Fanatic (album)

Fanatic is the fifteenth studio album by 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.

Fanatic
Studio album by
Heart
ReleasedOctober 2, 2012
RecordedMay 2011-March 2012
StudioSunset Sound Recorders and The Village, Los Angeles,
Studio X, Seattle,
Lochinkop Studios and Plunper Sound, British Columbia (additional recordings)
Various hotel rooms and buses on the American West Coast[1]
GenreHard rock, folk rock
Length39:41
LabelLegacy
ProducerBen Mink
Heart chronology
Strange Euphoria
(2012)		 Fanatic
(2012)		 Beautiful Broken
(2016)
Singles from Fanatic
  1. "Fanatic"
    Released: 2012
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(74/100)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[3]
The A.V. Club(B-)[4]
Revolver[5]
PopMatters[6]

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 just missed the Top 10 of the US Rock Albums Chart, peaking at No 12.[7] The album also peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 becoming Heart's 12th Top 25 album,[8] selling around 16,000 copies in its first week. The song "Fanatic" peaked at #24 on the Billboard Heritage Rock Chart.

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
11."Beautiful Broken"2:40
12."Two Silver Rings"2:57
13."Zingara"3:56

Note

  • The Japanese edition features 2 bonus live tracks, "How Can I Refuse and Heart's cover of "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin, however, none of the three Best Buy Limited Edition bonus tracks are included.

Personnel

Musicians
  • Ann Wilson - lead and backing vocals, flute
  • Nancy Wilson - acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, lead and backing vocals
  • Ben Mink - acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, banjo, violin, viola, keyboards and programming, string arrangements, producer
  • Ric Markmann - bass
  • Ben Smith - drums and percussion

Additional musician

Production
  • David Leonard - engineer, mixing at Studio X, Seattle
  • Alex Williams, Geoff Neal, Sam Hofstedt, David Eaman - assistant engineers
  • Craig Waddell - mastering at Gotham City Studios

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. Jurek, Thom. "Heart - Fanatic review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  2. Fanatic - Heart at Metacritic. Retrieved June 29, 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. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  6. Cibula, Matt (October 1, 2012). "Heart: Fanatic". PopMatters. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  7. "Billboard Biz Top Rock Albums Chart History". billboard.com. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  8. "Heart Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  9. "Heart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  10. "Heart Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  11. "Heart Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
  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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