Brigade (album)

Brigade is the tenth studio album by American rock band Heart. It was released on March 26, 1990, by Capitol Records. 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.[6] Subsequent singles "I Didn't Want to Need You" and "Stranded" peaked at numbers 23 and 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively; "Secret", the fourth and final single, charted at number 64.[6] Two album tracks, "Wild Child" and "Tall Dark Handsome Stranger", reached numbers three and 24 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart, respectively.[6]

Brigade
Studio album by
Heart
ReleasedMarch 26, 1990 (1990-03-26)
RecordedLate 1989
Studio
Genre
Length54:41
LabelCapitol
ProducerRichie Zito
Heart chronology
Bad Animals
(1987)		 Brigade
(1990)		 Rock the House Live!
(1991)
Singles from Brigade
  1. "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You"
    Released: March 1990
  2. "I Didn't Want to Need You"
    Released: June 1990
  3. "Stranded"
    Released: September 1990
  4. "Secret"
    Released: February 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Smash Hits[5]

The album was followed by a successful world tour. Like its 1987 predecessor Bad Animals, Brigade is notable for having fewer writing contributions from lead members Ann and Nancy Wilson, but would be the last of Heart's albums to prominently feature outside writers.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wild Child"
4:27
2."All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You"Lange5:05
3."Secret"
4:10
4."Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger"
4:00
5."I Didn't Want to Need You"Diane Warren4:05
6."The Night"
4:50
7."Fallen from Grace"
4:02
8."Under the Sky"
2:51
9."Cruel Nights"Warren3:58
10."Stranded"
  • Jaime Kyle
  • Jeff Harrington
3:55
11."Call of the Wild"
4:00
12."I Want Your World to Turn"
4:32
13."I Love You"
  • A. Wilson
  • N. Wilson
  • Knight
  • Hammond
3:50
Japanese limited edition bonus mini CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cruel Tears"
4:17
2."Never Stop Loving You"
3:57
3."The Will to Love"
  • Kelly
  • Steinberg
  • A. Wilson
  • N. Wilson
4:22

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Brigade.[7]

Heart

Additional musicians
  • Kim Bullard – additional keyboards (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–10, 12)
  • Sterling – additional keyboards (track 13)
  • Richie Zito – additional guitar (track 10)

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

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[26] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[27] 5× Platinum 500,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[28] Gold 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[29] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[31] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
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  2. Sandow, Greg (April 13, 1990). "Capsules – Notable albums for the week of April 13". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  3. Mack, Bob (June 28, 1990). "Heart: Brigade". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  4. Coleman, Mark; Berger, Arion (2004). "Heart". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York City: Simon & Schuster. p. 372. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. Cranna, Ian (April 18, 1990). "Review: LPs". Smash Hits. ISSN 0260-3004.
  6. "Brigade – Heart | Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
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  26. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 126.
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