Desire Walks On [Extra tracks] [Import]

Track Listings

1. Desire

2. Black on Black II

3. Back to Avalon

4. Woman in Me

5. Rage

6. In Walks the Night

7. My Crazy Head

8. Ring Them Bells

9. Will You Be There (In the Morning)

10. Voodoo Doll

11. Anything Is Possible

12. Avalon (Reprise)

13. Desire Walks On

14. Mujer Que Hay en Mi

15. Quedaras [En la Manana]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese edition of 1993 studio album that's out-of-print domestically. 15 tracks including, 'Back To Avalon', 'Will You Be There (In The Morning)', 'Ring Them Bells' (Bob Dylan) & 'The Woman in Me'.

Tracks:

Desire
Black on Black II
Back to Avalon
Woman in Me
Rage
In Walks the Night
My Crazy Head
Ring Them Bells
Will You Be There (In the Morning)
Voodoo Doll
Anything Is Possible
Avalon (Reprise)
Desire Walks On
Mujer Que Hay en Mi
Quedaras [En la Manana]

Customer Reviews:

Heart - A Decent Effort At The End Of Their Commercial Comeback.......2007-05-06

Heart is a band that has had almost two separate careers. In the 70's they burst upon the scene with their unique take on hard rock that also incorporated elements of folk, funk, and even a bit of progressive rock into the mix. By the early 80's album sales had fallen off the charts and it was looking like tailspin time for the band. Then in the late 80's Heart changed their sound to a slicker brand of pop rock and made a remarkable commercial comeback. The albums "Heart", "Bad Animals", and "Brigade" all produced huge radio hits putting the band back on top of both the sales charts and concert trail. "Desire Walks On" came at what was basically the end of this era. The album only produced the minor AOR hit "Back On Black II" and the Nancy Wilson led top 40 ballad "Will You Be There", and did not rack of the sales of the previous three. From a quality standpoint I think the album is better than the three larger sellers that proceeded it and was somewhat a return to form for a band that had become too slick and polished in the late 80's and early 90's. During their comeback the band had turned to outside writers for much of the material. Here there are only three tracks not at least co-written by the Wilson sisters. The album does not rank up in quality to the band's first two classic discs, but it is a decent effort that is worth adding to your collection if you are a heart fan. Highlights include "Back On Black II" which is as heavy a rocker as the band has ever done. "Back To Avalon" is a nice acoustic oriented tune that would have fit right in on an album like "Little Queen". "Ring Them Bells" is a cool cover of the Bob Dylan tune featuring a vocal duet between Ann Wilson and Layne Staley from Alice In Chains. The final title track "Desire Walks On' is another good one with a spoken word intro. This album will not go down in history as one of Heart's classics, but it is a good solid album from them.

Please Ring Them Bells.......2007-01-11

This is a great album with plenty of amazing songs, but none are better than the cover of the Bob Dylan song "Ring Them Bells"

This song sees them collaborate with Alice in Chains lead singer Layne Staley, and together they make something truly wonderful. Wilson with her powerful voice full of passion and Staley with his powerful and haunting voice make this song alone worth buying the album.

Layne Staley and Heart two very amazing yet very underated artists.

Classic Heart.......2006-09-07

I have been filling in the holes in my Heart collection, replacing vinyl with CD's and adding albums I'd never previously acquired. Desire Walks On was in the latter category and I honestly wasn't expecting much because I've just never heard anyone say anything about the album and I had totally missed it when it was released. Wowie have I been pleasantly shocked!

The Road Home is solidly in first place as not only my favorite Heart album, but one of my all time favorite albums by anyone. For studio albums, Dreamboat Annie and Little Queen have always been tied for first place ever since their releases and I never thought that another Heart album would jeopardize their hallowed position. But Desire Walks On comes close. In fact, I think I will have to state that, while Dreamboat Annie still remains my sentimental favorite, Desire Walks On is, at least in my mind, Heart's best studio album they've ever made.

