Fanatic (album)

Fanatic
Studio album by Heart
Released October 2, 2012
Recorded Sunset Sound Recorders and The Village, Los Angeles,
various hotel rooms and buses on the American West Coast,
Lochinkop Studios and Plunper Sound, British Columbia (additional recordings)
May 2011-March 2012
Genre Hard rock, folk rock
Length 39:41
Label Legacy
Producer Ben Mink
Heart chronology
Strange Euphoria
(2012)		 Fanatic
(2012)		 Fanatic Live from Caesar's Colosseum
(2014)
Singles from Fanatic
  1. "Fanatic"
    Released: 2012
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(74/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
The A.V. Club(B-)[4]
Revolver[5]
PopMatters[6]

Fanatic is the fifteenth studio album by the American rock band Heart, released October 2, 2012 through Legacy Recordings. The album was recorded in hotel rooms and studios up and down the West Coast, with Grammy-winning producer Ben Mink, who had previously produced Red Velvet Car (2010), back at the helm.

Ann and Nancy Wilson drew from their own lives and personal experiences as inspiration for their music. "Dear Old America" comes from memories of a military household and is written from the point of view of their father, a Marine Corps officer, returning from war. "Rock Deep (Vancouver)" hearkens back to the city where Dreamboat Annie was written and "Walkin' Good" (a duet with Vancouver resident Sarah McLachlan) captures the joy of finding new life in a new love.

Fanatic debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard album chart becoming Heart's 12th Top 25 album,[7] selling around 16,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 50,000 copies in the United States as of June 2016.[8]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson and Ben Mink. 

No. Title Length
1. "Fanatic"   3:44
2. "Dear Old America"   4:01
3. "Walkin' Good"   3:46
4. "Skin and Bones"   3:42
5. "A Million Miles"   5:05
6. "Pennsylvania"   3:10
7. "Mashallah"   4:07
8. "Rock Deep (Vancouver)"   4:20
9. "59 Crunch"   3:21
10. "Corduroy Road"   4:25
Best Buy Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Beautiful Broken"   2:40
12. "Two Silver Rings"   2:57
13. "Zingara"   3:56

The Japanese edition features 2 bonus live tracks, but none of the three Best Buy Limited Edition bonus tracks.

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 24
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[10] 12
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[11] 16
Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[12] 118

References

  1. ↑ Fanatic - Heart at Metacritic Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Heart - Fanatic review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ Hermes, Will (October 2, 2012). "Heart - Fanatic". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Heart:Fanatic". The A.V. Club. October 2, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ Graff, Gary (September 17, 2012). "Review: Heart - Fanatic". Revolver. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ Cibula, Matt (October 1, 2012). "Heart: Fanatic". PopMatters. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Heart Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Heart – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Heart.
  10. ↑ "Heart – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Heart.
  11. ↑ "Heart – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Heart.
  12. ↑ ハートのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
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