Omnivore Recordings is proud to present the 50th anniversary expanded edition of Hearts, America’s fifth album for Warner Bros. Records and second with legendary producer Sir George Martin.

1975 was a watershed year for the band having established themselves as true hitmakers. Their previous album Holiday (and first with Martin) delivered two Top 5 hits (“Tin Man” and “Lonely People”) and the follow-up Hearts did not disappoint with three Top 40s including the summer favorite, “Sister Golden Hair,” the band’s first #1 since their debut album’s “A Horse With No Name” in 1972.

Working with Martin proved essential for the band’s creative growth with all three members (Beckley, Bunnell and Dan Peek) contributing strong material; each charting hit singles. As Beckley would reminisce in a new interview for this album’s notes, “we learned an immense amount from them (Martin and famed Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick) that we applied the minute we started on Hearts.”

Omnivore’s expanded edition celebrating the 50th anniversary of this Top 5 charting, Gold-certified album includes six bonus tracks with five previously unissued alternate versions. Experience the beautiful harmonies on the vocal and string mix of “Daisy Jane,” an alternate acoustic mix of the plaintive “Old Virginia,” plus the CD debut of the Spanish language version of “Sister Golden Hair” (“Con Tu Pelo Tan Dorado”).

As Gerry Buckley said “Hearts was built to last” and is still as fresh and engaging as ever!

1. Daisy Jane
2. Half A Man
3. Midnight
4. Bell Tree
5. Old Virginia
6. People In The Valley
7. Company
8. Woman Tonight
9. The Story Of A Teenager
10. Sister Golden Hair
11. Tomorrow
12. Seasons
13. Midnight (Vocals & Orchestra) [Bonus Track]
14. Old Virginia (Acoustic Version) [Bonus Track]
15. People In The Valley (Alternate Version) [Bonus Track]
16. Daisy Jane (Vocals Only) [Bonus Track]
17. Seasons (Vocals & Orchestra) [Bonus Track]
18. Con Tu Pelo Tan Dorado (Spanish Version of “Sister Golden Hair”)

Tracks 13–17 previously unissued

In my humble opinion, Hearts is an excellent album with many great songs beyond the hits. Of course, this album boasts three great hit songs: Daisy Jane, Sister Golden Hair, and Woman Tonight, but beyond these gems, there’s the Crosby Stills & Nash sounding Company, the Beatlesque Half a Man, and the hauntingly beautiful Midnight; which features compelling harmonies with its acoustic guitar hook.

Also strong is The Story of a Teenager, and People in the Valley, but perhaps only the closing Seasons is the weakest of all the tracks, and yet it remains a solidly enjoyable listen throughout. Oh, and in my opinion, it is a much better album overall than Holiday.

In conclusion, and drawing further comparisons to Holiday and Hat Trick, in which this record and the two other mentioned all boast one particular song that are hits; for Holiday it is Tin Man, for Hat Trick it is Muskrat Love, which is a cover of a song written by Willis Alan Ramsey, and finally for Hearts it is Sister Golden Hair, which by spotify replays alone is the second most played America track ever!

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