Desire Walks On is what I consider to be classic Heart. The songs are obviously chosen with care, melding well into a cohesive whole, and most of the material is at least partially written by Ann and Nancy. There is a very good mix of driving, hard rocking songs such as "Black on Black II" and "Rage", along with more melodic or ballad types such as "Back to Avalon", "Anything is Possible", and potentially my favorite on the album, "In Walks the Night". "Voodoo Doll" is a nice change-up with its wonderful beat and Annie's usual amazing vocals, along with some great backup vocals.

I'm not usually too keen on covers, but Annie's version of "The Woman In Me" is absolutely outstanding. (I already knew it would be, as I had seen her perform it with the Lovemongers in concert years ago and it was one of those highly memorable concert moments.) Just as outstanding is their version of "Ring Them Bells". My usual opinion is that adding a male vocalist is a Heart sacrilege, but Layne Staley is an excellent addition for this particular song and the three of them together just totally nail it.

There is only one thing I don't like about Desire Walks On and that's the very brief spoken intro track. It's easily skipped though and the rest of the album is pure Heart bliss.

Such a great CD.......2005-11-24

What can I say about Desire Walks On? It's just a really great cd. I bought this one the day it was released on cassette and later upgraded to CD because I wore the cassette out. It has such rockers as Black on Black and Desire Walks on...and such uplifting tunes as Back to Avalon, Will you be there, etc... Ann's rendition of The Woman in Me sends chills throughout. I really wish this cd had done better in the radio medias eyes because it's simply great.

Heart transisitions out of the MTV years.......2005-09-28

HEART PLAYS IN THE STYLE OF THE EARLY NINETIES. THERE IS INFLUENCE FROM ROBERT PLANT, MADONNA AND SIMPLE MINDS. THERE IS STILL A LITTLE OF THE VAN HALEN GUITAR, BUT PINK FLOYD LICKS HAVE BEEN THROWN IN.

This CD was originally released in 1993 with 13 tracks. It was 53 minutes long. The newer versions of the CD have two added tracks, Women In Me and Will You Be There, sung in Spanish.

When this album was released in 1993 and Black on Black II was first played on the radio, I thought "WOW! Heart finally got their balls back". During most of the eighties, Heart was more popular for MTV pop music. Their most popular song, These Dreams, was probably their worst.

On this album, Heart moves away from the eighties sounds and follows what was happening in the nineties. The opening track and Desire Walks On sounds like something Madonna would have done at the time (similar to Vogue). Voodoo Doll sounds like a Robert Plant song (Heart were always Led Zeppelin fanatics). Will Be There starts out like a Simple Minds tune.

The biggest problem with this album is that Howard Leese is still playing guitar in the style of Eddie Van Halen, but not as good. That was one of the major problems with the live album Rock This House Live. Forturnately, there is not as much of it on this CD. He also borrows licks from Pink Floyd's The Wall.

The CD starts out strong with a little Madonna-like teaser and then goes into the hard rocking Black On Black II. The fifth track, Rage, is one of the best songs Heart has ever done. It is one of those highly creative songs that made Dreamboat Annie one of the best rock albums of all times.

Back To Avalon is an OK tune, but Heart does it much better live. It is probably the most popular track on the CD.

After Rage, the next four songs are nothing special. I find their version of Dylan's Ring Them Bells to be annoying and probably the weakest part of the CD. Will You Be There has a nice powerful chorus, but the rest of the song doesn't really hold up.

Voodoo Doll is another great rocker (borrowing from Plant) and Desire Walks On is a very good song, even if it is a copy of Madonna's style.

I don't think this CD is quite as good as Heart's first four, but it is certainly better than what they did in the mid and late eighties. But, I am not a fan of their pop music and still think Dreamboat Annie is the best thing ever did.

