℗ 2021 Ruf Records
| Released | February 26, 2021 |
| Duration | 50m 10s |
| Catalogue No. | RUF1283 |
| Genre | Blues (Traditional Blues) |
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1.1
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Heart of Fire
Ally Venable |
4:35 | |||
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1.2
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Played the Game
Ally Venable |
4:45 | |||
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1.3
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Hateful Blues
Ally Venable |
4:07 | |||
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1.4
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Road to Nowhere (feat. Devon Allman)
Ally Venable; Devon Allman |
3:53 | |||
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1.5
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Bring on the Pain (feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ally Venable; Kenny Wayne Shepherd |
3:54 | |||
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1.6
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Hard Change (feat. Rick Steff)
Ally Venable; Rick Steff |
4:22 | |||
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1.7
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Do It in Heels
Ally Venable |
3:35 | |||
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1.8
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Sad Situation
Ally Venable |
4:10 | |||
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1.9
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Use Me
Ally Venable |
4:39 | |||
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1.10
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Tribute to SRV
Ally Venable |
8:52 | |||
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1.11
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What Do You Want from Me
Ally Venable |
3:18 |
This is no time for faint hearts. The pandemic might have silenced the music scene, shuttered the live circuit and divided artists from their fans. But with Heart Of Fire, Texas’s favourite new gunslinger Ally Venable is coming off the ropes swinging. Defying dark times and rolling up the amps, this fourth release from the acclaimed singer-songwriter is a record to rattle your speakers and signpost better times ahead. “My vision was to really spread a positive message of love,” says Venable. “The world needs that right now.”
If Heart Of Fire finds Venable giving the globe some much-needed love, then the feeling is entirely mutual. Still in her early twenties, the guitarist’s breakneck two decades have moved as fast as her fingers, her path winding from childhood church choirs to the teenage influence of local heroes like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Miranda Lambert, while her critically acclaimed catalogue flows from No Glass Shoes (2016) and Puppet Show (2018) to 2019’s #2 Billboard-charting Texas Honey. As Texas roots icon Mike Zito points out: “Ally is the future of the blues and the crossover music of American roots-rock.”
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Ruf Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.51 -0.51 to -0.50 | -12.54 -14.22 to -11.13 | -10.00 -12.00 to -8.30 | 7 6 to 8 | |
| 1 | Heart of Fire | -0.51 | -12.35 | -10.0 | 7 |
| 2 | Played the Game | -0.51 | -13.01 | -10.7 | 7 |
| 3 | Hateful Blues | -0.51 | -13.57 | -10.8 | 6 |
| 4 | Road to Nowhere (feat. Devon Allman) | -0.51 | -12.75 | -9.9 | 7 |
| 5 | Bring on the Pain (feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd) | -0.51 | -12.51 | -9.8 | 8 |
| 6 | Hard Change (feat. Rick Steff) | -0.51 | -11.53 | -8.9 | 7 |
| 7 | Do It in Heels | -0.51 | -11.13 | -8.3 | 7 |
| 8 | Sad Situation | -0.51 | -12.48 | -9.9 | 8 |
| 9 | Use Me | -0.50 | -12.10 | -9.9 | 7 |
| 10 | Tribute to SRV | -0.51 | -14.22 | -12.0 | 8 |
| 11 | What Do You Want from Me | -0.51 | -12.31 | -9.8 | 8 |