Brigade is the tenth studio album by American rock band Heart, 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. 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. The album was also notable for containing six tracks that charted inside the Top 25 on Billboards Album Rock Tracks chart: "Wild Child" number 3, "Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger" number 24, All I Wanna Do is Make Love To You" number 2, "I Didn't Want to Need You" number 13, "Stranded" number 25, "The Night" number 25.
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
Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Brigade.
Heart Ann Wilson – lead vocals, background vocals Nancy Wilson – lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, mandolin, blues harp, Dobro Howard Leese – background vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, mandolin, autoharp Denny Carmassi – drums Mark Andes – background vocals, bass
Additional musicians Kim Bullard – additional keyboards Sterling – additional keyboards Richie Zito – additional guitar
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
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Brigade Chart (1990) Peakposition European Albums (Music & Media) 10 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 2 Icelandic Albums (Tónlist) 7 Japanese Albums (Oricon) 6
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for Brigade Chart (1990) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 6 European Albums (Music & Media) 44 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 74 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 38 US Billboard 200 26
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