As far as celebrity records go,
Heartbeat
isn't half bad.
Don Johnson
is at best a competent singer, but for his first foray into
pop
music, he had the good sense to surround himself with strong collaborators, enlisting songs from the likes of
Tom Petty
(
"Lost in Your Eyes"
),
Bob Seger
"Star Tonight"
), and
Diane Warren
"Other People's Lives"
). Outside of its sheer
novelty
value,
is also notable for the presence of such high-profile guests as
Bonnie Raitt
,
Willie Nelson
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Ron Wood
, and no less than
Barbra Streisand
. [
Razor & Tie
's 1998 reissue also includes six tracks from
Johnson
's 1989 follow-up,
Let It Roll
.] ~ Jason Ankeny