Heart's second album is harder to love than it should have been. There's a problem of expectation here: their debut was a thriller, and leading off with the propulsive Barracuda cements the idea that you're in for a rip-roaring rock and roll ride. But this is actually a record of pretty, mildly experimental songs, from the analog throb of Sylvan Song to the start-stop rhythms of Say Hello. Kick it Out and Little Queen are the only two other uptempo songs, and they're nothing special, underpaced and undercommitted, distractions from the fact that this is an album with far more in common with Tusk than Houses of the Holy.
Taken on those terms, its an enjoyable, adventurous listen with a bit of an identity crisis 3.5/5
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