Heart On

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Heart On
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 2008 (2008-10-28)
Recorded2008
Genre Garage rock
Length40:54
Label Downtown Recordings
Producer Josh Homme
Eagles of Death Metal chronology
Death by Sexy
(2006)
Heart On
(2008)
Zipper Down
(2015)
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Heart On is the third studio album from American rock band Eagles of Death Metal, released on October 28, 2008. [9]

Contents

When asked about the album, lead singer Jesse Hughes stated: "EODM's latest fabulous weapon, a top-secret music missile, a sonic warhead sexually tipped for her pleasure, shot from the deck of USS EODM Mantastic Fantastic." [10] The album was mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering by Brian Gardner. [11] On September 12, 2008, Pitchfork Media released new information on Heart On, including the album cover and track list. [9]

The first single was "Wannabe in LA". The video for the song debuted on the band's MySpace and depicts Jesse Hughes appearing on a Pin Art in a similar style to the music video for Nine Inch Nails' "Only". There is an alternative version of the video; dubbed the "standard version", which only features Jesse Hughes. The video was directed by Liam Lynch.

On October 21, the album was made available in its entirety for streaming on MuchMusic website. [12]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200, [13] and No. 21 on the Top Rock Albums chart, [14] selling around 10,000 copies in its first week of release. The album has sold 50,000 copies in the United States as of September 2015. [15]

Track listing

All songs written by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme.

No.TitleLength
1."Anything 'Cept the Truth"4:34
2."Wannabe in L.A."2:15
3."(I Used to Couldn't Dance) Tight Pants"3:35
4."High Voltage"2:43
5."Secret Plans"2:22
6."Now I'm a Fool"3:41
7."Heart On"2:43
8."Cheap Thrills"3:42
9."How Can a Man with So Many Friends Feel So All Alone"3:02
10."Solo Flights"3:25
11."Prissy Prancin'"3:40
12."I'm Your Torpedo"5:12

Personnel

Notes

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] 59
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] 24
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [19] 90
Dutch Alternative Albums (MegaCharts) [19] 18
French Albums (SNEP) [20] 100
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 97
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 91
US Billboard 200 [23] 57
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [23] 3

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