AMG Review of Heart Greatest Hits: Live

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide

Released in 1980, just as Heart's first wave of popularity was fading, Heart Greatest Hits: Live contains a side of the group's most popular songs -- such as "Barracuda," "Crazy on You," and "Dreamboat Annie" -- balanced by a side's worth of live tracks, including versions of "Magic Man," "Dog & Butterfly," and "Bebe Le Strange," plus a medley of the Beatles' "I'm Down/Long Tall Sally" and Zeppelin's "Rock & Roll." Though a straight greatest hits album would have been preferable, this is still a good overview, showcasing Heart's hooks and live power. Most casual fans should turn to one of their latter-day CD hits collections, but this does have most of their '70s hits, in one form or another, and it's worthwhile for that.