''Brigade'' is the tenth studio album by American

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band Heart, released on March 26, 1990, by

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. The album reached number three on both the US ''Billboard'' 200 and the UK Albums Chart, 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 "

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" and " Stranded" peaked at numbers 23 and 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively; " Secret", 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 ''

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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 ''

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'', ''Brigade'' is notable for having fewer writing contributions from lead members

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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 – lead vocals, background vocals * Nancy Wilson – lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, mandolin, blues harp,

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* Howard Leese – background vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, mandolin,

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* Denny Carmassi – drums * Mark Andes – background vocals, bass

Additional musicians

* Kim Bullard – additional keyboards * Sterling – additional keyboards * Richie Zito – 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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