Rock the House Live!
Live album by
Heart
ReleasedSeptember 1991[1]
RecordedNovember 28, 1990
VenueCentrum (Worcester, Massachusetts)
GenreHard rock
Length62:43
LabelCapitol
ProducerRichard Erwin, Heart
Heart chronology
Brigade
(1990)		 Rock the House Live!
(1991)		 Desire Walks On
(1993)
Singles from Rock the House Live!
  1. "You're the Voice" (live) / "Call of the Wild (live)"
    Released: September 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Rock the House Live! is a live album released by the American hard rock band Heart in 1991. It was recorded at The Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA on November 28, 1990. The band performed a set of 22 songs (including "The Way Back Machine" guitar solo by Howard Leese); but only 14 were used on the album, missing most of their recent successful singles "These Dreams", "Never", "Alone", "What About Love", "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You", trying to demonstrate that Heart wasn't a band of ballad hits, but instead an arena rock staple. Instead of filling the album either with their early hard rock hits or their later pop ones, it is instead composed of mainly less familiar songs from recent albums (six from Brigade, one from Bad Animals, two from Heart and one from Passionworks), and a new cover.

The live version of "You're the Voice" was released as a single performing moderately well, reaching #20 on the US Mainstream Rock chart, whilst it was a minor hit in the UK reaching number 56. The studio version was recorded in 1989 as part of the sessions for the Brigade album, and finally included on Greatest Hits: 1985–1995 album in June 2000.

Track listing

Rock the House Live! track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wild Child"Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Craig Joiner, Anthony Mitman5:20
2."Fallen from Grace"Sammy Hagar, Denny Carmassi, Jesse Harms4:26
3."Call of the Wild"Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Howard Leese, Mark Andes, Denny Carmassi, Sue Ennis4:31
4."How Can I Refuse?"A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Leese, Ennis5:04
5."Shell Shock"A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Leese, Andes, Carmassi, Ennis4:15
6."Love Alive"A. Wilson, Roger Fisher, N. Wilson5:29
7."Under the Sky"A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis3:05
8."The Night"Hagar, Carmassi, A. Wilson, N. Wilson6:51
9."Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger"Holly Knight, Albert Hammond3:56
10."If Looks Could Kill"Jack Conrad, Bob Garrett3:36
11."Who Will You Run To"Diane Warren4:17
12."You're the Voice"Andy Qunta, Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder, Chris Thompson5:59
13."The Way Back Machine"Leese0:57
14."Barracuda"A. Wilson, Fisher, N. Wilson, Michael DeRosier4:52

Personnel

Heart

Production

  • Richard Erwin – producer, live engineer
  • David Hewitt, Phil Gitomer, Sean Webb, Roger Binette – live engineers
  • Stanley Johnston – post-production engineer
  • Mike Clink, Ed Thacker – mixing at Can-Am Recorders
  • Jeff Poe – mixing assistant

Charts

1991 weekly chart performance for Rock the House Live!
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5] 63
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 49
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 45
US Billboard 200[8] 107
1999 weekly chart performance for Rock the House Live!
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] 54

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Rock the House Live! – Heart". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Rock the House Live! – Heart". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Browne, David (December 20, 1991). "Concerted Efforts". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 372. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone heart album guide.
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1683". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, May 2023.
  6. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  7. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 8, May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Heart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, May 2023.
  9. ↑ 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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