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On July 8, 2016, “Concord” label released “Beautiful Broken”, the sixteenth Heart studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “Tom Tom” in Budapest, Hungary, and was produced by Dan Rothchild and Nancy Wilson.
Personnel:
- Ann Wilson – lead and backing vocals, autoharp
- Nancy Wilson – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bowed acoustic guitar, marxophone, autoharp, handclaps, whispers
- Ben Smith – drums, percussion, claps, snaps
- Craig Bartock – acoustic and electric guitars, 12-string acoustic guitar, percussive guitar, claps, snaps, backing vocals
- Chris Joyner – synthesizers, piano, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, field organ, nylon-string guitar
- Dan Rothchild – bass, Moog bass, upright bass, additional synthesizer, Hammond B3, additional piano, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, textures, handclaps
- James Hetfield – lead and backing vocals
- Paul Buckmaster – string arrangement
- Hungarian Studio Orchestra – strings
- Péter Illényi – conducting
- Péter Kanyurszky – concertmaster
- Ken Sluiter – additional textures, claps, snaps
- Billy Mims – claps, snaps
- Dwight Mikkelsen – copyist
- Ken Sluiter – engineering, mixing
- Bill Mims – additional engineering
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
- Gentry Studer – mastering engineering assistance
- Chris Claypool – engineering assistance
- Geoff Neal – engineering assistance
- Greg Fidelman – additional engineering
- Kurina Tamás – strings recording engineering
- Brian McGuffey – artwork
- Nancy Wilson – art direction
- Anna Knowlden – photography
- Dan Rothchild – photography
Track listing:
- Beautiful Version – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Ben Mink, James Alan Hetfield
- Two – Shafer “Ne-Yo” Smith, Jesse “Corporal” Wilson, Adam “Royal Z’ Waldman
- Sweet Darlin – Ann Wilson
- I Jump – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Dan Rothchild
- Johnny Moon – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
- Heaven – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
- City’s Burning – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
- Down on Me – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
- One Word – Nancy Wilson
- Language of Love – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis