Red Velvet Car

Red Velvet Car is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on August 31, 2010, by Legacy Recordings. 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 Brigade (1990).^[9] It spawned the singles "Hey You" (number 26 on the Adult Contemporary chart)^[10] and "WTF" (number 19 on the Hot Singles Sales chart).^[11]

Red Velvet Car
Studio album by Heart
Released	August 31, 2010
Recorded	2009–2010
Studio	Octopus' Garden (Los Angeles) Lochinkop (Vancouver)[a]
Genre	Hard rock folk rock
Length	37:46
Label	Legacy
Producer	Ben Mink
Heart chronology
Playlist: The Very Best of Heart (2008) Red Velvet Car (2010) Strange Euphoria (2012)
Singles from Red Velvet Car
"WTF" Released: August 2010

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Billboard	[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Now	3/5[5]
PopMatters	7/10[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Uncut	[8]

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"There You Go"	Ann Wilson Nancy Wilson Craig Bartock	3:36
2.	"WTF"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Bartock Ben Mink	3:26
3.	"Red Velvet Car"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Mink	2:59
4.	"Queen City"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Bartock	4:16
5.	"Hey You"	N. Wilson Mink	4:13
6.	"Wheels"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Sue Ennis Mink	3:06
7.	"Safronia's Mark"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Bartock	3:54
8.	"Death Valley"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Mink	3:53
9.	"Sunflower"	N. Wilson Mink	3:42
10.	"Sand" (Lovemongers cover)	A. Wilson N. Wilson Ennis Frank Cox	4:07

Target exclusive edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Closer to the Sun"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Bartock Mink	4:52
12.	"In the Cool"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Bartock	3:54

Australian, Canadian and European edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Bootful of Beer"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Mink	2:55
12.	"Closer to the Sun"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Bartock Mink	4:52

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Bootful of Beer"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Mink	2:55
12.	"Closer to the Sun"	A. Wilson N. Wilson Bartock Mink	4:52
13.	"Listening"		4:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Red Velvet Car.^[12]

Heart

• Ann Wilson – vocals, flute
• Nancy Wilson – vocals, guitars, mandolin, autoharp, Dobro
• Ben Smith – drums, percussion
• Ric Markmann – bass guitar
• Ben Mink – guitars, gypsy fiddle, viola, lap steel, programming, vocals, string arrangements

Additional musicians

• Craig Bartock – Dobro on "Safronia's Mark"
• Geddy Lee – 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

Chart performance for Red Velvet Car

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13]	243
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	196
US Billboard 200[15]	10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[16]	3
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[17]	12

Notes

1. Additional recording