Heart-Heart (1985)

At the end of the 70s, Heart would suffer the most transcendental break of its career, the founding members Roger and Mike Fisher left the band due to discrepancies with the also sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, so the band basically became the group of women Wilson, who imposed their criteria and their ideas on the music to do.
After the 1980 album "Bebe Le Strange", also founder and bassist Steve Fossen does the same with drummer Michael DeRosier being replaced by drummer Denny Carmassi, bassist Mark Andes and Howard Lesse on lead guitar.
From here the band undergoes a radical change in its style, moving towards AOR and melodic rock, without losing an iota of the rock force of its beginnings.
This is how great and superb records would arrive like "Heart" in 1985, "Bad Animals" in 1987 and "Brigade" in 1990.
The first of them is undoubtedly his best work, with a change in style, sound and image and where the melodies are the main feature of the band, with an exquisite production, showing an impeccable work and full of masterful songs such as "Shell Shock", "If Looks Could Kill", "Nobody Home" or "These Dreams", the cornerstone being the excellent and already a mythical melodic rock "Never".

Heart-Dog & Butterfly (1978)

Worthy successor to their huge "Little Queen", Heart would sign a magnificent album in 1978 entitled "Dog & Butterfly" where they continued on the path of the previous work.
An album that exudes quality, feeling and great intensity, combining the two best aspects that this band knew how to do perfectly; acoustic sensitivity and rock power.
With this album the band reaches maturity at the peak of its creative side, as demonstrated in the powerful "Cook With Fire", in the rhythmic "Straight On", in the melodic "Lighter Touch" or in the beautiful "Nada One".
In addition to songs that stand out for that acoustic-electric duality such as "Dog & Butterfly" or "Mistral Wind", they raise the category of the band, making them one of the largest emerged in the mid-70s.

Heart-Greatest Hits/Live (1980)

Heart are one of the greatest American hard rock and melodic rock bands, having released a series of celebrated albums over the last five decades, some of them huge worldwide hits. From their first album, "Dreamboat Annie" (1976), this Seattle-based band showcased their raw and powerful rock sound, heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin. However, the fact that they were fronted by two women (sisters Nancy and Ann Wilson) made them different and unique at the time. The rest of the band was marked by a constant influx and departure of musicians, including guitarists Howard Leese, Roger Fisher, and Gilby Clarke, among many others. After “Dreamboat Annie”, came the more folk-rock-oriented “Little Queen” (1977), the intense “Dog & Butterfly” (1978), where they combined the raw energy of their powerful rock with acoustic sensitivity, and the experimental “Bebe Le Strange” (1980), where they attempted to blend the sounds of the new musical trends of the 1980s, but with a mediocre and rather predictable result. Towards the end of 1980, the group released “Greatest Hits/Live”, a double album composed of a combination of the greatest hits from their first five albums, with live tracks and new compositions. Comprised of energetic rock tracks like “Bebe Le Strange”, “Barracuda”, and “Mistral Wind”, along with a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll”, the album is interspersed with more melodic songs such as “Straight On”, “Even It Up”, “Crazy On You”, and “Magic Man”, as well as ballads and acoustic pieces like “Sweet Darlin’ ”, “Dreamboat Annie”, and “Dog and Butterfly”. It even includes more avant-garde and experimental tracks like “Hit Single” and “Strange Euphoria”. The band that recorded this album consisted of Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson on vocals, drummer Michael DeRosier, guitarists Howard Leese and Roger Fisher, and bassist Steve Fossen. This double album was Heart’s third biggest hit to date in the North American market, reaching number thirteen on the Billboard charts and achieving multiple platinum records for its enormous sales.

Heart-Bad Animals (1987)

"Bad Animals" is the worthy successor to the acclaimed self-titled album released in 1985 by the American band Heart. This ninth release also topped the charts thanks to the hits "Alone" and "Who Will You Run To". However, the group led by the Wilson sisters doesn't surpass its predecessor in creativity, despite producing a near-perfect album. The catchy vocals, impressive production, and the solidity of a formidable band particularly guitarist Howard Leese and drummer Denny Carmassi more than fulfilled the expectations placed upon it before its release. Groundbreaking melodic rock songs like the aforementioned "Alone" and "Who Will You Run To" are supported by other high-caliber tracks such as "There's The Girl", "I Want You So Bad", and the title track, propelling it to an incredible number two on the Billboard charts, with over three million copies sold worldwide.

Heart-Little Queen (1977)

Influenced by Led Zeppelin, Heart have earned critical acclaim for 40 years with their outstanding songwriting, which has shaped many of their albums, some of them essential to rock music. "Little Queen", the second album from this formidable band, is known worldwide for the hit "Barracuda", which, however, doesn't overshadow the rest of the tracks, a skillful blend of rock whirlwinds and delicate folk songs. Good examples of the band's acoustic side are "Love Alive" and the instrumental "Sylvan Song", which, along with "Dream of the Archer", represents the band's folk influence on this album. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the hard rock tracks, in addition to the aforementioned "Barracuda", are found in "Little Queen", featuring Ann Wilson at her peak with her powerful vocals, while "Go On Cuy" showcases Heart's more bucolic side while simultaneously delivering their heavy and forceful rock. "Little Queen" is the most folk and acoustic album of the band's career, full of great acoustic beauty, demonstrating the two sides of Heart, on the one hand the rawness of their rock songs and on the other the delicacy of their intense and delicate compositions.