Heart (Amanda Lear album)

Infobox Album
Name = Heart
Type = Studio
Artist = Amanda Lear


Released = 2001
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Pop, Disco, Euro Disco.
Length =
Label = Le Marais Prod., France
560008 2-7
Producer = FX Costello
Laurent Wolf
Reviews = Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:gjfyxqwsldde]
Infobox Album
Name = Heart (Second Edition)
Type = Studio
Artist = Amanda Lear

Infobox Album
Name = Heart (Germany)
Type = Studio
Artist = Amanda Lear


Last album = Amanda '98 - Follow Me Back in My Arms
This album = Heart
Next album = Tendance

Heart is a studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, first issued in late 2001 - her first full-length release since 1995's "Alter Ego", and also her first ever album to be recorded entirely in France. It yielded two successful singles; a cover of cult TV theme song "Love Boat" and disco stomper "I Just Wanna Dance Again", remixed by Junior Vasquez, Pumpin Dolls' and French techno DJ Laurent Wolf. Besides this Lear tries on a number of musical genres like the tongue-in-cheek house anthem "Do You Wanna See It?", Latino disco à la Ricky Martin, Shakira and Azúcar Moreno on "Porque Me Gusta" - as well as reciting Baudelaire on funk-jazzy "L'Invitation Au Voyage". The album, which also contains cover versions of personal favourites like Charles Aznavour/Dusty Springfield's melancholy "Hier Encore (Yesterday When I Was Young)", Burt Bacharach's "The Look Of Love" and a new rendition of "Lili Marleen", proved to be Lear's bestselling album since the late 70s in both France and Germany. "Heart" has been re-released under the titles "Love Boat" and "Tendance".

Track listing

#"Love Boat" (P. Williams - C. Fox)
#"Do U Wanna See It?" (Amanda Lear - T. Willems - L. Wolf)
#"Tendance" (Amanda Lear - T. Willems - F. X. Costello)
#"Manuel Do Guerreido Da Luz" (P. Coelho - F. X. Costello)
#"Lili Marlene" (Tommy Connor - Norbert Schultze)
#"Hier Encore (Yesterday When I Was Young)" (Charles Aznavour - Herbert Kretzmer - Charles Aznavour)
#"Porque Me Gusta" (A. Lear - N. Amal - F. X. Costello)
#"I Just Wanna Dance Again" (T. Willems - L. Fox)
#"Vol De Nuit" a.k.a. "Travel By Night" (T. Willems - F. X. Costello)
#"L'Invitation Au Voyage" (Charles Baudelaire - F. X. Costello)
#"The Look Of Love" (Hal David - Burt Bacharach)
#"L'Importante E' Finire" (A. Anelli - C. Malgioglio)

Personnel

* Amanda Lear - vocals
* Cécile Maestre - backing vocals
* Sandrine Foguère - backing vocals
* Judith Flessel-Toto - backing vocals
* Stefano Meghenzani - piano, Rhodes & accordion
* Patrick Bacqueville - trombone
* Nicolas Baudino - flute, saxophone
* François Biesan - trumpet
* Farhat Bouallagui - violin
* Bernard Ortoli - percussion
* Christophe Dubois - drums
* FX Costello - guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals & sounds

Production

* Recorded and mixed at Barouf Studio
* Produced and arranged by FX Costello (Barouf Prod) except "Do U Wanna See It?" & "I Just Wanna Dance Again" by Laurent Wolf at Studio Wolf.
* Mastering: La Source - Paris
* Models: David & Alexandro

Liner notes

"J'en ai rêvé... mais le destin a voulu m'apprendre la patience et le courage avant de me permettre de réaliser cet album. Finalement un album "made in France" après tant d'autres enregistrés aux quatre coins du monde. Il y a des morceaux "sexy-clin d'oeil" (Do You Wanna See It?, Love Boat...), d'autres plus mélancoliques (Hier Encore, Baudelaire...) et il ya ce sublime texte de Paolo Coelho en italien, ainsi que ces nouvelles paroles inédites de "Lili Marlène".
"Je vous l'offre à vous tous qui m'aimez et qui comprenez la promesse faite à Alain Philippe, cette que j'ai de renaître et de reprendre mon envol, comme un Phoenix....
"Amanda Lear
"Paris Novembre 2001."
"

Release history

* 2001 France: Marais Prod. 560008 2-7.
* 2002 Germany: Dance Street DST 71060-2.
* 2005 Germany: "Love Boat" ZYX/Dance Street 515 4150-2.

Alternative album editions

see "Tendance"

ingle releases

12"

*2002: "I Just Wanna Dance Again" (Laurent Wolf Club Mix) / (Pumpin' Dolls Muse On Speed Club Mix) / (Junior's Transatlantic Pop Mix) / "Love Boat" (Album version) / "Bonus" (0.03)
(France, Marais Prod 49458 1711024 - 4)

CD

*2001: "Love Boat" (Radio Edit) / (Instrumental) (France, Marais Prod 9252479)

*2001: "Love Boat" (Radio Edit) / (Instrumental) / Rainbow Love Boat (Oriental Mix) (France, Marais Prod 9252472)

*2002: "I Just Wanna Dance Again" (Pumpin' Dolls Radio Edit) / (Junior Vasquez Transatlantic Radio Edit) / (Laurent Wolf Radio Edit)
(France, Marais Prod 86772 011972 2 - 2, 86772 011972 2 ND 201)

*2002: "I Just Wanna Dance Again" (Pumpin' Dolls Radio Edit) / (Junior Vasquez Transatlantic Radio Edit) / (Laurent Wolf Radio Edit) (France, Night And Day / Marais Prod 86772 011972 2 ND 201)

*2002: "I Just Wanna Dance Again" (Pumpin' Dolls Muse On Speed Club Mix) / (Laurent Wolf Club Mix) / (Junior Transatlantic Pop Mix) / (French Riviera Long Mix) / I Just Wanna Dance Again (Video - Enhanced CD-Rom) (France, Marais Prod 40014 062078 0-8)

*2002: "I Just Wanna Dance Again" (Pumpin' Dolls Radio Edit) / (Laurent Wolf Radio Edit) / (Junior Vasquez Transatlantic Radio Mix) / (French Riviera Long Mix) / (Frenchie's Disco Mix)
(Germany, Dance Street DST 71064-8)