By Request: Rank Stevie's 10 best Single Covers

[KarmaContestant]

1 After The Glitter Fades
2 Nightbird
3 Reconsider Me
4 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
5 Planets of the Universe
6 Two Kinds of Love (European cover, even though it feels like cheating because it's also the OSOTM album insert shot)
7 Edge of Seventeen
8 If You Ever Did Believe
9 Stand Back
10 Blue Denim

[nightbird28]

1. Nightbird
2. Edge of Seventeen
3. Scorcerer
4. After the Glitter Fades
5. I Can't Wait
6. Stand Back
7. Everyday
8. Talk to Me
9. The Dealer
10. Two Kinds of Love

[JamieSPC]

A little aside to this (great) thread:

I love the Nightbird cover... so stark and beautiful. For a while though that single with the picture sleeve was commanding high prices on eBay, and it still goes a little higher than most and is difficult to find in second-hand stores. Supposedly Stevie had some issue with the cover and pulled it? Anyone have details on that?

[Danigirl]

1.Nightbird
2.Reconsider Me
3. Edge Of Seventeen
4.If Anyone Falls
5.The Dealer
6.Garbo
7.After The Glitter Fades
8.Kind Of Woman
9.Whole Lotta Trouble
10.Leather and Lace

[KarmaContestant]

I was in a Rock A Little listening mood last night, playing all the songs from the era, even those recorded on other albums. Reconsider Me has such a great cover photo!

Even though it is unlikely, I hope that we get a proper CD single for The Dealer.

[sorcerer999]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

Even though it is unlikely, I hope that we get a proper CD single for The Dealer.

I would love that too...but the days of CD singles are over. If we're lucky, Warners "might" release a promo single with that nice cover. But that's probably highly unlikely as well.

The "Secret Love" promo CD has that great cover, but Warners just slapped on their basic black and white promo art with running time on the back, instead of putting in some effort to actually create some back cover art, based off of the front.

[PenguinHead]

In order of preference (sort of)

1. Reconsider Me album cover worthy!
2. Edge of Seventeen
3. After the Glitter Fades
4. Nightbird lucky I have this
5. Stop Dragging my Heart Around
6. Secret Love wish this was a CD and 12' single
7. Planets of the Universe
8. Maybe Love will Change Your Mind
9. Everyday
10. Stand Back

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by sorcerer999

I would love that too...but the days of CD singles are over. If we're lucky, Warners "might" release a promo single with that nice cover. But that's probably highly unlikely as well.

Even this would be OK. I was thinking The Dealer might be a good song for remixes...

[HoursAndHours]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

Even this would be OK. I was thinking The Dealer might be a good song for remixes...

I think it would be great for remixes. I wish record labels would at least do limited runs of the first promo singles from albums they release. They could market them with b-sides/remixes/live cuts as usual. I think if it were intentionally limited edition (and also available on vinyl), they could make some money.

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by HoursAndHours

I think it would be great for remixes. I wish record labels would at least do limited runs of the first promo singles from albums they release. They could market them with b-sides/remixes/live cuts as usual. I think if it were intentionally limited edition (and also available on vinyl), they could make some money.

Totally agree. Limited run singles are such a good idea - promo singles are always in demand and they sell very well on sites like eBay. A limited edition of 500-1000 would be great for fans who like to collect the pysical formats.

A limited series of 12" singles for this album would be so cool! Last night I was playing all of the RAL 12" singles, and thinking the same thing.

[HoursAndHours]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

A limited series of 12" singles for this album would be so cool! Last night I was playing all of the RAL 12" singles, and thinking the same thing.

That would be so cool. I got spoiled for b-sides with Tori Amos singles, but I think the 12-inch format would be perfect for club mixes, something to put Stevie (or any artist) in a place where people might notice it (and dance to it, lol).