Dreamboat Annie
by Heart

Dreamboat Annie is one of the strongest debut albums in the 70s. Very unusual at a time when disco was becoming popular and hard rock was literally an all-male thing. But what really made this album unusual was the mixing of heavy rock with sweet, orchestral ballads. The album truly sounds like a combination of The Carpenters and Black Sabbath, a combination that sounds truly awful but isn't. The heavier material like Crazy on You and Magic Man got all the attention, but the quieter songs like How Deep it Goes, Love Me Like Music (I'll Be Your Song), and the title cut are just as important to the overall vibe of the album. There is much talk about this band being a Zeppelin copy, but the Zeppelin sound didn't come along until Little Queen. This album is very unique and not a ripoff or copy of anything. Although it gets labeled as hard rock, I remember listening to this album and being really confused as to what kind of band Heart actually was because it's equally good on the Carpenters-type stuff and the heavier, darker material.

From Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/10/2016 14:53 | #171019 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

A great debut album from the Wilson sisters contains so many great songs the only track that I give less than 80/100 is Sing Child. Overall great album which would be higher if the dozen or so members who have it in their 1976 charts would change it to 1975 !.

From AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/05/2016 05:35 | #167880 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Incredibly underrated on this site. It isn't perfect, but it's beautiful, thoughtful, and incredibly well sculpted and written. Side one is nearly flawless and there are some great deep tracks on side two. It's damn good.

This album has a lot of potential and it has a lot of great tracks on here. The instrumentation is very good and while can be a little repetitive at time it is overall very enjoyable. The vocal is consistently of a high quality as well and is a really emotional and beautiful performance. While there are the standout tracks there are also weaker tracks which are more like filler and there is definitely room for improvement on some of the songs. On the whole, a great debut and really worth a listen as it is fun and very enjoyable.

I just had to have a Heart album in my favorites, but which one was the question. I listened to the six albums I had over again trying to determine this. I found I liked their early stuff more; I wanted that one album where every song was a hit but there wasn’t one. What convinced me was the songs "Crazy on You" and "Magic Man". Whenever I hear Ann’s voice, I think how similar it is to Linda Ronstadt. (Edited)