Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts (album)

Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts is the eponymous debut album by the Canadian band Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts. It became a platinum record in Canada.[1] The album was recorded at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia between December 1987 and March 1988, and was published by Epic Records and CBS Records in 1988.[2] The song "Something to Live For" became a number one hit in Canada, the band's first top-ten single.[1][3] Two other songs, "House of Love (is Haunted)" and "Come Back to Me", also charted in Canada, and the band became a "pop radio fixture" in Canada.[4]

Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
Studio album by
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
Released1988 (1988)
RecordedDecember 1987 – March 1988
StudioMushroom Studios
Length50:17
LabelEpic Records
ProducerDavid Tickle
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts chronology
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
(1988)		 Lonely Avenue
(1990)

Gary Fraser, a friend of Barney Bentall, wrote all the album's lyrics.[5] He began writing lyrics for Bentall in 1978, when he sent Bentall poems.[6] Bentall and Fraser prepared a demo tape, produced by Bob Rock.[7] The band hired film students to record a music video for "Something to Live For", which drew the attention of managers at MuchMusic, who broadcast the video frequently.[1] The video was described by media critic Peter Goddard of the Toronto Star as "simplicity itself".[8]

The success of the album resulted in the band receiving the 1989 Juno Award for Most Promising Group of the Year.[9][7] The band was considered a favourite to win the award against other nominees 54-40, The Jitters, The Northern Pikes, and The Pursuit of Happiness.[10] They were also nominated for Canadian Entertainer of the Year, which was ultimately awarded to Glass Tiger.[9][11]

The band signed a recording contract with CBS Records and signed a management contract with Bernie Finklestein.[7] Finklestein would include a quotation of lyrics from "Something to Live for" in his 2012 autobiography True North.[12]

Track listing
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]

All lyrics are written by Gary Fraser; all music is composed by Barney Bentall.

No.TitleLength
1."Something to Live for"4:38
2."House of Love (Is Haunted)"3:31
3."Jelly Roll" (composed by Barney Bentall, Barry Muir and Colin Nairne)4:08
4."She's My Inspiration"4:21
5."Black Clouds"7:04
6."Come Back to Me"3:44
7."I Want Her"5:04
8."Pale Blue Eyes"4:31
9."Carry on"4:25
10."Somewhere There's an Angel"4:02
11."Josephine" (composed by Barney Bentall, Barry Muir and Colin Nairne)4:49

Notes
  1. Kent 1999.
  2. Quill & June 1988, p. F1.
  3. Penticton Western News 2015.
  4. Bloomquist 1989.
  5. Quill & August 1988, p. E11.
  6. Dafoe 1990, p. C1.
  7. Harrison 2013.
  8. Goddard 1987, p. E1.
  9. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
  10. MacInnis 1989, p. F1.
  11. Toronto Star 1988, p. E27.
  12. Finklestein 2012, p. 26.
  13. AllMusic.

References
  • Bloomquist, Randall (December 1989). "Why Northern Pikes are still fish to you". Spy: 50—51. ISSN 0890-1759.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Dafoe, Chris (30 September 1990). "Songs straight from the Hearts". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 December 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Finklestein, Bernie (2012). True North. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 9780771047947.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Goddard, Peter (3 May 1987). "Canadian rock gets a new working class hero". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 December 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Harrison, Tom (5 June 2013). "Barney Bentall started out struggling". The Province. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 2 August 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kent, Heather (21 September 1999). "Cutting-edge musician enters the OR". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 161 (6). ISSN 1488-2329. Retrieved 2 August 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • MacInnis, Craig (2 February 1989). "Blue Rodeo leads the field with six Juno nominations". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 December 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Quill, Greg (29 June 1988). "Corey's fans can all take heart". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  • Quill, Greg (12 August 1988). "Bentall preaching 'power of music'". Toronto Star.
  • "Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  • "Awards". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  • "Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts reunite at Peach Fest". Penticton Western News. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  • "Ballet marks up another surplus". Toronto Star. 21 October 1988. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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