Passionworks

Passionworks
Cover photography by Neal Preston
Studio album by Heart
Released	August 20, 1983
Recorded	Studio 56, Los Angeles Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California, March–June 1983
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	42:00
Label	Epic
Producer	Keith Olsen
Heart chronology
Private Audition (1982) Passionworks (1983) Heart (1985)
Singles from Passionworks
"How Can I Refuse?" / "Johnny Moon" Released: August 1983 "Allies" / "Together Now" Released: October 1983

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Passionworks is the seventh studio album, released by the hard rock band Heart, in 1983. The album marks a shift in musical direction from hard rock and folk to mainstream rock. This album spent 21 weeks on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached No. 39.^[4] The single, "How Can I Refuse?" hit No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and No. 1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 1 week.^[5] Passionworks was the band's final album with Epic Records before their comeback-fueled move to Capitol Records. It is the first Heart album to feature Denny Carmassi and Mark Andes, who had replaced longtime members Mike DeRosier and Steve Fossen. The album has sold almost 500,000 copies in the United States.

In 2009, Passionworks was re-released on the Beat Goes On label as a double CD with the band's previous album Private Audition.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How Can I Refuse?"	Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis, Howard Leese, Mark Andes, Denny Carmassi	3:52
2.	"Blue Guitar"	A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis, Leese, Andes, Carmassi	3:54
3.	"Johnny Moon"	A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis	4:00
4.	"Sleep Alone"	A. Wilson, Ennis	4:12
5.	"Together Now"	A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis	3:50

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Allies"	Jonathan Cain	4:44
7.	"(Beat by) Jealousy"	A. Wilson, Ennis	3:18
8.	"Heavy Heart"	A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis, Keith Olsen	3:50
9.	"Love Mistake"	N. Wilson	3:28
10.	"Language of Love"	A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis	3:38
11.	"Ambush"	A. Wilson, Ennis	3:14

Personnel

Heart

• Ann Wilson – lead and backing vocals
• Nancy Wilson – lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic guitars, lead vocals on track 9, backing vocals, synthesizer
• Howard Leese – lead and rhythm guitars, synthesizer, backing vocals
• Mark Andes – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Denny Carmassi – drums

Additional musicians

• David Paich – piano on track 6, synthesizer on tracks 1-3, 6 and 10
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizers on track 11, synthesizer programming
• Lynn Wilson – backing vocals on track 6

Production

• Keith Olsen - producer, engineer, arrangements
• Brian Foraker, Dennis Sager - engineers
• Greg Fulginiti - mastering at Artisan Sound Recorders

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1983 Billboard 200 (USA)[4] 39 RPM100 Albums (Canada)[6] 88

Singles Year Title Chart Position 1983 "How Can I Refuse?" Mainstream Rock (USA)[5] 1 Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[5] 44 "Allies" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[5] 83 "Sleep Alone" Mainstream Rock (USA)[5] 43

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Passionworks - Heart". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
2. Somay, Errol (October 27, 1983). "Heart: Passion Works : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
3. 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.
4. "Passionworks Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
5. "Passionworks Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
6. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 39, No. 5, October 01 1983". Library and Archives Canada. October 1, 1983. Retrieved June 1, 2014.