{"id":40705,"date":"2008-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/hope-and-glory\/"},"modified":"2008-01-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-19T00:00:00","slug":"hope-and-glory","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/hope-and-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope And Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

After more than 30 years in the music business, Heart vocalist Ann Wilson has released her first solo album, a highly enjoyable affair laden with guest vocalists. <\/p>\n

At first, one has to question whether or not one original song and 11 covers really constitutes a solo album. Any doubts are quashed within a few songs, however, as there\u2019s such a great vibe to this disc that the number of covers becomes a non-factor.<\/p>\n

Things kick off on a great note with a delicate cover of Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cGoodbye Blue Sky.\u201d Covering Floyd is always a risky affair; as the band was such a musical anomaly, it\u2019s a difficult task to do its songs justice. Ann nails it on this take though, offering a stripped-down version with some modern guitar tones scattered throughout, and some great vocal harmonies with sister Nancy Wilson. <\/p>\n

An upbeat take on Elton John\u2019s \u201cWhere To Now St. Peter?\u201d follows, with Sir Elton himself trading off verses with Wilson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. As odd a pairing as it may seem, their voices sound great together. At the ripe age of 57, Wilson still has a great range, from fluttering high notes to an inimitable raspiness that adds a real grit to the tunes at times. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s a definite theme about the covers that Ann Wilson chose for her solo debut. Neil Young, Bob Dylan, John Lennon\u2026Hope And Glory<\/i> is littered with politically-charged songs from the late 60s and early 70s. Thankfully, each of them are more subtle and artful affairs than the likes of System of a Down or Ted Nugent, for example. \u201cWar Of Man,\u201d arranged as a duet with Alison Krauss, is simply gorgeous, while a fiddle-powered rendition of CCR\u2019s \u201cBad Moon Rising\u201d with Gretchen Wilson offers a surprisingly catchy and refreshing take on an old classic. <\/p>\n

Admittedly, there are a few misses on this disc. How odd though, that they would be the more rockin\u2019 numbers! Wilson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s take on The Animals \u201cWe Gotta Get Out Of This Place\u201d sounds far too polished, and the addition of a string section is, to say the least, ill-advised. Likewise, a half-speed recreation of Led Zeppelin\u2019s \u201cImmigrant Song\u201d is a total write-off, capturing none of the urgency or excitement of the original \u2013 funny, given how much Zeppelin influenced Heart.<\/p>\n

In spite of these two missteps, Hope And Glory<\/i> is a highly enjoyable listen. The bulk of the cover songs sound fresh and inspired, and the cast of guest stars adds a great mix of talent to the proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":29169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[8128],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-40705","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-ann-wilson","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40705"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40705"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}