Average customer rating:

Solid Entry in the Heart Catalog
The best stuff is always Out Of Print
Heart transitions out of the MTV years.
Why is this out of print in the US?
Great

Desire Walks On
Heart
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2001-04-10

Tracks:

Desire
Black on Black II
Back to Avalon
Woman in Me
Rage
In Walks the Night
My Crazy Head
Ring Them Bells
Will You Be There (In the Morning)
Voodoo Doll
Anything Is Possible
Avalon (Reprise)
Desire Walks On
Mujer Que Hay en Mi
Quedaras [En la Manana]

Album Description

Japanese edition of 1993 studio album that's out-of-print domestically. 15 tracks including, 'Back To Avalon', 'Will You Be There (In The Morning)', 'Ring Them Bells' (Bob Dylan) & 'The Woman in Me'.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Bonus Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Solid Entry in the Heart Catalog.......2006-04-05

Heart released this CD in 1993, and it is one of the last original albums released by Heart. "Back to Avalon" and "Will You Be There" were both released as singles in various countries, and "Will You Be There" enjoyed some measure of success, but "Desire Walks On" did not enjoy the success of previous Heart albums, which is unfortunate because this CD is all Heart and continues their tradition of hard rocking ballads.

The CD opens with an electronically echoed 18 second spoken introduction, which then segues into "Black on Black II." This song contains a "Barracuda"-sounding riff that remains in the song from beginning to end. This song is a hard-rocker, and contains lyrics that could readily fall into thrash rock, and certainly into metal. The style is all Heart, of course, and Annie Wilson's voice is as strong and powerful as it was when Heart first hit the scene in the mid-70s.

"Back to Avalon" is a mellow, but moderately fast song with a strong instrumental backing. This song is solid with solid lyrics, a song not about anything in particular except for a search for Avalon (the earthly Paradise where King Arthur went on his death). The next song opens with strings and synthesizer. Just like the second line in this song says, this is a slow, sultry song. "The Woman in Me" is a song of self-realization. Annie sings that the woman in her is deeper and more complex than anyone (especially a man) has ever seen, touched or realized.

The next song starts with piano, quietly. The title, "Rage," is filled with a hard beat that puts the song into metal realm. The lyrics are relatively simple in this song, relying on the hard driving riffs and drums to communicate the feelings of "Rage." Musically this song is one of the best on this CD.

Sandwiching "Rage" is another relatively quiet song, "In Walks the Night." Listening to the lyrics it is easy to make this song mean the darkness that can enter one's soul, regardless of the source of that darkness. However, the lyrics imply that while the darkness enters from outside, perhaps it is actually generated from within. It may be that by saying the night walks in, the singer is avoiding that her mind is the source of the darkness.

"My Crazy Head" starts with a good solid beat and short-line lyrics that make a good match with the last song. The topic here is love, but also relates to the mental confusion that comes to all of us when emotion and intellect conflict. The lyrics are evocative and clearly communicated and the staccato delivery is well-matched to the solid drum beat.

What modern CD would be complete without a song that transcends eras and genres? In this case "Ring Them Bells" has a folk/country flavor. Heart performs this Bob Dylan song acoustically, with a male vocal lead trading off with Annie Wilson and intermittent harmonies. This simple song seems just a little out of place and contrasts perhaps a little too strongly with the other songs surrounding it.

"Will You Be There" is a trademark rock love song for which Heart is so well known. The musical formula is a Heart fan favorite, and continues the tradition of solid rock backing the powerful vocals of Annie and Nancy Wilson; a worthwhile addition to the greatest hits of Heart.

"Voodoo Doll" has a vaguely voodoo-sounding backbeat beginning. However, the song is a love song and really has nothing to do with voodoo, other than the warning the singer has for a man that she won't be his "Voodoo Doll." "Anything is Possible" begins acoustically. The vocals are quiet and harmonious, a song of hope and possibilities (of course) and love. A brief reprise of "Avalon" is a prelude to the title track, "Desire Walks On," which is another hard rocker.

This version of "Desire Walks On" adds two bonus songs, "Mujer Que Hay en Mi" and "Quedaras (En La Manana)," Spanish language versions of two earlier songs.

