Rock the House Live!

Rock the House Live!
Live album by
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.

  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.