''Red Velvet Car'' is the fourteenth studio album by American

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band

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, released on August 31, 2010, by

Legacy Recordings Legacy Recordings is an American record label that is a division of Sony Music. Formed in 1990 after Sony's acquisition of CBS Records, Legacy originally handled the archives of Sony Music-owned labels Columbia Records and Epic Records. In 2 ...

. The album debuted at number 10 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 27,000 copies sold in its first week, making it Heart's first top-10 album since ''

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'' (1990). It spawned the singles "Hey You" (number 26 on the

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chart) and "WTF" (number 19 on the

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chart). The album was released with differing track lists according to format in different territories: the standard US CD release features 10 tracks, the European CD and US download version contain 12 tracks, while the Japanese CD and some exclusive download versions contain 13 tracks. Though the 13th track is "Listening" on the Japanese CD, some exclusive download versions replace this with a live 2010 version of " Crazy on You".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Red Velvet Car''.

Heart

Ann Wilson Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950) is an American singer best known as the lead singer of the rock band Heart. Wilson has been a member of Heart since the early 1970s; her younger sister, Nancy Wilson, is also a member of the band. One o ...

– vocals, flute * Nancy Wilson – vocals, guitars, mandolin, autoharp,

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* Ben Smith – drums, percussion * Ric Markmann – bass guitar *

Ben Mink Benjamin Mink (born January 22, 1951) is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer best known as a longtime collaborator of Canadian singer k.d. lang. He plays several string instruments, notably the guitar, violin, and the ma ...

– guitars, gypsy fiddle, viola,

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, programming, vocals, string arrangements

Additional musicians

* Craig Bartock – Dobro on "Safronia's Mark" *

Geddy Lee Geddy Lee Weinrib (; born Gary Lee Weinrib, July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Rock music, rock band Rush (band), Rush. Lee joined the band in September 1968 at the request o ...

– whistle on "Death Valley"

Technical

* Ben Mink – production * David Leonard – recording, mixing * Patrick MacDougall – second engineer * Andrew Bodkin, Melanie Mullens, Matthew MacDougall, Masa Fukudome, David Eaman – engineering assistance * Craig Waddell – mastering at Gotham City Studios (Vancouver)

Artwork

* Jesse Higman – cover image * Amber McDonald – package design, photos * Randee St. Nicholas – photos

Charts

Notes

References

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