Tango vocals

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

But I love that album. All those songs are great...

Just when you think you know someone.

I like a few of the songs from that album.
But I don't like the way they recorded her
voice.

Here was me back then. I visit my local
Record Bar. When I walk in the manager
starts playing Ms. Nicks. I proceed to buy
the vinyl, CD and cassette of the release.

That's the way it was for this Nicks' fan.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

Just when you think you know someone.

I like a few of the songs from that album.
But I don't like the way they recorded her
voice.

Here was me back then. I visit my local
Record Bar. When I walk in the manager
starts playing Ms. Nicks. I proceed to buy
the vinyl, CD and cassette of the release.

That's the way it was for this Nicks' fan.

I had posters of her on the wall too. She was so cool to follow back then.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I had posters of her on the wall too. She was so cool to follow back then.

I still have the HBO poster up.
Forever cool I guess.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

I still have the HBO poster up.
Forever cool I guess.

There was a mystical quality to FMac. And Bella Donna and Wild Heart extended that quality.

[TheWildHeart67]

Rock stations kept Stevie nicks in heavy rotation with Bella Donna and Wild Heart even with the disco Stand Back. But RAL was just too much and many rock stations never really played very much from RAL.

Oh, YES, rock stations DID really play much from RAL. "Talk to me" hit #1 on Billboard's top AOR rock charts. "I Can't Wait," charted at #6 on Billboard's top AOR rock charts. "No Spoken Word" also charted on the AOR charts. KLOS, the number one AOR rock station in Los Angeles at that time, I remember, played these songs in heavy rotation for quite a while. I also remember hearing "Imperial Hotel" quite a bit on KLOS as well.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by TheWildHeart67

Oh, YES, rock stations DID really play much from RAL. "Talk to me" hit #1 on Billboard's top AOR rock charts. "I Can't Wait," charted at #6 on Billboard's top AOR rock charts. "No Spoken Word" also charted on the AOR charts. KLOS, the number one AOR rock station in Los Angeles at that time, I remember, played these songs in heavy rotation for quite a while. I also remember hearing "Imperial Hotel" quite a bit on KLOS as well.

It didn't last as long as BD or WH... but Stevie was so big back then, she was played a lot at this time. I remember KMET interviewing her on Jim Ladd quite a bit. She was played a lot in LA.

[TheWildHeart67]

It didn't last as long as BD or WH... but Stevie was so big back then, she was played a lot at this time. I remember KMET interviewing her on Jim Ladd quite a bit. She was played a lot in LA.

RAL didn't sell as many copies as BD or WH, but in terms of radio play, it did just as well as WH. In fact, "Talk to me" charted higher than "Stand Back" on both the hot 100, and the rock chart.
Her presence on rock radio started declining after TOSOTM.
In 1989, "Rooms on fire" peaked at #16 on the Hot 100(pop) chart, but hit #1 on the Rock chart.
"Long way to go" peaked at #11 on the rock chart.
Even though TOSOTM peaked at #10, it dropped off the album charts rather quickly and it only sold Gold status(500,000 copies) initially, and took a few years to be certified platinum, while RAL peaked at #12, it was certified platinum in it's first 4 weeks, and stayed in the top 20 for 13 weeks, despite peaking at #12. It also finished as #44 on the year end chart, while OSOTM finished at #89 for the yearly sales.
The lack of radio play after "Rooms on fire" and "Long way to go," caused sales to drop dramatically.
When "Timespace" was released in 1991, the lead single "Sometimes(it's a bitch)" stalled at #56 on the Hot 100, but still charted at #7 on the rock charts.