Heart breaks little new ground in this CD. It's easy to call this music formulaic, but it is Heart's formula. The music is solid and readily a good addition to any Heart fan's collection. Any fan disillusionment with this music comes not from poor quality, but because we've had this music for more than two decades. It's easy for us to become bored and start to feel that it's just another of the same. However, Heart has had a style all their own for their entire career. While their style has changed direction slightly, it is a known quantity and I suspect that if I played their first CD after listening to "Desire Walks On," the differences I would hear would be in skill and complexity. Nancy and Annie remain true to their artistic roots. Four stars for a solid addition to their musical catalog, and my fervent hope that they continue to make music.

This version CD is a Japanese import. Because the Japanese import varies in price from the domestically available version, I recommend you determine the versions of this CD available before buying and buy the one that best fits your needs.

The best stuff is always Out Of Print.......2005-10-11

This album is great. I own the U.S. release, The import with the extra tracks and the 2 disc set cd single for "Will You Be There" (U.K. release) it is a great album, the song "Risin' Suspicion was not on the album but is on the cd single I have and it should have been on the album. My favorite tracks are "In Walks The Night", "My Crazy Head", "Anything Is Possible", & "Desire Walks On". I am a die hard HEART fan and have all of their albums on CD. However I am not die hard about their "heavy" songs such as "Barracuda, Black On Black II" and a few others. I do like the songs "Little Queen, Bebe Le Strange, Crazy On You, & Heartless" but I like the softer side of Ann & Nancy which you can find on all of their albums I especially like the "Passionworks" album my favorite three are "Private Audition, Passionworks & Desire Walks On" after watching many interviews and reading articles that Ann & Nancy have been interviewed for they didn't enjoy the fame and fortune for their self titled album, bad animals, & brigade. It was their earlier albums and after seeing them in concert I assume that they didn't prefer Desire Walks On as one of their good albums but it contains music that they wrote with the exception of 2 or 3 songs. The spanish tracks on the imported versions are great, I listen to this CD over and over again, I can't get enough of it!!! Buy it if you find it...took me 3 years to find it and 4 to find Private Audition. Its always the under-rated albums by magazine geeks who don't know a thing about bands nor have any taste in music...thats why they are out of print...that would be an insult to me as a music artist!

Heart transitions out of the MTV years........2005-09-29

Why is this out of print in the US?.......2000-07-29

Well I finally shelled out the cash for the Japanese version of this disc and I was blown away.

After three straight albums of doing outside writers' songs and being moulded into "Survivor-Ette" by Ron Nevison, Heart comes back with the first album of primarily their own material in over a decade. And does it Rock? OOHHH Baby! IT ROCKS!

In a way this is sort of the quintessential Heart album. For one thing, the complexity of their earlier albums is back since they aren't stuck doing three-chord Diane Warren and Mutt Lange songs. But the edgier, modern production of the Heart/Bad_Animals/Brigade years is there too. The combination makes this album truly smoke.

Better yet, this album has the best sound mix of ANY Heart album. Somebody finally managed to figure out how to give Nancy and Howard their biting wall-of-sound guitar tones without burying the bass!

This album has some of Heart's most agressive rockers (Black on Black, Rage) as well as some incredibly tender ballads (Woman in me, Anything is Possible) and there really is no weak track on the whole disc.

I'm having a really hard time figuring out why this disc is out of print, when the tankers like Private Audition and Passionworks are still floating around.

If your debating picking up this album because you aren't familiar with any of the songs.... stop debating and just buy it. If you've ever been a Heart fan, there is something on this for you.

Great.......2000-04-19

Heart is still amazing after all these years. This C.D I highly recommend. It has great tunes that show off there talent. I look for more from Heart in the coming years. This HEART beats on.

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1. Desire
2. Black on Black II
3. Back to Avalon
4. Woman in Me
5. Rage
6. In Walks the Night
7. My Crazy Head
8. Ring Them Bells
9. Will You Be There (In the Morning)
10. Voodoo Doll
11. Anything Is Possible
12. Avalon (Reprise)
13. Desire Walks On
14. Mujer Que Hay en Mi
15. Quedaras [En la Manana]