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Little Queen
Studio album by Heart
Released Original: 14 May 1977
Recorded 1976-1977
Genre Hard rock, folk rock
Length 39:26
Label Portrait
Producer Mike Flicker
Professional reviews
* All Music 4.5/5 stars link
Little Queen is the second album released by the band Heart. It was released in May 1977 (see 1977 in music), and re-released in 2004 (see 2004 in music) with two bonus tracks.
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's second top ten album and eventually went 3x platinum.
It also produced the band's most popular hit Barracuda, which Ann Wilson wrote after a controversial publicity stunt by Mushroom Records created about her and Nancy featured a full-page ad in Rolling Stone showing the sisters bare-shouldered (as appearing on the "Dreamboat Annie" album cover) and suggestively captioned "It was only our first time". When a reporter suggested, backstage after a live appearance, that the sisters were sex partners, Ann returned to her hotel room and began writing the lyrics to "Barracuda" to relieve her frustration. The song became one of Heart's biggest hits (#11, 1977).
Contents
Track listing
1. "Barracuda" (Michael DeRosier, Roger Fisher, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson) – 4:21
2. "Love Alive" (Fisher, A. Wilson, N. Wilson) – 4:22
3. "Sylvan Song" (Instrumental) (Fisher, N. Wilson) – 2:12
4. "Dream of the Archer" (Fisher, A. Wilson, N. Wilson) – 4:30
5. "Kick It Out" (A. Wilson) – 2:45
6. "Little Queen" (DeRosier, Fisher, Steve Fossen, Howard Leese, A. Wilson, N. Wilson) – 5:10
7. "Treat Me Well" (N. Wilson) – 3:25
8. "Say Hello" (Fisher, A. Wilson, N. Wilson) – 3:36
9. "Cry to Me" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson) – 2:52
10. "Go On Cry" (Fisher, A. Wilson, N. Wilson) – 5:53
Personnel
* 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
* Sue Ennis - lyrics
* John Kehe - design
* Bob Seidemann - photography
* Buzz Richmond - engineer
* Mike Flicker - engineer, producer, percussion
* Mike Doud - art direction
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1977 Pop Albums 9
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position
1977 "Barracuda" Pop Singles 11
1977 "Kick It Out" Pop Singles 79
1977 "Little Queen" Pop Singles 62
Also Includes "Love Alive" / "Little Queen" From The California Jam LP
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