My Overall Chart: 1701-1800
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Romanelli 
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- (Created: 02/11/2024 17:32).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1978-PORTRAIT
Produced By MIKE FLICKER, HEART & MICHAEL FISHER
1. Cook With Fire
2. High Time
3. Hijinx
4. Straight On
5. Dog & Butterfly
6. Lighter Touch
7. Nada One
8. Mistral Wind
I’ve always had a soft spot for Dog & Butterfly. In my younger days, I had a very difficult time falling asleep, but side two of this album always did the trick. The title track mellowed me out, and I’d be fast asleep by the middle of “Lighter Touch”. Worked every time. The album came out following Heart’s disastrous battle with Mushroom Records, which resulted in the unauthorized album Magazine earlier in the year. Dog & Butterfly was the intended follow up to Little Queen, and it’s not quite at that level. In fact, it’s about average, a level that Heart has never risen above since. They went through several different incarnations, including a glam metal phase, a power ballad phase, a folk duo phase, but nothing could hide the fact that despite their willingness to carry on, their songwriting chops had simply dried up early.
But there’s still some gas left in the tank here. The album is split evenly between “Dog” (rockers) and “Butterfly” (slower acoustic songs). ‘Cook With Fire” sounds live, but it’s been debated for years that it’s actually a studio recording with overdubs. “High Time” and “Straight On” got airplay, but it’s the under rated “Hijinx” that sounds the best. The “Butterfly” side is not as much fun, but as noted above, it WILL help you sleep. The title track was a hit, but the rest is just snoozy. The result of trying to divide the album like this is that it sounds uneven and inconsistent. More tracks like “Hijinx” could have made this a winner, but instead it falls in the “okay” pile. They went on to record one more album in their initial style (Bebe Le Strange) before trying their hand at 80’s glam. Dog & Butterfly is good, but you’ll end up knowing it could have been better. [First added to this chart: 07/29/2024]
Produced By MIKE FLICKER, HEART & MICHAEL FISHER
1. Cook With Fire
2. High Time
3. Hijinx
4. Straight On
5. Dog & Butterfly
6. Lighter Touch
7. Nada One
8. Mistral Wind
I’ve always had a soft spot for Dog & Butterfly. In my younger days, I had a very difficult time falling asleep, but side two of this album always did the trick. The title track mellowed me out, and I’d be fast asleep by the middle of “Lighter Touch”. Worked every time. The album came out following Heart’s disastrous battle with Mushroom Records, which resulted in the unauthorized album Magazine earlier in the year. Dog & Butterfly was the intended follow up to Little Queen, and it’s not quite at that level. In fact, it’s about average, a level that Heart has never risen above since. They went through several different incarnations, including a glam metal phase, a power ballad phase, a folk duo phase, but nothing could hide the fact that despite their willingness to carry on, their songwriting chops had simply dried up early.
But there’s still some gas left in the tank here. The album is split evenly between “Dog” (rockers) and “Butterfly” (slower acoustic songs). ‘Cook With Fire” sounds live, but it’s been debated for years that it’s actually a studio recording with overdubs. “High Time” and “Straight On” got airplay, but it’s the under rated “Hijinx” that sounds the best. The “Butterfly” side is not as much fun, but as noted above, it WILL help you sleep. The title track was a hit, but the rest is just snoozy. The result of trying to divide the album like this is that it sounds uneven and inconsistent. More tracks like “Hijinx” could have made this a winner, but instead it falls in the “okay” pile. They went on to record one more album in their initial style (Bebe Le Strange) before trying their hand at 80’s glam. Dog & Butterfly is good, but you’ll end up knowing it could have been better. [First added to this chart: 07/29/2024]
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My Overall Chart: 1701-1800 composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 30 | 30% | |
| 1990s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2000s | 19 | 19% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Various Artists | 5 | 5% | |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 3% | |
| Louis Armstrong | 3 | 3% | |
| Heart | 2 | 2% | |
| Phil Ochs | 2 | 2% | |
| Hamell On Trial | 2 | 2% | |
| Queen | 2 | 2% | |
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