Michael Jackson’s Thriller proved an unlikely catalyst for Heart’s self-titled 1985 album, a career-rejuvenating statement of intent – the record that took them from band on the wane to polished, hit single-toting, stadium-straddling superheroes.
By 1983, the Seattle band were in a state of flux. “We’d just sort of washed up on the beach after a big personnel shift in the band and a management change,” remembers singer Ann Wilson. “We’d changed everything. Nancy and I just instinctively felt that we had come to the end of an era.”
