''Rock the House Live!'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

released by the American

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

band

Heart The heart is a muscular Organ (biology), organ found in humans and other animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. The heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrie ...

in 1991. It was recorded at The Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA on November 28, 1990. The band performed a set of 22 songs (including "The Way Back Machine" guitar solo by Howard Leese); but only 14 were used on the album, missing most of their recent successful singles "

These Dreams "These Dreams" is a song by American rock band Heart from their 1985 self-titled eighth studio album. It was released on January 18, 1986, as the album's third single, becoming the band's first song to top the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The single ...

", " Never", " Alone", " What About Love", " All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You", trying to demonstrate that Heart wasn't a band of ballad hits, but instead an arena rock staple. Instead of filling the album either with their early hard rock hits or their later pop ones, it is instead composed of mainly less familiar songs from recent albums (six from ''

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'', one from ''

Bad Animals ''Bad Animals'' is the ninth studio album by American Rock music, rock band Heart (band), Heart, released on May 15, 1987, by Capitol Records. The album continues the mainstream hard rock style from the band's Heart (Heart album), 1985 self-tit ...

'', two from ''

'' and one from '' Passionworks''), and a new cover. The live version of "

You're the Voice "You're the Voice" is a song recorded by Australian singer John Farnham released in 1986. It became an immediate hit in Australia as well as several European countries including the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was released as a single in Sept ...

" was released as a single performing moderately well, reaching #20 on the US Mainstream Rock chart, whilst it was a minor hit in the UK reaching number 56. The studio version was recorded in 1989 as part of the sessions for the ''

'' album, and finally included on '' Greatest Hits: 1985–1995'' album in June 2000.

Track listing

Personnel

Heart * Ann Wilson – lead vocals, flute,

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* Nancy Wilson – backing vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric and

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), harmonica,

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* Howard Leese – lead guitar, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals *

Mark Andes Mark Andes (born February 19, 1948) is an American musician, known for his work as a bassist with Canned Heat, Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall, Heart, and Mirabal. Early life Andes was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in Los Angeles, one o ...

– bass guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, backing vocals *

Denny Carmassi Dennis Joseph "Denny" Carmassi (born 1947) is an American drummer most notable for playing with many rock bands. Biography Carmassi was born into a family of drummers; his father, his uncle, and his brother each played the drums. Occasionall ...

– drums Production *Richard Erwin – producer, live engineer *David Hewitt, Phil Gitomer, Sean Webb, Roger Binette – live engineers *Stanley Johnston – post-production engineer * Mike Clink, Ed Thacker – mixing at Can-Am Recorders *Jeff Poe – mixing assistant

Charts

References

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