【Pls look at the top comment first】Dan Hill is a worldwide famous musician, whose music works have influenced music lovers deeply from all over the world in the past decades. As we know, his great hits have hit numerous fans in the hearts. Today, those unforgettable melodies never fade away and are still widely spread among music lovers.

In the past decades, Dan Hill released 13 studio albums. His reputation started in 1977, featuring that worldwide famous hit ballad "Sometimes When We Touch". This song can be considered as one of the greatest ballads in the 20th century, which is widely spread as one of the earliest songs, hitting Asian music scene from the West to the East.

The epic works from Dan Hill have been covered by numerous artists and widely spread, including not only the most classic "Sometimes When We Touch", but also many other hit singles which he sang in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Among the top-class Canadian musicians, Dan Hill is an indispensable role on singing, songwriting and producing.

Even the worldwide legend also had the underrated albums. During the glorious 1980s, which was a new era for Dan Hill's career, he started to sign the new label and create more popular songs, which perfectly became the representative works of the time. Compared to his 1970s works, lots of his 1980s works are underrated, but for aor fans, they are the everlasting gems.

This album "Real Love" is the 9th studio album of Dan Hill, released in 1989. It was his second release by Columbia Records after his 1987 self-titled album. Among all his 13 studio albums, "Real Love" is rarely mentioned, but it can become an impressive one for aor fans to enjoy all the time as a great collection.

Like most of his albums, "Real Love" features Dan Hill as the major creator of all the songs and he co-producerd it with John Sheard. Loyal fans must know that Dan Hill is perfect at ballad singing by his soulful voice, who can make a ballad's highlight touch every soul deely. This album includes 7 ballads to satisfy every delicate ear.

There are three uptempo songs from the album, one of which is this flaming "Human Heat", carrying heat into everybody's heart. Though "Real Love" is not a rock album, "Human Heat" is a rock treasure among Dan Hill's works and reflects his rocking side. Actually, his voice is perfect for rock singing, resonant and powerful. "Human Heat" should never be missed with his rock spirits.

"Human Heat" features the respected guitar hero Mr Dann Huff on solos. In this album, there was a powerful recording team, consisting of music legends. Apart from Dann Huff, Michael Landau (guitars), Grant Geissman (guitars), Neil Stubenhaus (bass), Nathan East (bass) and John Robinson (drums) etc. are all the famous studio musicians.

The album is opened with a soulful ballad "Why Do We Always Hurt The Ones We Love". Lots of ballads from Dan Hill feature his resonant and soul-stirring singing with the dramatic highlights. The 2nd track "What Do You Want" is a laid-back gem. The 3rd theme title song "(Can't This Be) Real Love" sounds in vein of "Why Do We Always Hurt The Ones We Love". Saxophone played a vital role on solos in some of his ballads. There is a superb duet ballad, the 6th track "Wishful Thinking", featuring Celine Dion on the female vocals. It was young Celine Dion's early trying on recording English song, who was a French-speaking singer from Quebec.

"Unborn Heart" is the big single from the album, which was respectively released on the single EP and reached No.1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary (chart) in 1989. The 7th track "(You've) Got To Get Over Him" is a perfect westcoast/lite aor masterpiece, which I highly recommend.

The glorious 1980s saw the melodic rock booming. Nothing can stop a pop musician to add melodic rock elements into music especially aor. Dan Hill's first try on aor creation was in 1984, the year when his album "Love In The Shadows" was released. In his 1984 album, most of the songs feature pop aor style plus some ballads. They are classic with a bit old-school taste, but are underrated among all his works.

He also wrote and produced hit songs for legrendary singers George Benson and Celine Dion such as their great hits "In You Eyes" and "Seduces Me".

In 1996, Dan Hill received a Grammy for his role as a co-producer on Celine Dion's album "Falling Into You". As a Canadian musician, he received five Juno Awards and many other prestigious awards in his careers. In 2021, Dan hill headed to the Canadian Songwriter Hall Of Fame.

Finally, three 1980s albums of Dan Hill shouldn't be missed for every aor lover: Love In The Shadows (1984), Dan Hill (1987) and Real Love (1989).
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