''Whirlygig'' is the debut

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The Lovemongers Heart is an American rock music, rock band formed in 1967 in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, as The Army. Two years later they changed their name to Hocus Pocus. The year following they changed their name to White Heart, and eventually ...

. The Lovemongers were a

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of singer-songwriting-musicians, and sisters,

Ann Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

and Nancy Wilson, better known as the frontwomen of the rock band

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. They formed The Lovemongers with

Sue Ennis Sue Ennis is a songwriter from Seattle, Washington. She has co-written over 80 songs with Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart. Career Ennis' songwriting with Heart includes " Straight On", " Even It Up" and " Dog & Butterfly", and she ...

and Frank Cox, and released ''Whirlygig'' in 1997 on Will Records. It contained all original material, with no outside writers. Steve Huey of

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gave the record 4 stars of 5, and he said that it "will likely appeal to fans of both Heart's earlier and later material."

Track listing

All songs written by

Ann Wilson Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

, Nancy Wilson and

, except where noted. #"City on the Hill" - 4:51 #"Miracle Girl" - 4:45 #"Two Black Lambs" - 4:45 #"No School Today" (Ennis) - 4:16 #"The Vegas Gene" (Wilson, Wilson, Ennis, Frank Cox) - 3:17 #"Kiss" - 5:08 #"Runaway" - 4:36 #"Elysian" - 5:20 #"Heavy Sedation" (Cox) - 4:52 #"Sand" (Wilson, Wilson, Ennis, Cox) - 5:10

Personnel

The Lovemongers

- vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, flute, percussion * Nancy Wilson - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, dulcimer, mandolin, drums, percussion *

- keyboards *Frank Cox - acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, autoharp, sampling, drums, percussion

Additional musician

* Ben Smith - drums and percussion

Production

*The Lovemongers - arrangements, producers *Vaughn "Stepping Stone" Verdi - engineer, mixing *Daniel Mendez, Jason "Synergy" Shavey - engineers *

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- mastering

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whirlygig (Album) 1997 debut albums Heart (band)