is the fact that the band is back in charge of the songwriting. Check the credits- you'll only find about 2 songs written by actual bandmembers on Heart, Bad Animals or Brigade. But this one has 8 tracks primarily authored by the Wilsons. While I thoroughly enjoyed the 80's version of Heart*, I'll also be the first to admit that it didn't come close to the depth and power of the early years. This disc however DOES rival their early material.\n\n(* apparently I'm the only one who will admit this, even though those albums sold something like a billion copies each. C'mon people! SOMEBODY bought them- fess up!)\n\nThe other key point is the sound quality. I'd have to say that this one has the best production values of any Heart album. Exceedingly well mixed with very tight attention to sound selection, this one sounds so clean you could eat off it. \n\nStarting with "Black on Black II" (so titled because it's deliberately derived from a tune originally by Lisa Dalbello, who co-wrote this version as well) this album just screams power. This first track is a guitar chugfest highly reminiscent of Barracuda, but with a powerful modern edge. "Back to Avalon" feels like the long lost bonus track that should have been included on the Dog and Butterfly album. These two tracks alone are worth the price of admission!\n\n"The Woman in Me" is one of their most sensetive and tense ballads ever. Not a Wilson song, it doesn't sound much like anything you've ever heard by Heart before. \n\nThen they break out the heavy artillery with "Rage". This could be Heart's heaviest song ever. I have a hard time comparing it to anything except maybe the title track from Bad Animals. \n\nThe next two tracks, "In Walks the Night" and "My Crazy Head" sound much more like Heart's more recent material, yet they are more solid and listenable than almost anything from their 80's canon, which only suggests to me that they should have continued their own songwriting in the 80's. Following these is a beautifully harmonized cover of Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells". \n\nTheir one serious attempt at a hit single from this album was the obligatory Mutt Lange contribution "Will You Be There in the Morning". Inexplicably, they didn't get much airplay for this song. This is rather hard to understand because it succeeds in everyway that the atrocious "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" failed. (Except the commercial level of course...)\n\n"Voodoo Doll" is just plain old spooky. You haven't heard anything like it by Heart before. Very progressive and ethereal, but with some serious bite. \n\n"Anything Is Possible", another co-write with Lisa Dalbello is a stock power ballad. Far more melodic than say... "Alone" or \n"Stranded", though not quite so powerful. Very much a feel good tune. Probably the weakest song here, but even this one rates a solid B+.\n\nThe title track, "Desire Walks On" brings this collection full circle with a wicked chord progession that rivals "Sing Child" from the first album. This is a 5-star rocker that will make you sweat, with a killer progressive breakdown including a slap-bass groove. Miss this one at your own peril!\n\nThe great tragedy of this album is that it was the last hurrah for a great band. The faithful had been waiting for over a decade for this album, but when they finally returned to form... it was all over. I suppose we should just be thankful that they didn't stop after Brigade.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSimply Amazing..., September 2, 2001\nReviewer: A music fan\nOnce, the intro of "Desire" fades out and the main riff of Black on Black 2 kicks in and it certainly gets the heartpumping. I use the "Black on Black2" and "Rage" as background music for my martial arts competition and its an pure adrenaline rush of the highest form. \nThe mixing of hard rock songs like "Rage" and etheral ballads "Back To Avalon" and "Will You Be There" make Desire an instant classic. Its almost criminal that this CD got deleted from the Heart discography. Get a used copy or an imported copy, its definitely well the worth the money either way!\n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing artists: Layne Staley \nProducer: Duane Barron, John Purdell \n\nAlbum Notes\nHeart: Ann Wilson (vocals); Nancy Wilson (acoustic & electric guitar, vocals); Howard Leese (acoustic & electric guitars, bass, background vocals); John Purdell (keyboards, background vocals); Schuyler Deale (bass); Denny Carmassi (drums, percussion, sequencing).\nAdditional personnel: Layne Staley (vocals); Ella Marie Gray, Simon James (violin); Walter Gray (cello); Timothy Hale (viola); Cole Chance Steichen (belltree); Dalbello, Duane Barron (background vocals).\nAll songs written or co-written by Ann & Nancy Wilson except "The Woman In Me" (M. Clark/J. Bettis), "Ring Them Bells" (Bob Dylan) and "Will You Be There" (Robert John "Mutt" Lange).\n\nIndustry Reviews\n3 Stars - Good.\nQ (01/01/1995) |
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