“Those were the cocaine ’80s. They devoted a whole day to auditioning snare drum samples –just to double-up the actual snare”: Nancy Wilson knew Heart had to adapt to survive the excesses of the 1980s – but she didn’t expect their greatest success

Heart's Ann [left] and Nancy Wilson pictured in 1985. Nancy is holding her Gibson Les Paul Custom.

Heart’s career was somewhat in decline when they signed with Capitol in 1985 after several years with Epic.

Although sales of their previous two albums, 1982’s Private Audition and 1983’s Passionworks, would have been welcomed by many acts, by their own high standards, it was clear they needed to turn things around.