Beautiful Broken

Beautiful Broken
Studio album by Heart
Released	July 8, 2016
Studio	Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) Tom-Tom (Budapest, Hungary)[a]
Genre	Hard rock folk rock
Length	40:19
Label	Concord
Producer	Dan Rothchild Nancy Wilson
Heart chronology
Fanatic (2012) Beautiful Broken (2016) Live in Atlantic City (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Louder Sound	[3]
PopMatters	[4]
Renowned for Sound	[5]

Beautiful Broken is the sixteenth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on July 8, 2016, by Concord Records. Aside from two new songs, the album consists mostly of re-interpretations of songs from the band's earlier albums.^[6]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Beautiful Broken.^[7]

• Ann Wilson – vocals (tracks 1, 3–10); background vocals (tracks 2, 7); autoharp (track 6)
• Nancy Wilson – guitar (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 8); background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 10); vocals (tracks 2, 9); marxophone (track 5); bowed acoustic guitar (track 6); acoustic guitar (tracks 7, 10); autoharp, handclaps, whispers (track 10)
• Ben Smith – drums (all tracks); percussion (tracks 3, 5–10); claps, snaps (track 9)
• Craig Bartock – guitars (tracks 1, 4–8); acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 9, 10); 12-string acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 5); background vocals (tracks 4, 10); percussive guitar, claps, snaps (track 9)
• Chris Joyner – synthesizers (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9); piano (tracks 2–5); Wurlitzer (tracks 4, 7, 9, 10); Hammond B3 (tracks 4, 10); field organ, nylon-string guitar (track 9)
• Dan Rothchild – bass (tracks 1, 3, 4–8, 10); background vocals (tracks 1, 5–7, 10); additional synthesizer (tracks 1, 9); Moog bass (tracks 2, 6); Hammond B3, additional piano (track 2); background vocals (tracks 2, 4); guitar (track 4); acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 6); lap steel guitar (tracks 4, 5); percussion (tracks 5, 7, 10); textures (track 5); upright bass (tracks 6, 9); additional guitar (track 7); handclaps (track 10)

• James Hetfield – vocals, background vocals (track 1)
• Paul Buckmaster – string arrangement (tracks 3, 4, 7, 10)
• Hungarian Studio Orchestra – strings (tracks 3, 4, 7, 10)
  • Péter Illényi – conducting
  • Péter Kanyurszky – concertmaster
• Ken Sluiter – additional textures (track 5); claps, snaps (track 9); textures (track 10)
• Billy Mims – claps, snaps (track 9)
• Dwight Mikkelsen – copyist

• Dan Rothchild – production
• Nancy Wilson – production
• Ken Sluiter – engineering, mixing
• Bill Mims – additional engineering
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Gentry Studer – mastering assistance
• Chris Claypool – engineering assistance
• Geoff Neal – engineering assistance
• Greg Fidelman – additional engineering (James Hetfield's vocals)
• Kurina Tamás – strings recording

• Brian McGuffey – artwork
• Nancy Wilson – art direction
• Anna Knowlden – photography
• Dan Rothchild – photography

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