''Brigade'' is the tenth studio album by American
rock
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band
Heart
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, released on March 26, 1990, by
Capitol Records
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. The album reached number three on both the US
''Billboard'' 200 and the
UK Albums Chart
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, while peaking at number two in Canada, Finland, and Sweden. The album's lead single, "
All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You", reached number two on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Subsequent singles "
I Didn't Want to Need You" and "
Stranded" peaked at numbers 23 and 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively; "
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", the fourth and final single, charted at number 64.
The album was also notable for containing six tracks that charted inside the Top 25 on ''
Billboard
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''s
Album Rock Tracks chart: "Wild Child" number 3, "Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger" number 24, All I Wanna Do is Make Love To You" number 2, "I Didn't Want to Need You" number 13, "Stranded" number 25, "The Night" number 25.
The album was followed by a successful world tour. Like its 1987 predecessor ''
Bad Animals
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'', ''Brigade'' is notable for having fewer writing contributions from lead members
Ann
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and
Nancy Wilson, but would be the last of Heart's albums to prominently feature outside writers.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Brigade''.
Heart
*
Ann Wilson
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– lead vocals, background vocals
*
Nancy Wilson – lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, mandolin,
blues harp
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,
Dobro
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*
Howard Leese
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– background vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, mandolin,
autoharp
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*
Denny Carmassi
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Biography
Carmassi was born into a family of drummers; his father, his uncle, and his brother each played the drums. Some of Denny's e ...
– drums
*
Mark Andes
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Early life
Andes was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in Los Angeles, one of ...
– background vocals, bass
Additional musicians
* Kim Bullard – additional keyboards
* Sterling – additional keyboards
*
Richie Zito
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– additional guitar
Technical
* Richie Zito – production
* Phil Kaffel – recording, mixing
* Mike Tacci – second engineer
* Randy Wine – second engineer
* Chad Munsey – second engineer
* Ed Goodreau – second engineer
* Bill Kennedy – second engineer
* Nick Jerrard – second engineer
* Katy Parks – production coordination
* Randy Skirvin – guitar tech
* Zeke Clark – guitar tech
* Don Barlow – guitar tech
* Paul Jamieson – drum tech
Artwork
* Norman Moore – art direction, design
* Michael Miller – photography
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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1990 albums
Albums produced by Richie Zito
Capitol Records albums
Heart (band) albums
Albums recorded at A&M Studios