Bebe le Strange

Heart

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: February 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000025I2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #230,281 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heart's best CD, July 10, 2000

By	The Pete (Illinois) - See all my reviews

Although none of the songs here are instant classics like "Magic Man" or "Barracuda", I think this is Heart's best CD simply because it's the most consistent in terms of quality. "Dreamboat Annie" and "Little Queen" both had a lot of filler to balance out the brilliant songs.

Like "Dog & Butterfly", "Bebe le Strange" also has the strength that it shows off the considerable range of the Wilson sisters as writers and performers. There's the title rocker, an A-one hit in "Even it Up", the bluesy "Down on Me", and a trio of softer songs to close out the album: "Raised on You", "Pilot", and "Sweet Darlin" that have great lyrics and are pretty much performed by the Wilson sisters on all instruments. Despite the variety, there isn't one song that sounds out of place. They flow together seamlessly.

If you're new to Heart through the Greatest Hits, I think this is the album to start with because it represents Heart at the height of their power as wild rockers and mystical balladeers.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raised on Heart, January 3, 2003

By	"littlequeen23" (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

Bebe Le Strange is one of the albums that made me a more serious musician. Listening to Nancy Wilson on the song "Raised on you" raised a few questions in my mind. Who is really the masterminds behind the heart sound? Ann and Nancy truly deliver what I want to hear on a record. "Silver Wheels" captivated me the minute I heard it and now that's one of my favorites to play on the guitar. Probably my favorite song off of this record is "Strange Night" which is great to listen to on a road trip. "Sweet Darlin" is Ann Wilson's voice to the max it's really gorgeous. Please if you are into good music..get this CD.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for female rock listeners, December 7, 2001

By	Cathy Jean (Baltimore, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

I have listened to this record for twenty years and it is still one of my favorite all time women rock records. One of the many things that really make this record so great, besides the presence of Ann & Nancy, is the over all sound/tone-- as if all the instruments were too hot and that the speakers were peaking into the red while cutting the tracks. If this was an engineering oversight or intentional I don't know-- but lemme tell ya it worked! The performing and songwriting are so raw!! Love it forever!