Hope & Glory (album)

Hope & Glory is the first solo album by Heart singer Ann Wilson, released on September 11, 2007.

It is an album of cover versions that features guest appearances from Elton John, k.d. lang, Alison Krauss, Gretchen Wilson, Shawn Colvin, Rufus Wainwright, Wynonna Judd and Deana Carter. Ann's sister, Nancy, also contributed.

The Hope & Glory version of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" is available on Wilson's official Myspace page, and charted as "the #9 most podcasted song of 2007" on the PMC Top 10's annual countdown.

Production

 * Ben Mink – producer, recording
 * Patrick MacDougall – recording (1, 6, 9)
 * Matt Still – recording (2)
 * Masa Fukudome – recording (3)
 * David Leonard – recording (4, 9), mixing
 * Bart Pursley – recording (7)
 * Gary Paczosa – recording (8)
 * Rick Depofi – recording (11)
 * Tom Schick – recording (11)
 * Brandon McWhorter – recording assistant (3)
 * Gordon Hammond – recording assistant (4, 9)
 * Jason Lefan – assistant engineer (7)
 * Brandon Bell – recording assistant (8)
 * Scott Lehrer – second engineer (11)
 * Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California)
 * Racheal E. Sullivan – design
 * Randee St. Nicholas – photography
 * Carol Peters – management

Personnel

 * Ann Wilson – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5, 8), handclaps (7)
 * Ben Mink – keyboards (1, 5-8, 10-12), electric guitars (1-8, 10-12), acoustic guitars (1-8, 10-12), drum programming (1-4, 8, 10-12), percussion (1-4, 6-12), violin (1, 2, 5, 6, 9), cuatro (2), viola (2, 5, 9), organ (3, 4), charango (3), lap steel guitar (3), fiddle (3, 6), strings (4, 10-12), handclaps (7), dobro (8, 11), steel guitar (9), mandocello (9), bass (12)
 * Teddy Borowiecki – acoustic piano (1, 4-8, 10, 11), accordion (7)
 * Elton John – acoustic piano (2), vocals (2)
 * David Eaman – banjo (8)
 * David Piltch – bass (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-11)
 * Ric Markmann – electric bass (2, 5, 8)
 * Randall Stoll – drums (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11)
 * Ben Smith – drums (2, 5, 8), percussion (8)
 * Nancy Wilson – vocals (1, 6, 9), backing vocals (1), electric guitars (6), acoustic guitars (6, 9), handclaps (7), organ (9), percussion (9)
 * Ingrid Friesen – backing vocals (2)
 * Isabel Mink – backing vocals (2)
 * Lucie Mink – backing vocals (2)
 * k.d. lang – vocals (3)
 * Wynonna Judd – vocals (4, 9)
 * Gretchen Wilson – vocals (7)
 * Alison Krauss – vocals (8)
 * Deana Carter – vocals (9)
 * Shawn Colvin – vocals (11)
 * Rufus Wainwright – vocals (11)