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''Heart'' is a studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, first released in 2001 by Le Marais Prod. ==Background== The album was recorded in 2001 at Barouf Studio and Studio Wolf with French producers FX Costello and Laurent Wolf, and was Lear's first album ever to be recorded entirely in France. It was also her first studio release of new material in six years, since 1995's ''Alter Ego''. In an interview, the singer explained that the long gap resulted from her lack of enthusiasm after numerous budget compilations started to appear on the market without her consent. She also revealed that on this album she was given more artistic freedom than before, and decided to include more melodic and sentimental songs. Lear stated that ''Heart'' was the album "she has always wanted to make". The material was an equal mixture of upbeat pop-dance tunes and downtempo compositions, including covers of "Hier Encore" by Charles Aznavour, "The Look of Love" by Burt Bacharach and "L'importante è finire", originally performed by Italian singer Mina, as well as songs based on texts by the likes of Paulo Coelho and Charles Baudelaire. For the third time in her career, Lear recorded the wartime classic "Lili Marleen", this time with updated lyrics, written by Norbert Schultze shortly before his passing. ''Heart'' showcases Lear's polyglotism and is the only album to feature her singing in all five languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian and German. The record yielded two singles. A cover of "Love Boat", the theme song to a popular American TV series of the same title was released in June 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Amanda Lear - NEWS )〕 It was followed by the new dance track "I Just Wanna Dance Again", released as a single in 2002. Both singles were moderately successful and ''Heart'' proved to be Lear's best selling album since the late 1970s in both France and Germany. The album was first released in late 2001 in a digipak, followed by a standard jewel case reissue. In the same year, the album was again re-released, this time swapping the front picture with the back cover photo. In 2002, Dance Street released ''Heart'' in Germany, with a different artwork and slightly rearranged track listing. In 2003, the album was released in Europe as ''Tendance'', with bonus tracks and significant changes to the original track listing. 2004 saw another re-release of the album in Germany, sporting new title ''Love Boat'' and new artwork, but retaining the 2002 edition's track listing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heart (Amanda Lear album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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