Heart Unveils Cover Art and Details for New Album ‘Fanatic’
Some of Heart’s best-known albums — among them 1976’s ‘Dreamboat Annie’ and 1977’s ‘Little Queen’ — feature only band mainstays Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson on the cover.
The Wilson sisters have borrowed a page from their past with the front image for ‘Fanatic,’ the band’s 14th studio album, which is scheduled for an Oct. 2 release on the Legacy label.
Produced by Ben Mink (who handled those same chores for Heart’s 2010 album, ‘Red Velvet Car’), the 10-song ‘Fanatic’ was recorded “in hotel rooms and studios up and down the West Coast,” according to the band’s Web site. The song ‘Walkin’ Good’ is a duet with pop singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan.
“What a crazy year we are having,” Ann Wilson says. “Our box set, ‘Strange Euphoria’ [released June 5], and our book, ‘Kicking and Dreaming’ [due Sept. 18], each tell the story of our lives so far, personally and musically. Our new album, ‘Fanatic,’ tells our story as it is now and brings it all up-to-the-minute.”
Heart, ‘Fanatic’ Tracklist:
1. ‘Fanatic’
2. ‘Dear Old America’
3. ‘Walkin’ Good’
4. ‘Skin and Bones’
5. ‘Million Miles’
6. ‘Pennsylvania’
7. ‘Mashallah’
8. ‘Rock Deep (Vancouver)’
9. ‘ ’59 Crunch’
10. ‘Corduroy Road’
Listen to the Title Track from Heart’s New Album, ‘Fanatic’