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Bebe Le Strange
A great bass driven rhythm starts this one, and it quickly evolves into a very strong hard rocker. This has just enough of the quirkiness that Heart has always had, giving it a nice flavor. |
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Down On Me
Although it thunders in, this drops to a slow, fairly mellow blues grind. The chorus though, is a lush Zeppelin-like jam that works well. |
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Silver Wheels
This is a short and pretty acoustic guitar solo. |
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Break
This is one of the most straightforward and energetic cuts the band ever did and features a screaming guitar solo. |
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Rockin' Heaven Down
Starting as a mellow rocker with a bit of crunch and a killer vocal performance, this transforms to another scorching rocker after the first verse. It has a very cool arrangement moving between mellow and harder sections throughout. |
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Even It Up
This one is a rather cool rocker, but feels a bit too much like the title track at times. Still the horn section and smoking guitar solo are awesome. |
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Strange Night
This straight-ahead, yet quirky rocker doesn't wander far from the tree, but is very effective, nonetheless. |
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Raised On You
Starting with piano, this feels at first more like early Billy Joel than Heart. Still, as the guitars join in this becomes more of a rocker. It's definitely not one of their best, but it has its moments, especially as the arrangement turns more proggy later. It's another with some smoking guitar sounds. |
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Pilot
This feels almost like Heart does The Eagles in terms of the song structure. It's a mid-tempo, somewhat mellower piece. As it carries forward the arrangement takes on progish qualities, and there are some very cool layers of sound in the chorus. |
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Sweet Darlin'
A piano and vocal balladic arrangement begins this. It carries in this fashion for quite a while, then the band up the ante with the other instruments, but even then, this is one of the most prog-oriented cuts the band ever did. It is a very strong track, and one of the highlights of the disc. |
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Jackleg Man - Bonus Track
This hard rocker feels like one part Zep, one part punk rock. It's all smoker and the vocal line is a real screamer. |
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Break (Live) - Bonus Track
This live rendition of the track from earlier on the CD is a killer hard rocking jam. It is definitely a strong way to end the disc. |
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