Heart – Dreamboat Annie

Probably the least "Canadian" of all the albums on the list, Dreamboat Annie was the debut album from Seattle's Heart; however, the album qualified as Canadian because it was recorded and produced at Vancouver's Mushroom Studios, and the band was living in B.C. at the time (due to the male members trying to avoid the draft). Heart was nominated as the Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards in 1976 and won Group of the Year and Producer of the Year (for American Mike Flicker) in 1977.

Dreamboat Annie has gone double platinum in Canada (over 200,000 copies sold) and platinum in the US (over a million copies), but was met with wildly differing opinion among the critics:

• AllMusic gave it 4.5 stars out of 5
• Robert Christgau graded it only a C+
• Rolling Stone Album Guide originally gave it 3 stars out of 5 (upgraded to 3.5 in a later edition)

Three tracks from the album were released as singles and still get played on rock radio: "Crazy on You" (#25 Canada, #35 US), "Magic Man" (#26 Canada, #9 US) and "Dreamboat Annie" (#53, #42).

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Track Listing

1. "Magic Man" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson) – 5:35
2. "Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child)" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson) – 1:55
3. "Crazy on You" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson) – 3:54
4. "Soul of the Sea" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson) – 6:35
5. "Dreamboat Annie" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson) – 2:02
6. "White Lightning & Wine" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson) – 3:53
7. "(Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson) – 3:20
8. "Sing Child" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Steve Fossen, Roger Fisher) – 4:55
9. "How Deep It Goes" (Ann Wilson) – 3:49
10. "Dreamboat Annie (Reprise)" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson) – 3:48

Personnel

• Ann Wilson – lead vocals, flute (3, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (9), backing vocals (3, 7, 8)
• Nancy Wilson – acoustic guitars (except 8),electric guitar (1, 6), backing vocals (except 1, 4)
• Steve Fossen – bass (except 9)
• Roger Fisher – electric guitar (except 2, 5, 10), acoustic guitar (1), lap steel (7)
• Howard Leese – synthesizer (1), electric guitar (1, 3), bells (2, 5, 7), backing vocals (8)
• Kat Hendrikse – drums (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10)
• Geoff Foubert – banjo (2, 5), backing vocals (7)
• "Before Dawn" (Geoff Foubert, Tessie Bensussen, Jim Hill) – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 10)
• Rob Deans – synthesizer (3, 9), piano (9, 10)
• Mike Flicker – percussion (1), tympani (10)
• Mike Desrosier – drums (6, 8)
• Dave Wilson – drums (1)
• Ray Ayotte – congas (1), percussion (4)
• Brian Newcombe – bass (9)
• Duris Maxwell – drums (9)