Year : 1989 (Rock Candy Remastered 2014)
Style : Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 169 mb
Bio:
Fiona Eileen Flanagan (born September 13, 1961), known by the stage name Fiona, is an American rock music singer-songwriter and actress best known as the love interest in the 1987 Bob Dylan vehicle, Hearts of Fire.Of Irish origin, Fiona was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey after her parents moved from Dublin to the United States.At the age of 18, she moved to New York City where she began her career as a singer in several bands.In the mid-1980s, she was signed to Atlantic Records. Her self titled debut album was released in 1985. The album peaked at #71 on that year's Billboard 200 chart and remained charted for a week.The album's sole single, "Talk to Me", reached #12 and #64 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot 100 charts respectively. That same year, she also guested on Aldo Nova's Twitch Around this time, Fiona made her acting debut in the Jan 31, 1986 Miami Vice second season episode "Little Miss Dangerous".Her second album, Beyond the Pale, was released in 1986. That album spawned two singles: "Hopelessly Love You" and "Living In a Boy's World". In 1987, Fiona starred opposite Bob Dylan in the musical drama Hearts of Fire. Fiona sings the film's title track which appears on the film's soundtrack, along with four previously unreleased songs by Fiona. Her third album, Heart Like a Gun, was released in 1989. That album also yielded two singles, "Where the Cowboys Go" and "Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me)", a duet with Kip Winger. She has since released two additional albums, 1992's Squeeze and 2011's Unbroken.In addition to her own solo work, Fiona has also done backing vocals for other artists including Warrant (on the Cherry Pie album).Fiona was once married to producer Beau Hill, who produced, played some instruments on and sang backing vocals on some of her albums. She was also in a relationship with guitarist Reb Beach of Winger who likewise performed on her album Beyond the Pale.Since taking a break from music, Fiona has married for a second time and graduated from UCLA. She briefly worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers but resigned to have children, of which she has two.
Album:
Here comes another gem remastered by Rock Candy Records; "Heart Like A Gun" by FIONA. Originally issued in 1989, the album exudes class and quality, a tremendous example of rugged yet melodic hard rock, with a polished and accessible sheen.You can take the girl out of the East Coast but you can’t take the East Coast out of the girl. For Fiona’s third album the diminutive singer was transported lock, stock and barrel to Los Angeles in an effort to give her a creative makeover. It was a move that shaped her label’s (Atlantic Records) deep rooted belief in her potential, after recording two albums of top drawer melodic rock that indicated she was on the verge of a major breakthrough."Heart Like A Gun" was primarily produced by studio wizard Keith Olsen, a man who’d notched up several platinum plus selling albums from a string of artists, including Loverboy, Whitesnake and Journey. The belief was that Olsen’s magic touch would help craft an album that would catapult her into the spotlight.But also another magician was brought to the desk; Beau Hill to produce one track and mix three. Neddless to say; the production on "Heart Like A Gun" is out of this world.With help from a number of name players, including noted guitarists Brad Gillis (Night Ranger), the mighty Mike Slamer, AOR genius Tim Pierce and Dweezil Zappa, together with key songwriting contributions by Mark Mangold (Touch, Drive She Said), Aldo Nova and God Van Stephenson, you can't go wrong here. All songs are awesome slices of first class Melodic Rock such as the fantastic "Here It Comes Again", "Look At Me Now", the AOR pumped "Draw The Line", and of course the anthemic duet with Kip Winger "Everything You Do (You’re Sexing Me)" - produced & mixed by Beau Hill - one the most impressive tracks of the entire era. Another terrific album by Fiona, with a crisp remastering job by Andy Pearce from the Rock Candy headquarters.Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition, fully remastered sound shaped from 24 BIT digital technology, 16 page full colour booklet, 3,500 word essay, a track-by-track commented by Fiona and enhanced artwork.
Line Up:
Fiona - vocals
Brad Gillis, Mike Slamer, Tim Pierce, Dweezil Zappa - guitar
Joe Franco, Rod Morgenstein - drums
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
Jamie Hunting - bass
Kim Bullard, Claude Gaudette - keyboards
David-Glen Eisley, Beau Hill, Nate Winger - backing vocals
and many more
Tracklist:
01 - Little Jeannie (Got The Look Of Love)
02 - Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me) [duet with Kip Winger]
03 - Where The Cowboys Go
04 - Mariel
05 - Draw The Line
06 - Here It Comes Again
07 - Bringing In The Beast
08 - Victoria Cross
09 - Look At Me Now
10 - When Pink Turns To Blue
+ Video "Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me) [duet with Kip Winger]" (Official Video)
+ Video "Where The Cowboys Go" (Official Video)
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