Whirlygig (album)

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Whirlygig
Lovemongers whirlygig.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 9, 1997
RecordedSynergy Studio, Redmond, Washington,
Mighty Mite, Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Length47:20
Label Will Records
Producer The Lovemongers
The Lovemongers chronology
The Battle of Evermore (EP)
(1993)
Whirlygig
(1997)
Here Is Christmas
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Whirlygig is the debut studio album by The Lovemongers.

Contents

The Lovemongers were a side project of singer-songwriting-musicians, and sisters, Ann and Nancy Wilson, better known as the frontwomen of the rock band Heart. They formed The Lovemongers with Sue Ennis and Frank Cox, and released Whirlygig in 1997 on Will Records. It contained all original material, with no outside writers. [2]

Steve Huey of AllMusic gave the record 4 stars of 5, and he said that it "will likely appeal to fans of both Heart's earlier and later material." [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson and Sue Ennis, except where noted.

  1. "City on the Hill" - 4:51
  2. "Miracle Girl" - 4:45
  3. "Two Black Lambs" - 4:45
  4. "No School Today" (Ennis) - 4:16
  5. "The Vegas Gene" (Wilson, Wilson, Ennis, Frank Cox) - 3:17
  6. "Kiss" - 5:08
  7. "Runaway" - 4:36
  8. "Elysian" - 5:20
  9. "Heavy Sedation" (Cox) - 4:52
  10. "Sand" (Wilson, Wilson, Ennis, Cox) - 5:10

Personnel

The Lovemongers

Additional musician

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 Huey, Steve. "Lovemongers - Whirlygig review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  2. Prato, Greg. "Lovemongers - Artist Biography". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved June 16, 2014.