Dreamboat Annie

Shocked to realize there were no Heart LPs on the main 1001, so this is definitely a necessary addition. Front-loaded with the classics for sure, but an amazingly consistent classic rock LP throughout. So many people forget the Wilson sisters' incredible ability to craft killer hooks and shred them to pieces on the guitar, technical ability is one thing but the songwriting has more than stood the test of time. Great addition to the list, surely we could drop 1-2 Elvis Costello albums from the books and give some beautiful, killer rock like this its moment to shine instead.

Unbelievable that this is the first Heart inclusion. Bless you

Heart clearly slipped through the cracks on the originals list, this is also there best album up there with the best of that classic 70’s sound.

This is a great addition to the list! Should have been on the original list, but late than never. 5 stars.

I hadn’t heard this album (just two radio hits) and loved it! The hits are phenomenal but the rest holds its own.

Hey Dimery, you forgot a hard rock album for your book! I'm being sincere! I'm not entirely sure I would call Dreamboat Annie essential per se, but the Wilson sisters et al. prove that they rock harder than most of the "classic rock" chumps on the main list. I haven't listened to Dreamboat Annie in a long time, but it's a lot poppier than I remember. Despite being a hard rock album there's hooks all the way through the tracklist so I think that will give it a wider appeal than other bands in the genre. To borrow software terminology, I think you could call this "firm rock", the hooks make it accessible and an easy listen but the harder rocking aspect gives it a much needed oomph. The star of the show is easily Nancy Wilson. Her plucked acoustic guitar playing gives the songs a soft and folksy feel to most of the songs, which helps to emulsify the pop with the harder elements. She also is proficient technically while still managing to to transform the fiddlier elements of the guitar into the aforementioned hooks, the intro for Crazy On You is a perfect example of that. I've never considered Nancy Wilson one of the "greats" in the guitar world, but this album is making me reconsider that. I will have to check out more Heart albums, because her performance on here is nothing short of spectacular. That's not to discredit the other members! Ann Wilson has wonderfully powerful vocals that works superbly with the more passionate songs, again looking towards Crazy On You where she arguably steals the show from Nancy from the choruses onwards. The lead electric guitarist (who I believe is Robert Fisher) also plays a great part on some of the harder rocking songs. There's a few other pretty important elements that act as the secret sauce as to why this album is so good. There's a lot of folk rock and soft rock elements, which as stated before acts as a pretty good counterbalance to the hard rock. There's also a little bit of prog in here, giving the album much needed complexity. I think a good comparison is Led Zeppelin IV, which I'm guessing was a major inspiration. This album is also home to possibly my favourite song of the boomer hard rock era that I alluded to earlier. That song is Crazy On You. After a phenomenal guitar intro from Nancy, she effortlessly transitions into the song's main motif, swiftly followed into the song proper which is another hard rocker. This combines /every/ positive element I described about the song succinctly into a 5 minute runtime. I don't think I'm exaggerating either, this should be considered a classic among the likes of Gimme Shelter and Bohemian Rhapsody, and if you haven't listened to it before do so now! I see a lot of other reviewers criticise the second half for being much weaker than the first, an opinion that I don't really agree with. Sure there's a drop in quality, but even the best bands aren't going to be pumping out songs at the quality of Crazy On You left and right. There's I'll Be Your Song which is a nice ballad, and Sing Child which is probably the hardest song on the album. I wouldn't really change anything about it other than the title track reprise at the end which was kind of unnecessary. Should it be on the main list: Yes. They're one of the original female led rock bands, and quite frankly it's more interesting than most "classic rock" albums that were in the books. Top 3 songs: Crazy On You, Dreamboat Annie, Sing Child

Yeah, lovely! Very iconic hard rock, definitely list-worthy. Don't ever particularly care for this type of rock, but can't deny how fun this album is.

Heart should've been represented on the original list so Dreamboat Annie is very welcome, they're iconic and this for a debut effort is remarkably skilled and polished. The singles obviously smash it, Crazy On You and Magic Man are iconic, but White Lightning And Wine and I'll Be Your Song are really good too and set them up perfectly for the act they were gonna become for several decades after. Ann Wilson's voice is unique and immediately recognisable, the bass grooves fucking slap, this is so good I wanna give it a 5 but it misses some of their best later work so it's just a really good 4/5.

When I saw this album, Dreamboat Annie by Heart was submitted I wondered why it was not on the original list. After listening to it, I understand. The first half of this album is good ("Magic Man" and "Crazy on You" are even fantastic), but then it gets weaker. All in all a decent album, but not great or to die for.

My first user album from the generator and it kicks major ass! I've owned this record for years and gave it to my son when he moved out. The Wilson sisters rock. A huge omission by Dimery and Co. to not have any Heart on the list, this album and Little Queen should have been in the original book.

