Billboard Ann Wilson Interview - Fanatic and Book news!

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Heart will bring fans up to date this fall, when the duo releases "Fanatic," its 13th studio album and the follow-up to 2010's "Red Velvet Car." Like that set, "Fanatic" was produced by Ben Mink and recorded in Los Angeles and Seattle, with Sarah McLachlan guesting on a track called "Walking Good." Wilson expects 10 songs to make the final cut from 20 that were recorded and says "Fanatic" is "pretty rock heavy. There are only two ballads on it. It's got a lot of edge. I spent a lot of time riding around on a tour bus the last couple of years, just way out in the middle of the country where the poetry speaks really loud. I had a notebook. I wrote a song about Pennsylvania. There's one about Vancouver. It's a fiery bunch of words. There's anger. There's passion. That's why it's called 'Fanatic,' because it's love fanatic."

Wilson says the additional songs recorded for the album will be used as bonus tracks for various editions of "Fanatic."

Meanwhile, a first draft of the book the Wilsons are writing with music journalist and author Charles Cross has been turned into Harper Collins, with a second draft soon to arrive. It's on target for a fall publication to accompany the new album, and Wilson says it's frank but not necessarily a tell-all. "Of course they want as much (dirt) as possible, but they also want it to be a good book and not just another thing thrown in the pile of sleazy rock books," she says. "It isn't going to kill anybody or paint anyone out to be an a**hole." Wilson says Cross interviewed some 80 people to corroborate and flesh out the tales.

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