Desire Walks On

Desire Walks On is the eleventh studio album, but thirteenth overall, by rock band Heart. Released in 1993, it yielded four singles: "Will You Be There (In the Morning)", which reached #39 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, "Black on Black II", which was a mainstream rock hit, "Back to Avalon" and "The Woman in Me", which failed to make the Hot 100 but "bubbled under" at #105. The album peaked at number #48 in the U.S. but marked a return to featuring a majority of tracks written by lead members Ann and Nancy Wilson.

Track listing

1. "Desire" - 0:18
2. "Black on Black II" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Lisa Dalbello) - 3:51
3. "Back to Avalon" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Kit Hain) - 3:40
4. "The Woman in Me" (Michael Clark, John Bettis) - 4:00
5. "Rage" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Sue Ennis) - 5:01
6. "In Walks the Night" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Daniel O'Brien, Tina Harris) - 6:01
7. "My Crazy Head" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 4:31
8. "Ring Them Bells" (Bob Dylan) - 3:49
   • performed by Heart & Layne Staley (of Alice in Chains)
9. "Will You Be There (In the Morning)" (Robert "Mutt" Lange) - 4:29
10. "Voodoo Doll" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Amy Sky, John Capek) - 4:52
11. "Anything Is Possible" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Dalbello)- 5:00
12. "Avalon (Reprise)" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Hain) - 0:31
13. "Desire Walks On" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 5:06
    • The original European 1993 relaease and the US 2001 re-release were expanded to add Spanish language versions of tracks 4 and 9, with an added remix to the musical backing of track 9.
14. "La Mujer Que Hay en Mi" (Clark, Bettis) - 4:02
15. "Te Quedaras (En La Mañana)" (Lange) - 4:40

Chart performance

Personnel

• Ann Wilson - lead vocals, piano
• Nancy Wilson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, background vocals
• Howard Leese - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
• Schuyler Deale - bass guitar
• John Purdell - keyboards, background vocals
• Denny Carmassi - drums, percussion, sequencing
• Lisa Dalbello - background vocals on "Black on Black II", "Anything Is Possible"
• Duane Baron - background vocals
• Layne Staley - 3rd lead vocal on "Ring Them Bells"

References