My sister had this album and listened to it a lot when I was growing up, so I was a big Heart fan from my early elementary school years. Magic Man, Dreamboat Annie and Crazy on You are phenomenal and deserve the airplay they still receive. Dreamboat Annie makes three appearances in somewhat different styles making this feel like a real journey. Listening now I am impressed by the other tracks - this is a great album and I enjoyed it all. Fantastic suggestion from two women who tower over 70s rock music! Surely there is room on the 1001 list for this!

My ideal Heart album would be one that has the first side of *Dreamboat Annie* and the first half of their follow-up LP *Little Queen*, up to the title-track. Any other subsequent album from this Pacific Northwest act (at least the ones that I know) sounds like eighties FM dross to me... Does the user who suggested *Dreamboat Annie* agree with me here? Well, whatever the case may be on this, good call selecting one of the alright albums, harboring a charm that is a little quaint for sure -- those very démonstrative vocals over timeless classic rock fanfare -- yet one that has not lost its retro potency for me. Everyone knows those two LPs are the only Heart records that truly matter today! And yes, if you had to select only *one* album from this band, *Dreamboat Annie* is the best choice by far. It's got the two humongous hits "Magic Man" and "Crazy On You". It's got the three variations on the sweet title-track ballad, nicely complementing each other, and never wearing out their welcome -- which is quite a feat for a song that's represented three times in the same tracklist! And It's got "Soul Of The Sea", probably one of the most prog-rock sounding cuts Heart has ever recorded in their early era... Besides, each and every track on the second side -- admittedly less striking, but still worth a visit -- has something good going on. "White Lightning & Wine" is a pretty cool funk-rock cut. Love ballad "(Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song" would be a nice pick to soundtrack a movie whose story would take place in the American Northwest during the late seventies. "Sing Child" is quite an obsessive romp displaying off-kilter vocal harmonies-- maybe going on for a little too long, but flying their endearing freak flag high. And "How Deep It Goes" is another very good ballad, with a beautiful chorus / final build-up graced by yet another example of those sophisticated vocal harmonies, here sounding so heartfelt. The Wilson sisters were stellar musicians and music composers at the time, enough said. All of this therefore points to the fact that *Dreamboat Annie* has a far more cohesive tracklist compared to *Little Queen*. From the latter LP, the raucous "Barracuda" and the extraordinary "Dream Of The Archer" are still mandatory listens for anyone enjoying classic seventies rock, with undertones going from hard rock boogie to prog. But as said earlier, the Heart debut is probably the only record in the band's discography that could be seriously considered for a list of 1001 essential albums. I ended up buying a very cheap secondhand CD copy of this record online today (I was lucky because they're pretty hard to find when you live in Europe!). Also bought a CD of *Little Queen*, once again used / secondhand. I've wanted to buy those albums for a long time now, and this suggestion was the incentive I just needed. I always try to buy the cheapest copies I can find to complete my album collection... Still, this generator is making me poorer by the day. I guess this is why I can feel glad when duds are coming up instead of the good or great albums. Here's a healthy reminder for me: stop complaining when said duds pop up! At least, you're saving a little bit of money when they do, lol. 3.5/5 for the purposes of this list dedicated to essential albums, rounded up to 4. 8.5/10 for more general purposes (5 for the musicianship and production values + 3.5 for the artistry) ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 117 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 121 (including this one) Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 271 ---- Émile, *quatre* nouveaux messages pour toi au dessus, du *Solid State Survivor* de Yellow Magic Orchestra au *Atrocity Exhibition* de Danny Brown

I admire the restraint to deny Barracuda to the users. I've always liked how distinctive Heart's sound was, and this one's pretty high up on the list of albums that I'd want to see swapped into the original list

This is actually a great rock album - very much of its era but mostly not dated in bad way. It does have that problem of frontloading the two big hits- which are genuine bangers - so that nothing in the rest of the album quite hits that level. I also don't know that the Dreamboat Annie motif particularly unified the album.

A classic 70s album. I had heard all the hits/singles like a million times (of course). The other tracks clearly are not as timeless while still being enjoyable. I liked the recurring "Dreamboat Annie" theme. Almost like the album is dipping its toe into concept album/prog rock territory while still staying in the girls' comfort zone.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Magic man, Crazy on you, Dreamboat Annie, How deep it goes

Decent seventies rock. Worth a listen.

Really good record. I don’t think I’ve ever listened straight through before. I saw them about a year ago. Still able to belt it out despite performing from a wheel chair (broke some bone). Just didn’t love the setlist. Maybe if I had listened to this first I might have had a bit more recognition.

White Lightning and Wine is a bona fide jam.

The 1970s sure was a decade of music

Yeah Heart!

This was more...60s folk influenced...than I expected. Couple classics though

I know the are called Heart, have the soft focus picture as the cover and have a love heart into parts of it…but I was still expecting it to be heavier. I’m sure they have heavier songs elsewhere otherwise I’ve got them mixed right up with someone else.

Really nice

Hard rock, arena rock, folk rock. Ni fu ni fa.