Bad Animals

Bad Animals is a work symbolizing Heart’s 1980s peak, enfolding Ann Wilson’s deep, powerful voice in thick guitar and spreading keyboards. Pushing the direction of the record-breaking previous Heart further, while using extremely trim 1980s production, its songs always have a sure emotional strength in Heart’s manner at their center. Following the previous album, it achieved great commercial success too. The moving power-ballad classic “Alone,” heading from quiet to explosive lift, fully shows Ann’s overwhelming singing and became their signature song, reaching number one in the US. The drive of the powerful “Who Will You Run To” and cuts like “There’s the Girl” and “I Want You So Bad” show the band’s strength in sounding melody big and powerfully, while the title track “Bad Animals” also shines. A dignified hard-rock work that never loses human warmth even within a refined, gorgeous sound. In particular, “Alone” is still loved worldwide as an enduring classic representative of 1980s power ballads. An extremely polished, engaging masterpiece inscribing the peak of Heart’s second golden age — a record where Ann’s voice shines brilliantly.